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The singing was louder this morning as we were welcomed to our day. We sat in a circle surrounded by green hills as last night’s s’more ashes blew around in the light breeze. Some people are wearing their headbands from last night’s DWELL-olympics in which one of the participants on the team that came in […]
Set in the early summer, in the green hills of Cortland, New York, over a hundred Jewish professionals are gathering for Hillel’s DWELL. I’m lucky enough to be one of the faculty here this week, and will be blogging about the experience as I go. This is the first time that Hillel is engaging in […]
I ended up finding my place in the Jewish community and put most of my time into Hillel because that’s where my friends were and where I could truly grow as a leader and become my truest self.
Jacob Abtahi didn’t know anybody when he got to Tucson. So when the fall semester started, the University of Arizona freshman headed over to Hillel’s Welcome Week.
Central Synagogue is launching a new partnership between Hillel International and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
It doesn’t matter if your chosen reading locale is on a paradise beach or in your air-conditioned living room. Make sure to add some of these can’t-put-down books to your summer reading list.
Rabbi Daniel Epstein of George Washington University Hillel considers himself to be a professional storyteller — one who knows more than 10,000 tales.
I managed to maneuver most of my adolescence without falling into a depression, being mad at my parents or breaking the rules. I had the support of my incredible family, good connections with my teachers and some of the best friends anyone could ask for. I arrived at Columbia University in 2016 — totally alone.
Social media may be a new phenomenon, but storytelling is not. Telling stories is as old as humankind, and this ancient tradition may just be the best way to ensure the future of our vital mission.
For the past 32 years, working at Hillel has been many things for Esther Abramowitz – fulfilling, fun, meaningful – but never boring.
