Two-Line Torah: Ki Tisa 5777--Plans derailed

When working on a project, whether it's for school or Hillel, something won't go quite as planned.

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Keeping our students safe

A message from Eric D. Fingerhut

Hillel is not — and has never been — afraid to confront anti-Semitism and other forms of hate on campus.

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Students Raise Over $50,000 for Local Hillels

First fundraising campaign for multiple local Hillels a success

Grassroots student-led campaign On One Foot drove students this February from seven college campuses to compete for first place raising money for their respective local Hillels. Hillel at UCLA reached the top spot, raising $23,141.

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Finding my Israel

As it turns out, it’s on campus.

At 12 years old, I crossed the Atlantic for the first time, for what would be eight years (and counting) of living in the United States.

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Two-Line Torah: Tetzaveh 5777--The priest’s glory

The priestly raiment are an effort of labor and love – the finest that the people can offer.

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Enthusiastic Western Pennsylvania native gives the ‘Gift of Life’

Simons began her journey as a stem cell donor through Gift of Life in September 2013 while she was still a student at Temple University. Temple’s Hillel was hosting a Gift of Life registry drive in its sukkah when the social work major had the inside of her cheek swabbed with cotton.

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Fighting Hunger with Hillel

Roughly 25 percent of college students—one in four—suffer from food insecurity, defined as not having enough nutritious food to eat. Hillel students are rolling up their sleeves to do something about it. Local Hillel chapters are collaborating with Challah for Hunger, a non-profit in which volunteers bake and sell challah loaves, donating the revenue to food charities, to combat hunger.

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“If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” A discussion for developing a practice of self-care

This activity uses Jewish text— both traditional and contemporary— to explore questions pertaining to self-care and how we can best improve our practice.

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Play ball: Virginia Tech student interns with the Israeli baseball team

When Hillel at Virginia Tech Executive Director Sue Kurtz heard that the Israel Association of Baseball was seeking American baseball fans to intern with their teams, she immediately thought of Zach Jones.

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Two-Line Torah: Terumah 5777--Make me a sanctuary

When we make our own sanctuaries in time, it can help bring us together and closer to the divine.

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Two-Line Torah: Mishpatim 5777--Seek the why

The people of Israel learn to listen and understand, not just follow or do.

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Competing for a Cause

Students raise money for their local Hillels in new campaign

There’s nothing like a little healthy competition—that’s exactly what students from seven local Hillels in the United States are discovering this month with a new fundraising campaign, On One Foot.

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Two-Line Torah: Yitro 5777--Leading with Question

Instead of coming down on Moses or leading with his advice, Yitro’s first action is to ask a question.

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Hillel International to Pilot New Program Fostering Growth on 10 Campuses

‘Excellence Accelerator’ will provide increased resources to campus Hillels as they achieve strategic goals

Hillel International Springboard Fellowship Welcomes Second Cohort, Expands Focus to Include Social Justice

Twenty-five new Springboard Fellows will be trained in innovation and social justice through two-year grants

Advocates for Inclusion

Hillel delegation takes to Capitol Hill

More than 20 students and staffers from DC-area Hillels and Hillel International headed to Capitol Hill Feb 2. on the seventh annual Jewish Disability Advocacy Day (JDAD) to hear from a bipartisan group of lawmakers and to advocate for protecting Medicaid and preserving the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Follow the sun

Hillels are going solar

The Hillel in Peoria, Illinois is the third campus Hillel to derive its energy from solar panels, following University of Florida Hillel and University of Arizona Hillel.

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Two-Line Torah: Beshalach 5777--Sing the Song of Freedom

It is our obligation to welcome the stranger by singing the song of freedom just as Moses did.

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Hillel Internship Promotes Inclusion, Engagement with Students with Disabilities

Pilot cohort of Ruderman Inclusion Ambassadors, sponsored by Ruderman Family Foundation, is connecting students who might not otherwise experience Jewish life on campus

Hillel responds to the Executive Order on refugees

Campus Hillels work with university administrators to support all students

Campus Hillels across the country are mobilizing students and working with university administrators to uphold Jewish values in protecting all students subject to the Executive Order on refugees.

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