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Israel Notes
Stanford Hillel, Orly Deri
Posted by: Anonymous on 7/28/2008 4:28:00 PM
Orly Deri at Stanford Hillel organized a program was entitled “My Personal Journey: From Ethiopia to Israel”. This program included an incredible exhibit of the pictures of the journey from Ethiopia to Israel of the Israel Fellow at UC Santa Cruz, Maritu Kabada, who emigrated from Ethiopia to Israel as a child. The program also featured a delicious authentic Ethiopian dinner. The highlight ... Read More >>

Baruch College Hillel, Veronika Lacktman
Posted by: Anonymous on 7/28/2008 4:10:00 PM
Veronika Lacktman at Baruch College Hillel coordinated a party for Israel’s 60 Birthday in Madison Square Park with Baruch College , NYU, Hunter College, Pace Univ., Brooklyn College, Columbia University students, with sponsorships by Hillel, StandWithUs, ZOA, JAFI, Aroma, Shemspeed, and The Jerusalem Post. A Shotei Hanevua concert along with Israeli food, dancing... Read More >>

Hillel of Greater Philadelphia, Hela Lahar
Posted by: Anonymous on 7/28/2008 4:10:00 PM
Hela Lahar brought the famous Arab-American writer and speaker, Nonie Darwish, to several of the Philadelphia campuses. The talk was entitled "Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel and the War on Terror,” and drew a large crowd at the University of Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges. Particularly at Bryn Mawr, the reaction of the crowd was unprecedented. Many perceived Darwish's m... Read More >>

Queens College Hillel, Diti Kikayun
Posted by: Anonymous on 7/28/2008 3:55:00 PM
Diti Kikayun at Queens College Hillel recruited 60 students to create a mural for the Hillel’s lounge walls to celebrate Israel’s 60 years of independence, with the help of a professional artist. During the process, the students learned about the important sites of Israel, from the Dead Sea, to the Galilee, and the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Yonatan Barkan, Hillel at Davis and Sacramento
Posted by: Anonymous on 7/28/2008 3:21:00 PM
Yonatan Barkan is returning for a third year to the Hillel at Davis and Sacramento. Among his many accomplishments include working closely with a state senator’s office to reinstate the study abroad program in Israel for all 10 University of California campuses, calling upon the Regents of California.

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UCLA Hillel, Anat Yitzhaki
Posted by: Anonymous on 7/28/2008 3:01:00 PM

Anat Yitzhaki at UCLA Hillel worked with students to create an Israel Expo to celebrate Yom Ha’Atzmaut, bringing Professor Judah Pearl and Israeli Consul General Jacob Dayan along with over 800 people from UCLA and the community. Booths in Bruin Plaza focused on four major cities in Israel: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Sderot, with pictures of the cities as well as information a... Read More >>


Orange County Hillel, Tzvi Raviv
Posted by: Anonymous on 7/28/2008 2:33:00 PM
Tzvi Raviv was instrumental in jump-starting Israel programming on campus at UC Irvine. This past school year was the inaugural year of the Israel Fellows Program at OC Hillel, and Zvi collaborated with student leaders to create a very successful week-long Israel celebration. During I-Fest, an estimated 3000 students were exposed to Israeli culture and the country’s innovations, along with ... Read More >>

Previous Postings

Hillel Welcomes New Israel Fellows 7/28/2008 1:49:00 PM
The Dream and the Dreamers 4/25/2007 11:11:00 AM
Making Israel Trips Green 3/6/2007 10:27:00 AM
Sustainable Zionism 1/26/2007 10:26:00 AM
Building Blocks of New Zionism 1/5/2007 10:26:00 AM
Whose State is it Anyway 11/20/2006 11:28:00 AM
A New Zionist Vision 11/14/2006 4:12:00 PM
Israel After the Storm 8/30/2006 4:13:00 PM
More Than A Matter of Honor 6/26/2006 4:11:00 PM
Searching, Forging and Searching Again 6/7/2006 4:10:00 PM
Once Again, Constitution Blues 4/26/2006 4:02:00 PM
A Shaliach’s Perspective: Are we Afraid of Zionism? 3/30/2006 4:01:00 PM
A Moment of Truth 2/12/2006 4:07:00 PM
Water, Water Everywhere 1/24/2006 4:04:00 PM
Pushing the Boundaries 1/2/2006 4:08:00 PM

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