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Purchase College, SUNY

Main P.O. Box 8
Purchase , NY 10577 USA

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About Purchase College, SUNY

Hillels of Westchester is the hub of Jewish life here at Purchase College. With committed students and dedicated staff, Hillel has grown from a handful of participants to a vibrant and growing presence on campus served by two full-time professionals and an activive volunteer Board. At Hillel, we strive to enhance the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. All members of the Purchase community are welcome to participate in this holy work. Hillel offers opportunities to take part in Jewish education, Israel programs, tzedek (social justice) efforts, and Jewish prayer and festival celebrations. Each semester, we welcome a variety of Jewish bands, speakers, and cultural performers. Hillel has come to be known campus-wide for our collaborative programming, including our regular Midnight Run event, where we bring food and clothing to the homeless poor of New York City, and our monthly kosher Shabbat dinners. In 2006, Hillel at Purchase was proud to dedicate it`s new lounge space, located in Campus Center North (Room 0024), where we were joined by Hillel student leaders and staff at Purchase College, including President Schwartz. We now hold weekly meetings in that space, and regular Shabbat evening services. For more information our about events, visit our website at www.hillelsofwestchester.org and our facebook group Hillel at Purchase.

  • 4000 Undergrads

  • 0 Graduates

  • 400* (10%)Jewish Undergrads(Percent of Population)

  • 0* (0%)Jewish Graduates(Percent of Population)

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Jewish Life

Birthright Participation Taglit-Birthright Israel offers a free trip to Israel for students who have never been to Israel on a peer-based trip.
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Alt Break Participation Alternative Breaks are organized, short-term service projects, often involving travel. Student participants are challenged to understand difficult social issues and to explore questions of Judaism and social responsibility while giving of themselves and their time.
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Jewish Studies Major or Minor
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Hillel Foundation


Founded in 1995 and separately incorporated in 2004, Hillels of Westchester is a campus-based organization that serves the 1,300 Jewish students at Purchase College, Sarah Lawrence College, Pace University - Pleasantville, and Manhattanville College. We offer students of diverse backgrounds a broad array of unique experiences that nurture and deepen their Jewish identities whether spiritual, philosophical, historic, cultural, social, or ethical. We partner with Westchester rabbis and faculty from Jewish Studies programs to enhance Jewish learning and scholarship, as well as support the diverse identities of the aforementioned educational institutions. Recognized for our extensive work in Jewish student outreach and leadership development, Hillels of Westchester achieved the status of Hillel Foundation in 2007. This multi-campus Hillel serves approximately 1,300 undergraduate and 100 graduate students on four liberal arts campuses; Purchase College, Sarah Lawrence College, PACE University-Pleasantville and Manhattanville College.


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