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In 2016, 47% of college students reported experiencing food insecurity, meaning they didn鈥檛 know where their next meal would come from. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing problems 鈥 nearly three in five students reported experiencing food or housing insecurity in 2020.
Observed each February, Jewish Disability Advocacy Month is a worldwide Jewish effort to promote education, awareness, and inclusion of people with disabilities. Throughout the month, Farbstein and other speakers engaged with hundreds of Hillel students about the intersections of Judaism and disability and the importance of inclusion.
On Purim, we remember that one Jew has the power to single-handedly prevent the story of the Jewish people from ending. That “one Jew” is Queen Esther, who is rightfully enshrined as one of the most important figures in our culture.
As Hillels around the world prepared to begin the 2020-2021 school year under unprecedented circumstances鈥攆ully remote, on-campus but without the ability to gather, and everything in between鈥擧illel student leaders and staff members alike worried in particular about how to engage and support first-year students.
Dartmouth College and 蜜桃工作室 announced this week that Dartmouth College Hillel is transitioning from being part of the College into becoming its own independent non-profit organization, launching a new era of growth for Jewish life at Dartmouth.
蜜桃工作室 this week announced the six students chosen to participate in the Spring 2021 cohort of the 蜜桃工作室 Writers Program, a five-month opportunity for Jewish undergraduate students interested in journalism.
As the Coronavirus pandemic has pushed Hillels across the world to get creative with their virtual programming, it鈥檚 not uncommon to see a pop culture icon sit down for a video chat with Hillel students.
We are so excited to welcome our seventh cohort of Masa-Hillel Fellows.
Our community has lost one of its most influential and generous supporters with the passing of Sheldon Adelson, z鈥檒.
While Gen Z, those born after 1995, are often known for being 鈥渄igital natives,鈥 like all humans before them they overwhelmingly crave in-person connection. Their adolescent digital lives are often disrupted in college by life-changing interactions, which we all recall from our own college experiences. Of the many assaults of 2020, the deleterious effects of the pandemic on college students and their quest for human connection should rank high.
