Hillel Blog - Hillel 85th
Posted by Anonymous on 7/23/2009 2:27:00 PM
Pittsburgh's Jewish University Center shares the Hillel birthday celebration with Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University and the city of Pittsburgh.
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Posted by Anna Smulyanskaya on 6/19/2009 7:19:00 AM
Hillel Russia, Moscow
All the Hillel Russia clubs has gathered their students in order to celebrate Hillel International 85th Anniversary. On June 14 in one of Moscow’s most beautiful parks - the Catherine Park, Hillel Moscow held the festive flash mob. Current members of Hillel programs, old friends, and what is particularly pleasant - new for the Moscow Hillel people - gathered for a celebration. In a set of small group learning sessions the students discussed Jewish wisdom and then wrote down their thoughts and opinions on the quotes offered to discussion on a specially prepared pieces of paper. In a sunset 85 multicolored balloons with the quotes and opinions attached were released high into the sky. 85 commemorative badges were prepared specially for the event and given to which participant. Novosibirsk Hillel has followed this flash-mob and gathered their students in one of the Novosibirsk parks to release the baloons.
Ekaterinburg Hillel held two 85th activities: one virtual through the web where every Hillel student could greet Hillel in any creative form, the exceptional greetings competed for being cited; the second event was the Hillel students meeting in a cafe to recall the various serious and funny stories of their Hillel, their own first Hillel experiences, young Jewish couples who met at Hillel.
Khabarovsk Hillel students cooked special 85th cakes and granted them to the community charitable service for elderly and to the community kindergarten.
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Posted by Anna Smulyanskaya on 6/19/2009 6:41:00 AM
Hillel Russia
On June 12 about 30 Hillel students took part in a volunteer action “Make children’s life brighter!” . They came to the State Saint-Petersburg Hospital for Children with brushes, colors and creative ideas to make the walls of the hospital more attractive, bright and positive. In a few hours the walls of neurologic department were covered by flowers, funny animals and other bright pictures. Some children from the hospital were also invited to join the and paint their own pictures with the help of Hillel painters.
“Usually we make volunteer activities for the Jewish community, but Rabbi Hillel was not only a Jewish Wiseman, he was a great humanist, that’s why for Hillel jubilee we decided to make an action in a state hospital that provides help for children of all nationalities” - says one of the Hillel volunteers.
The action “Make children’s life brighter!” was organized with a help of initiative volunteer group “We help”, which participate in volunteer actions for many years. They were really helpful in negotiations with the hospital staff. Some leaders of “We help” group are Jews and Hillel Saint-Petersburg plans to continue working with them, launching new projects both for Jewish community and for the city in general.
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Posted by Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach on 6/17/2009 3:52:00 PM
Florida Atlantic University
Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach celebrated Hillel's 85th Birthday with a Birthday Beach Bash!
Students from south florida got together to play traditional party games and have a festive BBQ on the gorgous Boca Raton Beach.
We also had students bring a gift for the children of JAFCO (Jewish Adoption and Foster Care Options). Our goal was to collect 85 gifts for the children in need.
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Posted by Alison Bream on 6/16/2009 6:17:00 PM
University of Minnesota
Students from the University of Minnesota come back to campus during their summer vacation to celebrate Hillel's 85th Birthday the traditional way--with Birthday cake, Birthday cards, singing and fun.
University of Minnesota students unable to attend the celebration have pledged to hold their own birthday parties celebrating Hillel in their home towns.
Happy Birthday Hillel! We wish you all the best in the future!
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Posted by HSV Staff, Board, & Students on 6/16/2009 5:15:00 PM
Hillel of Silicon Valley
Happy 85th Birthday Hillel!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/16/2009 3:58:00 PMWith friends of Hillel around the world celebrating Hillel's 85th on June 14th, there was a lot of birthday cake to go around...
