Pushing boundaries
“It is of no surprise that three years later, I yearn for that same community that so distinctly defined my undergraduate experience.”
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Better late than never
Brianna Patek has never forgotten the stories her parents told her about their former lives as Jews living in Ukraine.
Shalom Y’all
What’s that thing on the door?” asked Jackson, class of ’21, of his Duke University roommate and Blue Devils football teammate, Daniel Karlin. Jackson hails from Highland Park, Texas, an area outside of Dallas where fewer than 1 percent of residents are Jewish.
On my own
And today I use the skills I learned at Hillel as a communications associate at Capital Camps and as a volunteer adviser with BBYO.
A leg up
After a hectic first week of classes, I found something familiar: Shabbat services and dinner with Hillel.
Two Jews, Three Opinions
Is it permissible to torture terrorists according to halacha? Are the #MeToo whisper networks a form of lashon harah?
Unapologetically Jewish
Hillel gave me a space in which I could be unapologetically Jewish, even in a rural town where Jews were truly “strangers in a strange land.”
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt delves into anti-Semitism at Hillel International
Renowned Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt spoke to more than 170 Hillel professionals on Wednesday about her latest book, “Antisemitism: Here and Now.”
Customizing my Judaism
It was through my four years with Hillel at Temple, from their freshman orientation program to serving on the student board, that I developed the tools to imagine and create the Jewish life I want.
Becoming a lay leader
Because of Hillel, I discovered my passion for Jewish peoplehood and grew in a way that helped me pursue that passion.
