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Simons began her journey as a stem cell donor through Gift of Life in September 2013 while she was still a student at Temple University. Temple鈥檚 Hillel was hosting a Gift of Life registry drive in its sukkah when the social work major had the inside of her cheek swabbed with cotton.
Roughly 25 percent of college students鈥攐ne in four鈥攕uffer from food insecurity, defined as not having enough nutritious food to eat. Hillel students are rolling up their sleeves to do something about it. Local Hillel chapters are collaborating with Challah for Hunger, a non-profit in which volunteers bake and sell challah loaves, donating the revenue to food charities, to combat hunger.
This activity uses Jewish text鈥 both traditional and contemporary鈥 to explore questions pertaining to self-care and how we can best improve our practice.
When Hillel at Virginia Tech Executive Director Sue Kurtz heard that the Israel Association of Baseball was seeking American baseball fans to intern with their teams, she immediately thought of Zach Jones.
When we make our own sanctuaries in time, it can help bring us together and closer to the divine.
The people of Israel learn to listen and understand, not just follow or do.
There鈥檚 nothing like a little healthy competition鈥攖hat鈥檚 exactly what students from seven local Hillels in the United States are discovering this month with a new fundraising campaign, On One Foot.
Continuing its drive to cultivate the next generation of Jewish leaders, 蜜桃工作室 is expanding its Springboard Fellowship with a second cohort of 25 new participants for the next year of the program.
A new program launched this week by 蜜桃工作室, the world鈥檚 largest Jewish campus organization, will help foster growth in Jewish life on 10 college campuses participating in its pilot year.
Instead of coming down on Moses or leading with his advice, Yitro鈥檚 first action is to ask a question.
