UCLA Hillel is a welcoming and inclusive home-away-from-home for all Jewish students. Whether you identify as “just Jewish” or are more observant; were brought up Jewishly or not at all, come from an interfaith family, are a Jew-by-choice or aren’t quite sure how you identify, you are part of our community.
Hillel at UCLA offers a kosher (dairy) Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf open during the school year M-F from 9-5, and a kosher (meat) cafe, open for lunch M-Th during the school year.
Options: University meal plan-no extra cost;Hillel meal plan-extra cost;Kosher food available nearby
Weekly Shabbat services include a pluralistic / liberal, musically-based option each Friday night during the school in addition to a daily Orthodox minyan made possible by our amazing JLIC (OU Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus) program. Daily minyan participants often cook breakfast together after services!
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UCLA Hillel strives to ensure that all students feel included and welcome. Our building is 100% accessible and includes an all gender bathroom on the ground floor. We have a robust, student-led wellness program which includes access to one-one therapy and numerous wellness programs throughout the year. UCLA Hillel participates in the MitzVote civic engagement program and several of our students have served as Repair the World fellows. We also partner regularly with local soup volunteer and service organizations, and have incubated and scaled national projects including summer camps for underprivileged youth, a network of clinics in Uganda, and Swipe Out Hunger.
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When I entered UCLA Hillel for the first time, I quite literally stumbled my way into the building. After getting progressively more lost on campus, I somehow ended up one block off campus in front of Hillel. But once there, I found both my community and my people.
In partnership with the Jewish Agency for Israel and Israel Experience, a delegation of eight Hillel student leaders spent a week in Israel to celebrate the country’s 75th birthday.
Check out some of the scholarships available for University of California, Los Angeles Jewish students.
The UCLA Maurice Amado grants are intended to defray costs associated with short-term research or study in the field of Sephardic studies. Awards will be made in the $1,000 - $1,500 range.
UCLA undergraduates in all majors are eligible to apply as long as the project is focused in some way on Jewish Studies. Priority will be given to proposals with a connection to civic engagement and/or social ethics.
Scholarships will support programs of study, internships, or research projects that apply the knowledge of the Jewish experience, and especially the lessons of the Holocaust, to contemporary society and social justice issues. Preference will be given to Jewish Studies majors or students whose area of study relates to Jewish issues and learning.
The Hillel College Guide aims to provide you with a snapshot of each local Hillel’s makeup and offerings. We recognize that there may be more information you need in order to better understand the campus reality, particularly around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. If you would like additional information about a given campus’ offerings or action steps in those areas, please reach out to us at [email protected].