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 […]
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah 101
Why celebrate one Jewish holiday when you can celebrate four?! After a month of observing the holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, the Jewish calendar finally lands on Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, a combined celebration that marks the end of the High Holidays.
Hillel Rio Welcomes Hundreds to Sukkot Festivities
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, […]
Seeing Israel Through New and Returning Eyes
Michael Pollak is the Assistant Director at Hillel at the University of Rochester. One of the greatest privileges of working in Jewish campus life is watching students have new experiences, seeing the moments that shape how they understand themselves and the world around them. This has been particularly true during Hillel’s Birthright Israel trips, which […]
How a Hillel Can Be a Sukkah for Jewish Students
These words are often at the heart of Hillel’s programming around the world, where creating a sense of belonging and acceptance is an essential value.
What is Sukkot?
Beginning five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is one of the three major holidays during the Jewish calendar (the other two are Passover and Shavuot). The word “Sukkot” means “booths” or “huts,” and refers to the structures many Jewish families and communities build to represent the temporary dwellings the Israelites lived in after their escape from Egypt.
Thousands of Jewish Students Celebrate Rosh Hashanah with Hillel
This past weekend, thousands of Jewish students celebrated Rosh Hashanah with their campus Hillels.
What is Yom Kippur?
Imagine taking 365 days of self-reflection, and compressing it into one, single day. That, in essence, is Yom Kippur.
