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Independent Campus Hillel Established at CU Boulder

Hillel International and Hillel of Colorado announced today that an independent University of Colorado Boulder Hillel has been created to bring additional resources and on-campus support for the 2,500 Jewish students on campus.

DWELL DAY FOUR: QUESTIONS

Questions: How can I be a good, Jewish professional? When should I go to grad school? Am I doing the right work? Am I good at my job? Should I work in the education world? How can I be sure that I am making a good impact with my life? How can I be sure […]

Meet Hillel International’s Summer Interns

The start of summer means another cohort of talented college students have arrived at the Schusterman International Center in Washington to start internships at Hillel International.

DWELL DAY THREE: MINOR SHIFTS

I woke up early this morning to get downstairs and do Jewish meditation. I have my own morning ritual that I usually do, but this seemed like a nice opportunity for a change. Four of us gathered around what is usually a diner table, but we made into our meditation circle. We were shown the […]

DWELL DAY TWO: Depth

The singing was louder this morning as we were welcomed to our day. We sat in a circle surrounded by green hills as last night’s s’more ashes blew around in the light breeze. Some people are wearing their headbands from last night’s DWELL-olympics in which one of the participants on the team that came in […]

DWELL DAY ONE: Dwellcoming

Set in the early summer, in the green hills of Cortland, New York, over a hundred Jewish professionals are gathering for Hillel’s DWELL. I’m lucky enough to be one of the faculty here this week, and will be blogging about the experience as I go. This is the first time that Hillel is engaging in […]

FreshFest is where friends are made

Jacob Abtahi didn’t know anybody when he got to Tucson. So when the fall semester started, the University of Arizona freshman headed over to Hillel’s Welcome Week.

Surviving your first year

I ended up finding my place in the Jewish community and put most of my time into Hillel because that’s where my friends were and where I could truly grow as a leader and become my truest self.