Social Justice

Weinberg Tzedek Hillel is a public service and social justice initiative devoted to transforming the culture of your campus and your community.

Alternative Break Opportunities - Find information about a variety of Alternative Break opportunities as well as stories and pictures from past breaks.

***If you are a Hillel professional filling out your Immersion Experience Common Application, please direct questions to Leora Koller-Fox, Tzedek Program Associate, lkoller-fox@hillel.org, 202-449-6593.

Never Forget. Save Darfur.
You can help stop the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Raise awareness on your campus and in the community with Weinberg Tzedek Hillel.

Bring the Paper Plate Project to your campus!

One Click Campaigns - Quick ways to be socially conscious while surfing the web.

Gift of Life
Bring the Hillel - Gift of Life Marrow Donor Campaign to your campus and you can help save a life!

Tzedek How-to Guides - Detailed resources that help you plan, promote and get others involved in social action.

Hillel of Metro Detroit Paints Fence for Fire Victims
Hillel students paint fence at site of Jewish apartment fire.

Hillel Goes to the Farm
Hillel two pilot organic farm alternative break programs as a way to provide students with a greater understanding of issues surrounding sustainable food production and the necessary skills, knowledge and resources to affect positive change in their communities and on their campuses.

Homecoming: What Hillel Students Bring Back from Israel
When a stranger gives Taglit-Birthright Israel students $400, how will they spend it?

Iowans Support One Another During Historic Floods
Jerry Sorokin, executive director of the University of Iowa Hillel shares some words about the floods in Iowa City.

Hillel, Law Students Team Up
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and the National Jewish Law Students Association (NJLSA) are now working together to engage graduate students and prepare Jewish law students to become solid leaders in the legal and Jewish communities.