Shabbat shalom everyone.
My name is Louis Andres and I am the president of ZBT here at UT. It's great to be here tonight representing ZBT and the Jewish Greek community. ZBT has a longstanding relationship with Chabad that we plan to continue and grow year after year.
Judaism as a whole has become a bigger part of ZBT this new year. Over winter break, I worked closely with Elan Koggut to create a ZBT Judaic Council that he is now the chairman of. This council will be planning Shabbat dinners and fun activities throughout the semester to raise Judaic awareness in the fraternity and in the community. This is an exciting step for us and we're all looking forward to seeing where the council goes from here.
It was just three days ago when I was sitting down with the council and we realized how busy of a schedule we had this semester. I said to Ethan Prescott, "We may not have a good Friday to do ZBT Shabbat until April." Ethan immediately called up Rabbi Zev and asked if we could hold our biannual ZBT Shabbat this coming Friday. Zev loved the idea and got the plan into action instantly.
Thank you Rabbi Zev and your whole family for having us tonight. It's great to see such a big turnout of ZBT guys and friends of the fraternity here. This is a tradition we are sure to keep strong and prosperous. We can't wait to do many more Judaic events like this throughout the year. I hope everyone has a great dinner and a great evening.
Shabbat shalom.
Louis Andres is the president of ZBT fraternity at UT.
(Printed from Shabbat speech).