For All:

• Summit 2008 - Following the ground-breaking Summit 2006, Hillel will once again bring together key decision makers from academia and the Jewish community to explore how we can work together to create a more civil society.

For Students:

• Hillel's Charles Schusterman International Student Leaders Assembly - In January 2008, Leaders Assembly was held in Israel.  Students from around the world gathered, creating a diverse and pluralistic community that celebrated and reflected on the character of global Jewish life.

• Hillel's Student Program at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly (GA) - The GA is the annual gathering of the organized Jewish community. This conference typically attracts 5,000 participants including lay leaders, professionals, and undergraduate and graduate students.

For Professionals:

• The Hillel International Professional Staff Conference - A conference designed to provide professional training and networking opportunities for Hillel professional staff and faculty advisors.

• Hillel New Directors Institute - In July 2008, new Hillel directors participated in an intensive orientation at the Schusterman International Center in Washington, DC.

• Engagement Institutes - This summer Hillel offered two Engagement Institutes that focused on both the big ideas and practical applications of what it means to make engagement central to everything Hillel does.  These trainings were targeted for the following professionals only:
  • Anyone staffing an immersion experience for the first time in the coming year
  • Supervisors of Campus Entrepreneurs and Hillel Directors from CEI campuses
  • Senior Jewish Educators (E3)
  • Israel Fellows
  • Professionals from campuses supervising the Peer Network Engagement Internship
  
  
  Detailed information on registration and costs for all summer trainings are forthcoming.

For Lay Leaders:

• Hillel's International Lay Leadership Institutes - The Lay Leadership Institutes are one-day, regional events, designed to encourage a maximum number of participants from each board and encourage regional networking. The Institutes focus on the sharing of best practices, effective board governance, fiscal management, fundraising, current campus issues, and the board's role in fostering Jewish identity and pluralism.  Institutes are held on alternate years.  Hillel also convenes an annual institute specifically for local Hillel Board Chairs and Presidents. 

Please Note: Scholarship money is available for all Hillel student conferences. It is Hillel's intent that financial considerations not prevent student participation in any Hillel student conference. Please e-mail or call the contact person for each conference for more detailed information.