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/16/2009 3:42:00 PM
Hillel of Uruguay hosted two birthday parties in honor of Hillel’s 85th birthday this weekend. First, over 100 high school students who will be going on a program to Israel at the end of the year came to learn more about Hillel and join Hillel staff in eating cake. Later in the evening, hundreds of students came to Hillel to celebrate the 85th with the live webcast followed by a concert from a local band.
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Posted by Bruno Bondarovsky on 6/14/2009 8:38:00 PM
Hillel Rio de Janeiro - BrazilEvery day we feel how meaningful it is to be part of Hillel Family! Congratulation to everyone for this wonderful milestone! Hillel Rio's students, Staff, Board members and donors are proud of Hillel commitment to Jewish life and to the Jewish future of our communities around the world.
Happy Birthday!!!!
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Posted by Eyal Mazliah on 6/14/2009 7:45:00 PM
Sapir College
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/14/2009 4:46:00 PM
Students studing abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina celebrate Hillel's 85th birthday with the staff of Hillels of Argentina. BESOS!
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/14/2009 4:41:00 PMPlease accept our special greetings on the 85th very day from Russia.
One special greeting is from the community leadership of the most eastern Hillel in the world - Khabarovsk, which timezone is 15 hours before DC.
Another one greeting is the 85th card from Perm Hillel. Perm represents the alternative Hillel movement in Russia and I am happy to share with you that exactly on these days of Hillel global 85th we are reuniting all the Russian Hillels in one enhanced organization.
May Hillel in the entire World go from strength to strength and keep building the Jewish future for Am Yisrael Ledor vador.
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/10/2009 5:16:00 PM
Op-Ed: At 85, Hillel mission remains vital
By Jonathan D. Sarna May 27, 2009 WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA) -- Eighty-five years ago, in 1924, two wealthy and accomplished Jewish college students, Nathan F. Leopold and Richard A. Loeb, motivated by Nietzchean philosophy and determined to commit the “perfect crime,” brutally murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago.
Shocked B’nai B’rith leaders in Mobile, Ala., wrote to the national secretary of B’nai B’rith, Leon Lewis, expressing interest in the case and wondering what the Jewish organization’s response would be. The answer, in one word, was “Hillel.”
The new campus organization, whose establishment Lewis characterized as “almost providential,” would henceforward provide Jewish students with precisely the kind of initiation into Jewish communal life that Leopold and Loeb never had. Wisely, B’nai B’rith adopted Hillel in 1925 and sponsored the organization for nearly 70 years.
Hillel, which continues its 85th anniversary year celebrations this summer, began independently in 1923 at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and focused from the start on winning over assimilated Jewish college students.
“In an age when students protest against the establishment, Hillel is the symbol of the establishment,” Rabbi Edward Feld, then Hillel director at the University of Illinois, complained.
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/9/2009 10:32:00 AM
Wanted: Fund-raising ideas
By Jacob Berkman June 7, 2009
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, for instance, has dropped its annual New York gala, opting instead for an international “virtual gala” that it hopes will open fund-raising avenues to lower-level givers.
In lieu of gathering several hundred people in New York to buy expensive tickets and pay for expensive ads in a journal, Hillel has offered the opportunity for anyone -- rich or not -- to hold a house party anywhere in the world on June 14 in celebration of the organization’s 85th birthday.
At two points during the day, Hillel officials will webcast short addresses that can be viewed at the parties.
Last year’s actual gala grossed $1.2 million, but the fund-raising goal for the virtual event is a more modest $850,000. Subtract the production cost of the real thing, allow for a natural attrition of donors because of the recession and the number for this year’s falsie is respectable.
And while members of Hillel’s board of governors have committed to raise at least $15,000 at their individual parties, each chapter of the AEPi fraternity has pledged to bring in $85 at its party to go to the Hillel International Center. In total the fraternity hopes to raise $16,000.
“Hillel has always been a grass-roots, bottom-up organization where individuals on campuses had formed Hillel houses and then became part of the network,” said the organization’s vice president for marketing, Jeff Rubin. This plan, he added, is an attempt to re-energize the grass roots by including anyone anywhere.
