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Hooking-up students with their Judaism
Hillel professionals are on the front line of confronting one of the most controversial aspects of contemporary youth, the so-called “hook-up” culture of casual sex.
A new book, Sex and the Soul, explores the role religion plays in students’ sexual behavior. In this issue we speak with individuals who are dealing with this new sexual revolution and learn how they balance traditional Jewish values with contemporary reality.
I'd like to hear your views, which you can express by commenting at the end of the story.
Danielle Freni
Editor, Hillel Campus Report
dfreni@hillel.org
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 Leslie H. Wexner: The "Secret" to Success
The CEO of Limited Brands, Inc., discusses the path that has made him a success in the business world, a committed family man, and the benefactor of a new generation of Jewish leaders.
“I asked myself, around my 40th birthday, what would they say about you when you're gone?” Wexner said recently. “I came to the conclusion that what people say about you when you're gone doesn't matter. When you look in the mirror, are you seeing someone you'd like to meet, someone you're proud of?”
Adam Sandler: You Don't Mess with Israel
If anyone would dare to make a big screen comedy out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it would be Adam Sandler. In his latest flick, "You Don't Mess with the Zohan," Sandler plays an Israeli counterterrorist agent named Zohan who has bigger dreams of becoming a hair stylist in New York. As Tom Teicholz explains in the LA Jewish Journal, the basis for "Zohan" was born out of Sandler's Jewish upbringing and the belief that Israel is a superpower...not to be messed with.
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Homecoming: What Hillel Students Bring Back from Israel
After a sobering experience at a teenager’s freshly dug grave, Hillel students from Bus 747 see their Taglit-Birthright Israel experience from a different perspective. On another trip, three Hillel students receive $400 from a stranger. How are these encounters affecting the next generation of Jews? How are lives changed after Taglit-Birthright Israel?
Hillel Goes to the Farm
Hillel students on the east and west coasts commit to a week of organic farming in response to the world's energy crisis. As Abbey Greenberg, senior associate for Weinberg Tzedek Hillel, explains, "We wanted to challenge students to think about the role food plays in Judaism and the role sustainability plays as it is related to food."
UW, Milwaukee Breaks Ground on New Hillel Building
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation broke ground last month on the new Joseph and Vera Zilber Building, an eco-friendly facility which will serve as the local Hillel Foundation's headquarters and house the Hillel Student Center.
Landmark Meeting on Jewish Life at Penn State
In a watershed moment for Penn State Hillel and the estimated 6,000 Jewish students attending school there, University President Dr. Graham Spanier recently joined with Hillel’s Board of Directors to bring together key stakeholders for a summit examining the current challenges and opportunities for Jewish life on campus.
Iowa City Jews Respond to Floods
As Iowa City residents struggle to recover from record floodwaters that destroyed hundreds of homes and claimed at least five lives, the Jewish community seizes the opportunity to pursue tzedek (social justice).
New Hillel Activism
The New York Jewish Week talks to Hillel professionals about what inspires Jewish students to get involved.
NewsBytes
J. newspaper features Hillel Rabbi Mychal Copeland's civil marriage at San Mateo County Courthouse / Levine Hillel prepares to welcome Jewish freshmen at University of Illinois, Chicago / Rutgers Hillel celebrates its future expansion at a gala dinner honoring lead donors, Audrey and Zygi Wilf and Jane and Mark Wilf
College 101: A Student/Parent College Survival Guide
Mother-daughter co-authors, Margo Woodacre and Steffany Bane, offer tips for incoming freshmen and the parents who are sending them off. More advice found in the book, "I'll Miss You Too."
Learn Something Jewish: The Sanctity of Sex
A look at the traditional Jewish view of sex and purity.
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