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This Sukkot, thousands of Jewish students around the world gathered at Hillel to celebrate under the branched roof of a sukkah. They studied Jewish texts, shook the lulav and etrog, shared meals, sang, decorated, and spent time together. The celebrations looked different from campus to campus and country to country, but they shared a common […]
Spring is beginning in Brazil, and at Hillel Rio, Sukkot is underway. The Hillel sukkah is filled with Jewish students and young adults sharing meals, learning Jewish text, shaking the lulav and etrog, spending time with friends, and even sleeping under the stars. For roughly 3,000 participants, Hillel Rio offers a place to make Judaism, […]
Regina Jonas was the first modern woman to become a rabbi. And every time I walk to the Hillel building in Berlin, I walk past a street named for her.
In Ukraine, Jewish college students and young adults are building Jewish lives in the shadow of war.
This program brings together Jewish students for a year-long course of study designed to build international friendships and leadership.
Hillel Poland hosted a “Shabbaton Across Borders,” welcoming nearly 100 Hillel participants and staff for a weekend of Jewish learning.
Over the course of this year, I have been engaged with the beauty and complexity of pluralistic Judaism with the goal of leaving inspired and equipped with a renewed sense of purpose for addressing the most pressing challenges facing the global Jewish community today.
“With antisemitism surging on college campuses across the Western world, Hillel International and the Matanel Foundation have selected 15 Jewish students for a spot in the inaugural year of the Matanel Fellowship for Global Jewish Leadership, a 12-month program which aims to foster their ‘sense of responsibility’ for the worldwide Jewish community.
Cleaning up beaches near Rio de Janeiro and learning about Jewish environmental values. Connecting with Jewish study abroad students in London. Discovering the richness and plurality of Jewish traditions at Israeli cultural centers from Haifa to Sderot. Exploring the intersection of art and Jewish identity in Berlin. And helping Jewish students rebuild, physically and emotionally, after bombings in war-torn Ukraine.
On Thursday, March 13, as students around the United States prepared to celebrate Purim with their campus Hillels, Jewish students and alumni across the pond were getting ready for Hillel International’s first-ever Hillel International Global Social event
