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What is Tisha B’Av?

Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, is recognized as the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. It is a day of mourning for tragedies across Jewish history, most particularly the destruction and loss of the first and second Temple and Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago. 


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At Hillel, I didn’t have to pick and choose

“Hello, my name is Hadley Kalson, I use they/them pronouns, and I am the UVM Hillel student president.” This is how I introduced myself for two years at the University of Vermont, where I served as the Hillel student president.  But it wasn’t always so simple. When I was in high school, my friends knew […]


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