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We are a student-led, home away from home at UCLA for all Jewish students to build their identities through Jewish life, learning, and Israel. More than 30 different Jewish clubs organize through Hillel and at UCLA, including Leadership, Social Action, Jewish Learning, Israel, Shabbat & Holidays, and Culture & The Arts. Our Hillel is fun and vibrant, and the community is very diverse! We look forward to meeting you.
Undergraduate Enrollment
2,500 Jewish Students (9.5%*) 26,455 Students
*Percent of population
Graduate Enrollment
500 Jewish Students (3.3%*) 15,010 Students
*Percent of population
Jewish Experience
UCLA Hillel is a welcoming and inclusive home-away-from-home for all Jewish students. Whether you identify as “just Jewish” or are more observant; were brought up Jewishly or not at all, come from an interfaith family, are a Jew-by-choice or aren’t quite sure how you identify, you are part of our community.
Anti-Israel Student Government or BDS Resolution
Passed
Anti-Israel Encampment, Spring 2024
Yes
Kosher Dining
Hillel at UCLA offers a kosher (dairy) Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf open during the school year M-F from 9-5, and a kosher (meat) cafe, open for lunch M-Th during the school year.
Options:
University meal plan-no extra cost;Hillel meal plan-extra cost;Kosher food available nearby
Religious Services
Weekly Shabbat services include a pluralistic / liberal, musically-based option each Friday night during the school in addition to a daily Orthodox minyan made possible by our amazing JLIC (OU Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus) program. Daily minyan participants often cook breakfast together after services!
UCLA Hillel strives to ensure that all students feel included and welcome. Our building is 100% accessible and includes an all gender bathroom on the ground floor. We have a robust, student-led wellness program which includes access to one-one therapy and numerous wellness programs throughout the year. UCLA Hillel participates in the MitzVote civic engagement program and several of our students have served as Repair the World fellows. We also partner regularly with local soup volunteer and service organizations, and have incubated and scaled national projects including summer camps for underprivileged youth, a network of clinics in Uganda, and Swipe Out Hunger.
In partnership with the Jewish Agency for Israel and Israel Experience, a delegation of eight Hillel student leaders spent a week in Israel to celebrate the country’s 75th birthday.
The Hillel College Guide aims to provide you with a snapshot of each local Hillel’s makeup and offerings. We recognize that there may be more information you need in order to better understand the campus reality, particularly around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. If you would like additional information about a given campus’ offerings or action steps in those areas, please reach out to us at [email protected].
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