Megan Nesbitt,
23, and Georgi
Weinstock, 20,
attended the
matchmaking
dinner at
U-M Hillel.
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U-M Hillel hosts Shabbat dinner to
help bring Jewish students together.
SHIRT REVITAL BILIK
Special to the Jewish News
S
ixty University of Michigan
students spent a Friday night
last month doing something
that probably would make
their parents very happy — having a
hot meal and mingling with other
Jewish students.
The setting was Hillel: The
Foundation for Jewish Campus Life's
second-annual matchmaking dinner,
Shidduch Shabbat.
It was planned "as a way to intro-
duce Jews to other Jews," explained
Georgi Weinstock, 20, a sociology
major from Los Angeles. She chairs
Hind's student-outreach committee
on campus.
The Feb. 11 event was a byproduct
of not only the hard work of Hillel
Shiri Revital Bilik of Commerce
Township is a sophomore in the
Residential College program at the
University of Michigan. The political
science major grew up in Israel.
students and staff but also a donation
from Ann Arbor's Miriam Samson,
86, made in memory of her parents,
Mollie Vernoff and Jacob Shapiro. In a
letter to participating students,
Samson recalled her parents' love for
matchmaking.
"'Whenever it seemed to be a possi-
bility — a good one, a maybe, or 'let's
try anyway' — they made the effort
and got involved," the letter read.
Shidduch Shabbat participants filled
out a questionnaire, answering every-
thing from "What's your favorite sports
movie?" to "What kind of food do you
prefer on a first date?" The answers were
sent to the Data Match Company,
which runs the matching program. It
provided each participant with a list of
compatible matches.
Actual matches were not necessarily
the main goal. "I think people were
excited to know who their matches
were," Weinstock said, "but I don't
think that was their main intent."
Rather, she said, the idea was to
involve people who aren't usually
involved with Hillel.
"As huge as this campus is, there are
so many Jews, and so many of those
Jews don't come to Hillel," she said.
U-M has an estimated 6,000 Jewish
students.
"People sometimes need an incen-
tive to come to Hillel," Weinstock said,
"and if there's an activity going on,
then they're more likely to come."
, Michael Levine, 20, a Japanese and
political science major from Los
Angeles, said the program motivated
him to make an unusual visit to Hillel.
"Hillel is not an important part of my
life right now. I was intrigued by the
concept. It was an- interesting idea."
He said another program like
Shidduch Shabbat might encourage
him to visit Hillel again. "People were
very welcoming and everyone was
friendly. I am more likely now to go to
Hillel for other special events."
The program also drew Hillel regu-
lars, like Geoffrey Dworkin, 23, of
Southfield, a history major and leader
of the Hillel Orthodox Minyan.
"Everyone's curious to know who
gets matched with them," he said.
"Some of the people I spoke with,
despite the fact that they agreed it was
all a joke, they still suggested that they
were curious about the possibility."
He said he did not come to the din-
ner necessarily looking to find a girl-
friend, although he admits that his
mother may have been more optimistic.
"My mother, when I told her about
it, she thought it was cute," he said.
"She knew I wasn't going to bring [a
potential girlfriend] home from
Shidduch Shabbat, but a mother can
still hope."
Miriam Samson expressed similar
hopes in her letter. She wished par-
ticipants an evening of making new
friends, but signed off with this
message: "Whatever you do, do fall
in LOVE!" 111
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