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f you’re a student on campus 
at Michigan State in East 
Lansing or at University of 
Michigan in Ann Arbor, you 
can still attend religious services 
and get a holiday meal.
At Michigan State, Hillel 
offers in-person meals for 
both Rosh Hashanah and 
Yom Kippur as well as vir-
tual service options through 
Congregation Shaarey Zedek 
(Conservative) and Temple 
Israel (Reform). Both services 
and meals are free of charge to 
MSU students. Meals are $25 for 
parents, family and/or commu-
nity members. RSVP at https://
www.msuhillel.org.
University of Michigan also 
offers High Holiday services on 
campus. You can join Hillel for 
Reform, Traditional Egalitarian, 
Conservative or Orthodox ser-
vices on Rosh Hashanah and 
Yom Kippur. 
Services on Rosh Hashanah 
will be held inside and outside 
the Hillel building, as well as 
in the Ballroom at the Union. 
Services on Yom Kippur will 
also be held at the Ballroom 
at the League. Due to contact 
tracing requirements, students 
should register for each service 
they may attend. Walk-ins to 
services will be welcomed with 
ID, as long as the room capacity 

has not been reached. Details at 
https://michiganhillel.org/stu-
dents/highholidays.
 
MISSING CLASS
If you need to speak with a 
professor about missing class 
or exams, MSU Hillel provides 
a letter you can download if 
any professors have questions 
regarding a class that needs to 
be missed due to the observance 
of Rosh Hashanah or Yom 
Kippur. It’s available at https://
www.msuhillel.org/highholiday-
letter.
The University if Michigan 
has made faculty aware of the 
Jewish calendar and encourages 
faculty and staff to avoid plan-
ning mandatory events on those 
days. A reasonable accommo-
dation should be made for any 
student to make up work missed 
for religious observance. 
U-M Hillel advises if you plan 
to miss class for High Holiday 
observance, the best practice 
is to contact your professors 
as early as possible to let them 
know to work out any necessary 
accommodations. Occasionally, 
instructors require a written 
note confirming participation 
or more explanation about reli-
gious needs. If that’s the case, 
the folks at Hillel are willing to 
help. @ 

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