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Topic: Proud to be Jewish
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Filling My Thanksgiving With Friends and Family
After a recent conversation with my roommate, I realized that my Thanksgiving dinner has never been conventional.
Students Gather in Cleveland for the First-Ever Songleaders Summit
This November, Cleveland Hillel hosted their first-ever Songleaders Summit as part of Hillel International’s Regional Student Gatherings Grant Program.
Growing Into My Jewish Identity With Hillel
My name is Edie, and I’m a student at the University at Buffalo, class of 2027. Hillel of Buffalo changed my life.
“Best of Both Worlds”: Hispanic Heritage Month Reflections
Every month felt like Hispanic Heritage Month growing up in Miami. I heard more Spanish than English spoken on the streets, Cuban coffee and pastelitos dominated cafes, and my family and our neighbors shared an unspoken past – we chased the American Dream right to South Florida. We survived, thrived, and lived as Latinos, Jews, […]
Three Shofar Blasts: A Story of Resilience for the New Year
My summer resembled a series of three shofar blasts: a tekiah - a long continuous blast, shevarim - three shorter blasts, and teruah - nine short blasts.
The Shabbat Walk That Changed My Life
On a rainy night in late April 2022, nine years into living in Chicago, I took the bus to a Shabbat dinner in nearby Andersonville that would change my life.
Finding Harmony: How Kaskeset and Hillel Empower Jewish Students to Sing Through Challenge and Change
For Jordi, a recent Binghamton University graduate, Kaskeset – the school’s only Jewish a cappella group – isn’t just a place to sing. She’s there to lead, to laugh, to reflect
Living with Hope and Pride
“Hope will never be silent.” The gay Jewish American who spoke these words, Harvey Milk, is the kind of mensch I aspire to be in my journey as a queer Jew. By living my queer and Jewish identities proud and out loud, I honor not only Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man […]
Passing the Torch: The Evolution of Jewish Leadership on Campus
Four years ago, as a first-year student at the University of Miami, who had just recently arrived from Uruguay, I attended my first Shabbat dinner at Hillel, unsure of what my Jewish journey would look like.
