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Hillel at Fordham University, the center of Jewish life at Fordham University Lincoln Center campus, serves a tight-knit Jewish community on an urban campus in Manhattan. At Fordham, Hillel offers Jewish learning and Israel education programs, leadership opportunities, coffee dates with Hillel staff and interns, and so much more! Hillel is a great way to make friends and find a community on campus. Plus, being a part of Hillel at Fordham also connects Jewish students to our other schools in Manhattan, coming together for off-campus events around NYC, shabbatons, conferences, and more.
Our mission is to enrich the lives of the Jewish undergraduate and graduate students at Fordham so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Hillel provides quality programming, student engagement, leadership opportunities and professional support to the Fordham University community in order to: promote the values of pluralism, tikkun olam, Israel, and the Jewish world so that students can develop significant relationships and meaningful Jewish experiences.
Hillel at Fordham is part of the Hillel at Baruch College, Inc. multi-campus umbrella, including Hillels at Baruch College, The City College of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Pace University, School of Visual Arts, Fordham University – Lincoln Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, The New School, and New York Institute of Technology.
Undergraduate Enrollment
10,039 Students
*Percent of population
Graduate Enrollment
5,846 Students
*Percent of population
Jewish Experience
- Served by Hillel Yes
- Religious Services Available Yes
- Hillel Rabbi/Senior Jewish Educator No
- Kosher Food Available Yes
- Birthright Israel Participation Yes
- Alt Break Participation No
- Jewish Studies Offered Yes
- Jewish Studies Major or Minor Minor
- Study Abroad in Israel University sponsored program
- Israel Fellow Yes
- JLIC Educator No
- Hillel Mental Health/Wellness Staff Yes
Campus Climate for Jewish Students
- Hillel CCI Antisemitism Training Participant No
- Open Title VI Investigation No
- Anti-Israel Student Government or BDS Resolution None
- Anti-Israel Encampment, Spring 2024 Yes
Kosher Dining
Kosher lunch is served 1-2 times per week at John Jay College, just 2 blocks away from campus. Fordham University, located in Manhattan, is in walking distance and short subway rides away from kosher restaurants.
Options: Kosher food available nearby
Religious Services
There is a daily traditional mincha (afternoon) service Monday-Thursday in the Hillel Suite.
Frequency: Contact this hillel
Additional Campus Information
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- Private/Public Private
- Acceptance Rate 56%
- U.S. Region Northeast
- Commuter/Residential Residential
- Tuition In-State $62,990
- Tuition Out-of-State $62,990
- Out-of-State/Int’l 60% / 7%
- Greek Life No
Campus Voices
Throughout my gap year in Israel, I took the train weekly to Jerusalem for Hebrew lessons with my Safta, my grandmother. Safta’s family emigrated from Morocco to Israel during World War II, as antisemitic propaganda plagued northern Africa. The political and financial instability of that time meant that university wasn’t an option for my Safta. […]
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