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Jan 30, 2019, 10:13 AM
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Hillel News
In recognition of her leadership in Jewish education over the past 10 years, the Covenant Foundation named Maiya Chard-Yaron a 2018 Pomegranate Prize recipient.
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Jan 25, 2019, 16:13 PM
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Hillel News
Netta Barzilai, the Israeli winner of Eurovision 2018, made her first-ever Canadian appearance Thursday, headlining a fundraiser for Hillel Ontario.
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Jan 14, 2019, 13:28 PM
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Shana Medel
Like Walt Whitman, Simcha Sher contains multitudes. She proudly wears the following labels: feminist, Orthodox Jew, sorority girl, social justice warrior.
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GW Hillel student infuses Jewish ethics into his rap music
Jan 10, 2019, 11:47 AM
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Hillel News
Some of Noah Shufutinsky’s earliest memories involve listening to Reggae every Sunday afternoon playing on a local radio station in San Diego, where he spent most of his childhood. Growing up, he remembers, his parents would play West Coast hip hop and rap around the house.
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Dec 27, 2018, 13:19 PM
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Shana Medel
Inspired by his time as a UChicago Hillel student, Seth Katz assumed the role of volunteer executive director of Bradley Hillel in 1998, balancing the position with his career as an English professor at Bradley University, where he has taught since 1992.
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Dec 18, 2018, 09:14 AM
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Tsahi Halevi, who plays a lead character named Naor in the Israeli political thriller “Fauda,” spoke to more than 20 Temple University students about his life story, acceptance of diversity and his acting career.
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Nearly 1,200 Hillel professionals, stakeholders and partners gather for Hillel International Global Assembly
Dec 13, 2018, 00:43 AM
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Shana Medel
The Hillel International Global Assembly, which began with a moving tribute to the victims of the synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, featured a variety of thought-provoking sessions attended by nearly 1,200 professionals, stakeholders and partners from around the global Hillel movement.
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Nov 26, 2018, 15:36 PM
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Hillel News
Rachel Feldman, Bowling Green State University Hillel’s Jewish culture chair, hosted "Make Your Own Mezuzah" after discovering that most Jewish students on campus did not have mezuzahs for their dorm rooms.
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Nov 26, 2018, 14:15 PM
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Rabbi Berger will oversee the Hillel U Center for Jewish and Israel Education.
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Jewish students learn about the Ethiopian-Jewish holiday through study, food, games
Nov 19, 2018, 11:45 AM
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Hillel News
The ancient festival, celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur, marks the renewal of the covenant between God and the Jewish people. For more than 2,500 years, the Ethiopian-Jewish community has observed Sigd by praying, fasting and asking forgiveness for transgressions.
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Nov 16, 2018, 14:14 PM
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Hillel News
Lahav Harkov, news editor at The Jerusalem Post, spoke to 60 pro-Israel advocates on Nov. 1 at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Hillel Rio celebrated Children’s Day by spending the day with 75 underprivileged children from the Vargem Pequena community
Nov 5, 2018, 12:55 PM
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Hillel News
This year, due entirely to the loving work of Hillel volunteers, a day of contentious presidential politics in Brazil was also a day of joy, wonder and learning for 75 children and 24 volunteers.
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The non-partisan campaign to register new voters has clocked over 15,000 visitors to TurboVote tool and reached nearly 700,000 students in-person and online
Oct 31, 2018, 15:19 PM
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Hillel News
MitzVote, Hillel International’s non-partisan campaign to register first-time voters on college campuses across the United States, is part of the effort to increase civic engagement among young adults.
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Oct 31, 2018, 12:23 PM
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Shana Medel
More than 100 Hillels around the world, stretching from Florida to Hungary, organized last-minute vigils this week to commemorate the victims of the synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh.
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Hillel International mourns the murder of 11 members of Tree of Life Congregation killed on Shabbat
Oct 29, 2018, 14:43 PM
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Hillel News
In the wake of the horrific attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Jewish college students from dozens of Hillels on campuses across the country are bringing their communities together to hold vigils and memorials to grieve and find comfort.
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Oct 29, 2018, 11:37 AM
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Hillel News
Statement by Eric D. Fingerhut, President and CEO of Hillel International, on the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Oct 9, 2018, 16:24 PM
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Shana Medel
Elyssa Hurwitz wanted to maintain a connection to her Jewish identity after leaving the comfort of her native California to attend university more than 2,000 miles away.
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Egyptian-Karaite Jewish professor shares his flight from Egypt and the distinct traditions of Karaite Jews at Ithaca Hillel event
Oct 5, 2018, 15:49 PM
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Hillel News
Claude Cohen, a Karaite-Jewish Egyptian, and his family knew it was time to leave the only home they’d ever known.
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Hillel students, professionals debate the ethics of getting inked
Oct 4, 2018, 14:42 PM
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Shana Medel
Walk into any Jewish space and you’re likely to find ink-wearers. Perhaps even the rabbi.
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Hillel’s interfaith engagement builds bridges, alliances on campus
Oct 4, 2018, 11:15 AM
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Hillel News
Nikita Choudhary was born in Jamshedpur, India, and grew up cruising around her childhood home of Allen, Texas, rocking out to Bollywood hits in her parents’ car.
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