Hillel

Columbia’s Hillel director: What do we do about antisemitism on campus?

A Jewish student’s experience on campus should not be defined by antisemitism, but rather by the support they receive when such incidents occur.

One demonstrator fixes another head scarf outside the pro-Palestine encampment on the Columbia University campus on April 29, 2024 in New York City.
Homepage of Stanford University website on the display of PC.

FBI probes ‘Holocaust 2.0’ threats against Stanford Jewish students ahead of Purim events

STUDENTS PARTICIPATING in the National Days of Jewish Service campus cleanup.

Activating Jewish service through partnerships, collaboration - opinion

 A man has been arrested for arson on suspicion of starting a dumpster fire outside San Francisco Hillel on December 5 while the members were inside.

Man arrested for setting fire to SF Hillel while students inside preparing for Shabbat


Hillel at the Crossroads. Part II: How Things Broke Down in Boston

The Jerusalem Post

Pro-Israel groups light candles to counter BDS darkness

Erdan says anti-boycott efforts bearing fruit, ISrael has moved from defense to offense.

Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan lights candles with anti-BDS activists from Jewish organizations

Our World: Hotovely and the iceberg

The vast majority of American Jews support Israel. It wouldn’t do for pro-BDS Hillel directors to parade their hostility to the Jewish state in public.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely pictured at Columbia University.

In JPost oped, Hillel leaders apologize for nixing Hotovely speech

In an exclusive letter to the Jerusalem Post, the leaders of Princeton Hillel speak out.

Tzipi Hotovely

Princeton Hillel director cancels Deputy Foreign Minister’s talk on campus

“You are silencing the voice of Israeli democracy,” Hotovely responded to the progressive group that accused Hotovely of racism.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely pictured at Columbia University.

Tradition today: Akiva the maverick

Above all Akiva placed love at the center of his worldview – love of God, love of Israel, love of humanity, love of Torah, love of the Land of Israel.

Rabbi Akiva

Hillel at the Crossroads. Part III: NEU Hillel Protests “Fear-Based Tactics”

The Jerusalem Post

Hillel at the Crossroads. Part I: Who’s Responsible for Hillel?

The Jerusalem Post

Middle Israel: Shammai 1, Hillel 0

It was a clash of personalities: Hillel communicated with the other; Shammai – like Mati Dan – could not even bear the other’s presence.

The Western Wall in Jerusalem