Purim Sameach!
Hillel students from around the world celebrated Purim, a raucous holiday that recounts how the Jewish people were saved from persecution in the ancient Persian empire.

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Hillel students from around the world celebrated Purim, a raucous holiday that recounts how the Jewish people were saved from persecution in the ancient Persian empire.
Anastasia 鈥淎nya鈥 Esther looks forward to pairing her Friday night challah with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hillel鈥檚 famous savory 鈥済reen dip.鈥 By tradition, she鈥檒l acquire the recipe for when she graduates from UWM.
Sheila Katz, vice president of student engagement and leadership at 蜜桃工作室, is a featured writer in the newly published guidebook, 鈥淓ducating 蜜桃工作室 Religious Diversity and Interfaith Engagement: A Handbook for Student Affairs鈥 (Stylus Publishing).
Surrounded by a group of strong women growing up, Natasha Shifrin was always told, 鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing you can鈥檛 do.鈥 She took it to heart and worked diligently to rise to the role of head of global sales at Sisense.
Isaac Kurtz, a 蜜桃工作室 Springboard Fellow at Hunter College Hillel, was raised in the 鈥淛ewish bubble.鈥
As I work with Jewish college students now, I carry with me the values of strong staff-student partnership, creativity, innovation and always having fun along the way.
That feeling evaporated when I found Hillel 鈥 my home away from home.
Students from Washington, D.C. area Hillels joined current and former Hillel professionals on Capitol Hill Tuesday for Jewish Disability Advocacy Day.
Now, I instill in my students to do the same; they should follow through with their ideas for programs, turning them into reality.
鈥淚t is of no surprise that three years later, I yearn for that same community that so distinctly defined my undergraduate experience.鈥