Accreditation 
The quality-assurance process designed to ensure that Hillel Foundations are sound, viable institutions.

Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Building
Hillel's international headquarters facility located at 800 Eighth St., N.W., Washington, DC, 202-449-6500.

Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Hillel Forum on Social Justice 
The Spitzer Forum is a conference for students interested in public policy, community service and activism. Held in February of each year in conjunction with the Jewish Council on Public Affairs.

Elie Wiesel Award
An honorary award given to Hillel Foundations or campuses served by the Soref Initiative for outstanding Jewish arts and culture programming on campus.

Fellowships at the Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center
Hillel offers four Fellowship opportunities for recent college graduates to work in the Schusterman International Center. The Fellowships are: the Arline and David L. Bittker Fellowship, the Bronfman Fellowship, the Human Resources Fellowship, and the Organizational Learning Fellowship.

GA (General Assembly)
The annual conference of the United Jewish Communities of North America that includes a Hillel student program, in which more than 400 students participate. 

Grinspoon Quick Turn-Around Grants
Monetary grants for student-initiated programs that require immediate funding.

Hillel Foundation
Generally, an organization that has officially affiliated with Hillel, a budget of more than $150,000, more than two full-time professionals, and serves more than 600 Jewish students.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
The official name of Hillel.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Board of Directors The governing body of Hillel which makes decisions for the movement. At least 10 students serve on the Board of Directors chaired by Randall Kaplan.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life International Board of Governors
Hillel's highest consultative body. Provides counsel, support and advice to Hillel's Board of Directors. Chaired by Edgar M. Bronfman with Co-Chairs Lynn Schusterman and Michael Steinhardt.

Hillel International Professional Staff Conference 
A conference designed to provide professional training and networking opportunities for Hillel professional staff and faculty advisors. Held in December of each year.

Hillel Newsletters
Hillel's e-mail newsletters.

Hillel Program Centers
Hillel affiliates that have solo professionals, 300-800 Jewish students, and budgets roughly between $50,000 - $125,000.

Hillel Student Organizations (HSOs)
Hillel affiliates with fewer than 500 Jewish students on campus and without the infrastructure to sustain Hillel Foundations.

Hillel's Charles Schusterman International Student Leaders Assembly 
A conference for Hillel student leaders in August of each year. Sponsored by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.

Hillel's Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center
Provides leadership, administrative support, professional training, accreditation, development support, grant funding and other resources and services to Hillel Foundations, regional centers, Hillel Program Centers and Hillel Student Organizations around the world. Staff members of Hillel's International Center have offices in Washington, D.C., New York, Florida, Israel and California.

Hillel's Heritage Society 
Recognizes people who are making a profound and lasting impact on the Jewish future by including Hillel in their estate and other long-term financial plans. Many Heritage Society members also receive tax and income benefits through their support for Hillel. 

Hillel's Regional and Multi-Campus Centers
Hillel organizations that provide services and resources to Hillel Foundations and Jewish campus groups in particular metropolitan areas or regions.

Hillel's Renaissance Society 
Recognizes philanthropists who make unrestricted annual contributions to support Hillel's work. Renaissance Society members are critical Hillel partners whose investment, leadership and commitment is fostering a renaissance of Jewish student life on campuses worldwide.

Hillelethon
A campus-based, nationally coordinated telemarketing program that raises funds on behalf of local Hillels and includes active student participation.

http://www.hillel.org
The address of the Hillel Web site, which is linked to hundreds of campus and other organizational Web sites. The Web site also holds the Guide to Jewish Life on Campus, which profiles colleges and universities.

Jacob Burns Endowment in Ethics Grants
Endowed grants for programming with Jewish faculty on Jewish ethical issues.

jconnect
A breakthrough initiative connecting twenty-something Jews with their local communities, focusing on the campus-to-community transition.

Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning
The Center through which Hillel fosters Jewish learning as a catalyst for Jewish renaissance.

Partner Agencies
Hillel works in close cooperation with many other agencies and institutions that offer programs for college students. In the Partner Agency Guide, you will find contact information about these agencies, as well as the programming and personal development resources they provide.

Program Exchange
Hillel's program resource bank on the Hillel Web site.

Soref Initiative for Emerging Campuses 
A Hillel initiative to provide services and resources to Jewish students on campuses without a Hillel Foundation. The Soref Initiative provides regional and program incentive grants, scholarships to various conferences, consultative services and online support.

Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps (JCSC) Fellows 
The Steinhardt JCSC Fellowship was a Hillel Fellowship for recent college graduates to engage students in Jewish experiences on campus. They participated in 11-month paid fellowships to work on specific campuses with students who would not normally participate in Jewish life on campus.  The JCSC Fellowship’s last year is 2008.

Student Initiatives Committee Grants
Monetary grants administered by a committee of student representatives (Student Initiatives Committee), specifically for programs that are student-initiated and student-implemented. There are two types of SIC grants: Encouragement grants and Sarah and Irving Pitt campus creativity grants.

Taglit-birthright israel: Hillel Trip
Free campus-based trips to Israel sponsored by the birthright israel organization for students who have never traveled to Israel on a group trip.

The Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Initiative
A major public service effort dedicated to transforming Hillels into campus communities focused on service, advocacy, education and social responsibility.

William Haber Award
Annual program award honoring programs of quality for the Jewish campus community.