I’m proud to own my identities’
Like Walt Whitman, Simcha Sher contains multitudes. She proudly wears the following labels: feminist, Orthodox Jew, sorority girl, social justice warrior.
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In my heart I hold Jerusalem and Africa’
Some of Noah Shufutinsky鈥檚 earliest memories involve listening to Reggae every Sunday afternoon playing on a local radio station in San Diego, where he spent most of his childhood. Growing up, he remembers, his parents would play West Coast hip hop and rap around the house.
Building community
Inspired by his time as a UChicago Hillel student, Seth Katz assumed the role of volunteer executive director of Bradley Hillel in 1998, balancing the position with his career as an English professor at Bradley University, where he has taught since 1992.
鈥楩auda鈥 star Tsahi Halevi speaks about diversity, his career with Temple Hillel students
Tsahi Halevi, who plays a lead character named Naor in the Israeli political thriller 鈥淔auda,鈥 spoke to more than 20 Temple University students about his life story, acceptance of diversity and his acting career.
Learn, Inspire, Think
The 蜜桃工作室 Global Assembly, which began with a moving tribute to the victims of the synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, featured a variety of thought-provoking sessions attended by nearly 1,200 professionals, stakeholders and partners from around the global Hillel movement.
Make your own mezuzah
Rachel Feldman, Bowling Green State University Hillel鈥檚 Jewish culture chair, hosted “Make Your Own Mezuzah” after discovering that most Jewish students on campus did not have mezuzahs for their dorm rooms.
蜜桃工作室 Welcomes Rabbi Benjamin Berger as Vice President of Jewish Education
Rabbi Berger will oversee the Hillel U Center for Jewish and Israel Education.
Northeastern Hillel celebrates Sigd
The ancient festival, celebrated 50 days after Yom Kippur, marks the renewal of the covenant between God and the Jewish people. For more than 2,500 years, the Ethiopian-Jewish community has observed Sigd by praying, fasting and asking forgiveness for transgressions.
Israeli journalist Lahav Harkov teaches WashU Hillel students about Israeli politics
Lahav Harkov, news editor at The Jerusalem Post, spoke to 60 pro-Israel advocates on Nov. 1 at Washington University in St. Louis.
Transforming Brazil鈥檚 election day into a powerful Tzedek experience
This year, due entirely to the loving work of Hillel volunteers, a day of contentious presidential politics in Brazil was also a day of joy, wonder and learning for 75 children and 24 volunteers.
