Brown University - Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Campus Information

School Website:	Brown University
Address:	Prospect St Providence, RI 02912 USA Map It
Phone Numbers:	Office: 4018631000 Office Fax:
Public/Private:	Private
Commuter Campus?	No
Enrollment:
Undergraduate:	6000
Graduate:	2500
Jewish Enrollment:
Undergraduate:	1200
Graduate:	300
Approximate number of Jewish Studies courses:	35
Jewish Studies Major or Minor:	Major
University has program in Israel:	No
Religious Services:	On Campus,Off Campus
Kosher Food Available on Campus:	Yes
US Region:	Northeast

Hillel Information

Hillel Name:	Brown RISD Hillel
Hillel Website:	Brown RISD Hillel
Hillel Campus Address:	80 Brown Street Providence, RI 02906 USA
Phone Numbers:	Office: (401) 863-2805 Office Fax: (401) 863-1591
This Hillel has its own building:	Yes
Hillel Staff:	Marshall Einhorn Executive Director marshall_einhorn@brown.edu Office Phone: (401) 863-9354 Office Fax: (401) 863-1591 Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz Director of Engagement Alisa_Kotler-Berkowitz@brown.edu Office Phone: (401) 863-9354 Office Fax: (401) 863-1591 Rabbi Mordechai Rackover Rabbi / Associate University Chaplain for the Jewish Community, Brown University michael_rackover@brown.edu Office Phone: (401) 863-2733 Office Fax: (401) 863-1591 Rachel Eisen Engagement Associate rachel_eisen@brown.edu Office Phone: 401-863-6507 Office Fax: 401-863-1591 Sara Miller Israel Engagement Fellow sara_miller@brown.edu Arielle Angell Development Officer arielle_angell@brown.edu Anna Gershman Controller anna_gershman@brown.edu Office Phone: (401) 863-9353 Office Fax: (401) 863-1591 Gina Mazza Office Manager jeanne_mazza@brown.edu

The following groups offer activities on this campus:
Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Fraternity and Foundation
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Chabad-Lubavitch World Center
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (COEJL)
College Democrats of America (CDA)
College Republican National Committee (CRNC)
Hamagshimim
Jewish National Fund
KESHER/Union for Reform Judaism
KOACH-The Center for Conservative Judaism on Campus
USD Hagshama of the WZO
Hillel offers activities in the following areas and for these groups:
A Cappella
Academic area (undergraduates)
Athletic/sports
Birthright Israel Alumni
Campus leaders
Campus-wide activities/traditions
Community leaders
Community service/social action
Conservative movement
Environment
Film
First-year students
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender
Graduate Students (general arts & sciences)
Greeks
Israel
Israeli/folk dance
Jewish Holidays
Jewish learning/education
Klezmer
Kosher issues/meal plan
Multiculturalism
Orthodox students
Publications
Reform Students
Visual Arts

Hillel offers the following religious services:
Conservative/Egalitarian
Orthodox (traditional)
Pluralistic/Combined minyan
Reform

Kosher meals are offered:
Full Kosher Plan (14-21 meals weekly)

Campus Profile:

Brown RISD Hillel, the center for Jewish life at both Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design, is an integral part of campus religious, social, cultural, educational, and political life. Brown RISD Hillel provides an open, warm, and pluralistic environment in which students can shape their college experience by connecting spiritually, socially, and culturally to their Judaism and fortify their connections to Israel. Its mission is to provide students with a strong, deeply rooted Jewish identity, to prepare some of the world's most talented young people to take their place in the wider Jewish world. Brown RISD Hillel is based out of the award-winning Glenn and Darcy Weiner Center, a 25,000 square foot facility in the heart of Brown's campus. Offering a full kosher meal plan and weekly Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and Havurah services, Brown RISD Hillel emphasizes the Jewish arts, social action, Jewish learning, and Israel.