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/8/2009 4:29:00 PM 
Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone joined students and Hillel professionals on Kayam Farm, an organic educational farm in Reisterstown, Maryland, on an alternative summer break known as "Jewish Farm School" for Hillel's 85th birthday.
"I could not think of a better way to celebrate Hillel's anniversity," said Hillel Senior Jewish Educator at the University of Texas, Devora Brustin.
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/8/2009 4:24:00 PM
Over 200 Taglit-Birthright Israel participants arrange themselves into the number "85" to celebrate Hillel's 85th birthday.
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/8/2009 4:04:00 PM
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Students from Gallaudet University, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Southern California, and the College of Charleston signing "Happy Birthday" to Hillel on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip.
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Posted by Anonymous on 6/8/2009 3:18:00 PMOriginally co-sponsored by Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL) and Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL), the resolution included 37 congressional co-sponsors. The full list of co-sponsors is below.
Hillel was founded at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1923 (Rep. Johnson’s district) and has become the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, serving Jewish college students on over 500 campuses across the globe.
A bipartisan group of Members of Congress introduced a resolution in the United States House of Representatives recognizing the significant contributions of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life to college campus communities in the United States and around the world.
The resolution recognizes Hillel as “an important partner to universities by providing resources, programs and other forms of support to the entire campus community.” Hillel has “educated students about American values and helped them to provide leadership for social justice, including the civil rights movement, the campaign to free Soviet Jewry, the effort to stop the genocide in Darfur, promotion of AIDS Awareness, and interfaith understanding.”
At a time when the global economic downturn is forcing organizations and donors to be more thrifty than ever, Hillel is sponsoring a virtual international gala that lowers overhead costs and enables anyone and everyone to participate. Friends of Hillel are hosting a series of community-based celebrations in 25 cities on four continents. The parties will be connected by live global webcast, broadcast from the Rockville, Maryland, home of Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone, featuring Hillel leadership and special guests.
“Hillel has helped transform the Jewish college experience nationwide,” Rep. Klein said. “As someone who was involved in Jewish campus life, and as the father of two children who are active in their Jewish communities, I am keenly aware of the benefits that Hillel can provide to young people. I felt it was appropriate that on this anniversary, Congress recognize Hillel’s achievements in giving back to this country and the world.”
“I am thrilled to join with Rep. Klein in this celebration of the Hillel Foundation started many years ago in my hometown of Urbana, Illinois. Hillel has become a center for student life in the Jewish community, a cultural, social and religious home for generations of students. It is truly one of our most valued community institutions,” said Congressman Johnson.
“We are honored that so many national leaders from across the country and political spectrum have joined us in celebrating our 85th birthday and thank Congressmen Klein and Johnson for their leadership,” said Firestone.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
Howard Berman (D-CA)
Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Michael Capuano (D-MA)
Andre Carson (D-IN)
Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Barney Frank (D-MA)
Alan Grayson (D-FL)
Jane Harman (D-CA)
Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL)
Paul Hodes (D-NH)
Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Steve Israel (D-NY)
Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Steve Kagen (D-WI)
Pete King (R-NY)
Ron Klein (D-FL)
David Loebsack (D-IA)
Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Caroyln Maloney (D-NY)
Michael E. McMahon (D-NY)
Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Dennis Moore (D-KS)
Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Gary Peters (D-MI)
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA)
Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Anthony D. Weiner (D-NY)
Robert Wexler (D-FL)
John A. Yarmuth (D-KY)
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/26/2009 9:42:00 AM
Washington, DC
Leaders of the Israel on Campus Coalition, a consortium of 34 organizations dedicated to working collaboratively to assist students in fostering support for Israel on the college campus, met in Washington, DC on May 21st. Here are a few of them with National Director of the Schusterman Family Foundation, Lisa Eisen.
