Hillel Breaks Ground on First Jewish Student Center at University of Rochester
Last week began a new chapter as URochester Hillel broke ground on the Greenbaum Center for Jewish Life.
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Under the Sukkah: Hillel Students Worldwide Celebrate Sukkot
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 […]
How Will We Remember October 7?
Yishai Goldflam is the vice president of development and partnerships of Hillel Israel Jews are remarkably good at remembering events that happened thousands of years ago. Every year on Passover, we sit around a table and tell the story of the Exodus as though we ourselves had left Egypt. We fast and read Eicha on […]
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Finding Home in the Hillel Sukkah
At the time, I didn’t fully understand Sukkot as a celebration of hospitality, community, gratitude, and joy. College changed that.
Salachti: Forgiveness is There, Right From the Start
Every fall, Jewish students arrive on campus for the new academic year and the High Holidays, carrying pieces of home with them.
How the High Holidays at Hillel Helped Me Find My Jewish Voice
When I was a first-year college student, I celebrated Rosh Hashanah and fasted on Yom Kippur for the very first time.
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The Algemeiner: Clemson University to Launch First Ever Hillel International Office for Jewish Students
“Clemson University to Launch First Ever Hillel International Office for Jewish Students,” by Dion J. Pierre, shares the announcement that Clemson University will open their first professionally-staffed Hillel
Repair the World and Hillel International Expand Bridging Service Fellowship For Second Year, Connecting Jewish Students With Peers Across Campus
After a successful pilot year, Hillel International and Repair the World will expand the Bridging Service Fellowship.
New $2.5M Endowment Creates Permanent Campus Rabbi Role at Duke University
A new $2.5 million endowment will support a full-time rabbi at Duke University for generations to come.