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Since October 7, 2023, Jewish college students across the U.S. have faced increasing hostility on their campuses. Once active in diverse student organizations, many now find themselves excluded from spaces they used to call home. In response, these students are leaning into Hillel and the Jewish community, emerging as a new generation of resilient leaders.
March is Women’s History Month, a dedicated time to recognize and celebrate the vital role women have played and continue to play in American history and society.
Cindy Golub’s investment in Hillel began with the Hillel at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Hillel), where she and, subsequently, her three children studied. “I’ve supported Hillel for a long time. My feeling has always been [that] if my family benefits from anything, I should pay them back ten times.”
For Elyon Topolosky, the music director of Rak Shalom, one of University of Maryland’s two Jewish a cappella groups, his introduction to the world of competitive collegiate Jewish a cappella came before he was a college student himself.
From chanted prayers to summer camp song sessions to improvised harmonies in niggunim (the wordless melodies often sung as part of services), music is an integral part of Jewish culture.
As the calendar year comes to a close, Hillel International President and CEO Adam Lehman sat down with us to reflect on his favorite moments from the tenth Hillel International Global Assembly (HIGA), which brought together more than 1,200 Hillel professionals, supporters, sponsors, and students for a three-day annual conference centered on growth and leadership. […]
Randall Kaplan’s Hillel story began when he was a college student at Tufts University. After growing up in Greensboro, North Carolina, where there was a very small but active Jewish community, Randall jumped into Jewish life at Tufts in the 1970s.
On November 10, 2024, thousands of Jewish people from all over the world came together in Washington, D.C. to show their support for each other and for Israel.
It’s no surprise that Hillel has changed and evolved over the past 100 years. But one thing has always remained the same: Hillel’s dedication to supporting and enriching the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.
Shani Menna, incoming executive chair of Hillel’s Israel Leadership Network, never doubted whether she would be involved in speaking up for Israel on her campus — the only question was what form her activism would take. “Israel has always been a big part of my identity,” she said. “It’s in my DNA. ”
