Hillel

Hillel files, then withdraws, brief supporting Harvard's campus antisemitism fight against Trump

Hillel argued that the Trump administration’s moves to defund the school “do not help Jewish students or improve the campus climate.” 

A sign at Harvard Hillel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, on December 12, 2023.
 Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 2019.

Reed College agrees to sweeping reforms to settle antisemitism investigations

Students protest in support of Palestine during the University of Michigan's Spring Commencement ceremony on May 4, 2024; file photo.

Michigan University professor praises anti-Israel student activists in commencement speech

Pro-Palestine protesters hold a rally against the Baruch College Hillel campus organization at Baruch College in New York City, June 5, 2024.

TNS student senate cuts Hillel ties over Israel trips, university says decision lacks 'authority'


Rice University LGBTQ group cuts ties with Hillel over support for Israel

Rice Pride said Hillel's international umbrella group was “not reflective of the values of inclusion upheld by Rice Pride.” 

 Rice University, Houston, Texas, US

Israel at 75: The vantage point of a student leader - opinion

May Israelis and Jews in the Diaspora connect over their common ambitions and threats, while leaving their quarrels and misunderstandings behind.

 THE DELEGATION of Hillel International’s Israel Leadership Network meets with President Isaac Herzog as part of its weeklong mission.

Hillel leaders give Israel a wakeup call - opinion

What sets the incarnation of university-based antisemitism apart from its modern predecessors is that no single Jewish institution has been spared from its grasp.

Antisemitism in the United States: Antisemitic graffiti on The Rock landmark at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, blaming Jews for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, September, 2019

Connecticut College students revolt after president’s planned talk with antisemitic and racist past

The talk was set to take place at a golf club that has denied Jewish people and Black people access and membership.

STUDENTS WALK on the campus of a university in Connecticut

Jewish students hide Jewishness, views on Israel - Hillel Ontario poll

Hillel Ontario started the poll in November 2022 as a way for them to gather information on how to help the current Jewish students across Ontario.

An employee adjusts the Canadian flag next to the Israeli one

Jews from the former USSR gather in Boston, discuss helping Ukraine

The all-day event on Oct. 23 at Boston University’s Hillel was organized by Limmud FSU, which holds Jewish learning conferences around the world for Jews from the former Soviet Union.

 All-day event Oct. 23, 2022 at Boston University’s Hillel constituted a first-ever gathering for Limmud FSU in the Boston area

Hillel USC vandalized, investigation underway

USC Hillel Executive Director Dave Cohn said the motive remains unknown and they are working closely with the university's Department of Public Safety.

USC Bovard Auditorium

40+ university leaders to attend summit on campus antisemitism

The summit is being presented by Hillel International and American Jewish Committee, in collaboration with the American Council on Education.

New York University banner

Hillel working to help Ukrainian students as Kharkiv chapter destroyed

Hillel International is trying to figure out how to help its 600-plus students and employees in Kharkiv stay safe their war-torn nation.

 Jewish man holding a Torah in Ukraine amidst the conflict with Russia February 24, 2022.

Remembering Cheryl Aronson’s positive pride

Cheryl Aronson, who died last week, was a pillar of change in American Jewish life in three critical forces including the Federation movement, Hillel, and Birthright.

 CHERYL ARONSON (in purple shirt and name tag) with a group of Boston-area students at an  IACT (Inspired, Active, Committed, Transformed) conference in 2020.