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Mazel tov! Whether you’re beginning your college career or continuing your college journey, there’s something so special about starting another year marked by meaning, personal growth, challenges, unexpected turns, and most importantly, memories that will last a lifetime.Â
Last week, we gathered at WashU in St. Louis for ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s New Professionals Institute (NPI), welcoming 208 new Hillel staff members. As I shared at the NPI opening, this convening is one of my favorite times of the year.
Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent is at the heart of ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s strategy for shaping the future of Jewish campus life.
ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ, the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, today announced the 20 members of the 2025-2026 ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Student Cabinet.
“With antisemitism surging on college campuses across the Western world, ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ and the Matanel Foundation have selected 15 Jewish students for a spot in the inaugural year of the Matanel Fellowship for Global Jewish Leadership, a 12-month program which aims to foster their ‘sense of responsibility’ for the worldwide Jewish community.
Welcome to ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s 2025 Summer Interns!
Professional development has long followed a predictable formula: Junior staff members learn from senior team leaders, managers enroll in structured programs, and organizations invest in top-down training efforts. These methods have their merits, but they often overlook one of the most powerful and underused tools for leadership growth — peer learning.
That’s why Springboard Executive Director Leah Palestrant and ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Associate Vice President for Jewish Learning Danielle Kranjec decided to organize a recent Rabbinic Pipeline Shabbaton, an immersive weekend experience in New York City for Springboard Fellows interested in exploring the rabbinate in the future.
Craig Carroll, a first-year Springboard Fellow at American University, started thinking about working for Hillel early in his college career.
For Lindsay Rosenzweig, Innovation and Intrapreneurship Springboard Fellow at University of Central Florida (UCF), Hillel was a passion that unexpectedly became a career.