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/21/2009 4:22:00 PM
Student activists in Hillel's Campus Entrpreneurs Initiative (CEI) at the University of Delaware celebrate Hillel's 85th birthday.
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/21/2009 2:04:00 PM
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) with Hillel's Bronfman Fellow Jamie Silverstein shared stories about Hillel at the University of Florida (where they both went to school) at the United Jewish Communities Jewish American Heritage Month Celebration on Capitol Hill.
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/21/2009 1:57:00 PM
The card, now on display at the Schusterman International Center in Washington, DC, has hundreds of birthday notes for Hillel's 85th. Add your own birthday wish for Hillel - right here on the blog or Hillel’s 85th Birthday on Facebook.
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/18/2009 1:02:00 PM
"Students participating in KU Hillel's Campus Entreprenuers Initiative wish Hillel a very
happy 85th Anniversary! ROCK CHALK!
We wish Hillel continued success and growth as they support connecting and engaging Jewish students now and beyond!"
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/18/2009 9:11:00 AM
Virginia Tech
Hillel students at Virginia Tech have pledged 850 volunteer hours in honor of Hillel's 85th Birthday. Through this "time raising" effort, these students will reach out to others on campus and ask them to donate their time and energy to work in the community - whether it be volunteering at a health clinic, soup kitchen, kindergarten.
"Social justice is such an important lesson in Judiasm. We are pledging 850 hours of community service to give back to the town of Blacksburg as a way to show our appreciation for the many opportunities Hillel has provided over the past 85 years," said graduating senior Shauna Horrell, one of the organizers of the effort.
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/18/2009 9:03:00 AM
Hillel’s 85th Birthday Chair, Diane Wohl, celebrates Hillel’s 85th birthday at AIPAC’s Policy Conference on May 4th in Washington, DC. Students from across the country signed the birthday card for Hillel at one of the kick-off events celebrating Hillel's 85th birthday.
AIPAC Leadership Development Director Jonathan Kessler signs the birthday card with Hillel President Wayne Firestone looking on.
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/15/2009 10:36:00 AM
In honor of Hillel's 85th birthday, AEPi's 140 chapters will each raise $85 for Hillel during the fall semester toward a $12,000 goal.
"AEPi is investing in Hillel just as Hillel invests in AEPi. This just demonstrates the significance of our partnership," said AEPi President Andy Borans, also member of Hillel's Board of Directors.
Borans announced the exciting commitment at Hillel's recent spring board meeting in Austin, Texas.
Hillel students and Alpha Epsilon Pi brothers also celebrated Hillel's 85th Birthday and the essential relationship between the two organizations at AIPAC's Policy Conference on May 3.
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/8/2009 4:35:00 PM
Michigan State University
On April 24, 2009, the Lester and Jewell Morris Hillel Jewish Student Center at Michigan State University hosted more than 85 Jewish students for a Shabbat dinner in honor of Hillel’s 85th birthday. Before Shabbat, students decorated their own "85th" cupcakes, blew out birthday candles and together sang "Happy Birthday." This weekly event stood out as a historical occasion with the building covered in party décor while students shared their own personal Hillel stories and experiences. The students also learned about their local Hillel history as they additionally recognized MSU Hillel’s 70th birthday. Celebration Photos (photos taken before Shabbat candles were lit)
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Posted by Anonymous on 5/8/2009 4:21:00 PM
During the last week of April, 30 Hillel students and young professionals from Buenos Aires, Cordoba City, Montevideo, Asunción and Rio de Janeiro participated in Hillel Latin America’s first regional Tzedek trip. The participants gathered in the small village of San Pedro Norte, Argentina (population 360), located three hours north of Cordoba City. The participants engaged in a variety of tzedek activities in the small village, with a focus on improvements to the village’s children. Participants painted the walls of the village school, refurbished the school’s furniture and installed a new oven in the school kitchen. The group also spent time visiting with the local children, setting up game stations in the village square and teaching the children about oral health. The students capped off the experience by celebrating Hillel’s 85th birthday.
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