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Oct 30, 2017, 12:46 PM
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Elan Kramer
In Parashat Lech Lecha, God proclaims that he will bless Abraham throughout the journey from his birthplace to the unknown, new “land that [God] will show [him.]”
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Oct 26, 2017, 15:21 PM
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Hillel News
Katie Spector plans to teach the University of Arizona Hillel Foundation students that it is ok to come from an interfaith marriage or a different Jewish background.
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Oct 26, 2017, 14:35 PM
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Hillel News
Jenna Ferman's lifelong formal Jewish education and passion for Judaism led to her, “hopefully, first of many jobs in the field of being a Jewish professional.”
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Oct 26, 2017, 12:24 PM
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Shana Medel
Driven by the possibility of turning her passion for Judaism into a profession, Ashira Boxman refused to let an opportunity in her native Florida go to waste.
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Oct 15, 2017, 14:01 PM
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Hillel News
What I reflect on the type of student who attends KU Hillel, the truth, I realize, is that there is no one type.
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Oct 8, 2017, 22:00 PM
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Andrea Steinberger
Let us work as a people and as the Hillel organization to inspire our students to remember the words that Martin Luther King Jr. taught us, “We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny.”
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UVM Hillel puts a unique twist on tashlich
Oct 3, 2017, 14:00 PM
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Hillel News
UVM Hillel put a remarkable spin on the spiritual practice of casting one’s sins into a body of water by hosting its fifth annual Kayak Tashlich on Lake Champlain.
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Sep 27, 2017, 18:29 PM
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Hillel News
Last month saw the gathering of 150 Russian Hillel students, who came from eight Russian cities to the historic city of Yaroslavl to take part in Hillel Summer University.
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Sep 26, 2017, 17:31 PM
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Hillel News
I was the latter as a freshman, until my director reached out to me to figure out why I wasn't going to Hillel events.
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Sep 24, 2017, 22:00 PM
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Brian Hertz
This parsha, read during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanahand Yom Kippur, challenges us to think critically about how we make choices.
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Sep 17, 2017, 22:00 PM
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Rachael Harvey
In Nitzavim/Vayelech, Moses describes the covenant between God and the Israelites, urging them to uphold it and honor the Torah so that they will be rewarded with the gift of life in the land of Israel.
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Former United States Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro takes up residence at Columbia/Barnard Hillel
Sep 14, 2017, 15:04 PM
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Hillel News
Daniel Shapiro, the former United States Ambassador to Israel, sat down with students at the Kraft Center in New York to discuss the U.S./Israel relationship and the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Sep 13, 2017, 15:29 PM
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Sarah Pozzi
While interfaith marriage and families have become increasingly more common, growing up with two different religious identities meant I never felt fully Jewish. That is, not until Birthright Israel.
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Sep 13, 2017, 15:13 PM
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Hillel News
Hillel International is partnering with M²: The new partnership will introduce an immersive and robust six-month professional development opportunity for 25 Hillel professionals with less than five years of work experience.
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How Drexel's new home helped me construct my Jewish identity in college
Sep 11, 2017, 11:54 AM
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Max W. Kahn
My first experience with Hillel was attending a bagel brunch for new students during accepted students days at Drexel University.
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Perhaps that’s not the question this Yom Kippur, writes Rabbi Sherre Hirsch
Sep 11, 2017, 00:34 AM
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Rabbi Sherre Hirsch
All week leading up to Yom Kippur I hear people asking one another, “Are you fasting?”
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Sep 8, 2017, 11:43 AM
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Hillel News
When she was a senior at Elon University, Amy Wolf ’17, a native of Durham, NC, imagined her first job would be in a non-profit organization far from campus.
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Jewish Agency for Israel Fellows to Hillel Head to Houston
Sep 7, 2017, 20:17 PM
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Hillel News
Six Jewish Agency Israel Fellows to Hillel from the West Coast took their compassion and generosity to Houston in an effort to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.
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Sep 5, 2017, 13:51 PM
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Shira Unterman
Parashat Ki Tavo begins with Moses continuing his final speech to the People of Israel.
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Aug 27, 2017, 22:00 PM
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Shelby Jirikils
In this week’s Torah portion, Moses issues several different edicts governing behavior and action concerning relationships - between husband and wife, parent and child, sibling to sibling, owner to worker, neighbor to neighbor, and neighbor to stranger.
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