I wouldn’t be as proud of my gay, religious and Jewish identities without Emma’s support.
On the day I moved into my dorm room at University of Connecticut, I walked into Hillel.
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On the day I moved into my dorm room at University of Connecticut, I walked into Hillel.
My kippah sparked a conversation between me and a monk on campus during my sophomore year.
It’s not enough to talk about our history as a Jewish people, we need to experience it firsthand.
When I came out as nonbinary at Cincinnati Hillel, Landon Cohen, a transgender staff member, was there to support me.
It was a difficult stunt already, and this time I had to do it in front of 42,000 people during the final of the March Madness Tournament. It was one of the scariest moments I had as a college cheerleader. A tuck-basket-toss involves four teammates throwing me in the air while I do a backflip. If I flipped too […]
I found peace outside of the rigors of training at Hillel.
Most of my college friends never met a Jew before meeting me.
When I chose to attend Virginia Tech, I knew Hillel was going to be my home away from home.
If someone wants to come into the Hillel community, maybe I’m not the authority on a lot of stuff, but how easy is it for me to open the door or direct someone to the correct location?
“I’m from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has been extremely accepting of the Jewish people, and I’ve always felt like I had a home there and people were very welcoming and very accepting of who I was. When I decided to come to college I came to Elon University and, as well, it was […]