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Activating Jewish service through partnerships, collaboration - opinion

Engaging in shared service is one way to see each other’s humanity and counter the isolation and misinformation that fuel anti-Jewish hatred.

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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

Power struggles emerge in Netanyahu's Likud internal elections ahead of national primaries

Students and others at City College of New York participate in a pro-Palestinian encampment on their West Harlem campus on April 26, 2024.

Imam-led walkout over Jewish participant at CUNY interfaith event draws wide condemnation


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.

The cost of COVID-19 on campus Jewish life - opinion

'COVID will continue to change the landscape of Jewish education going forward.'

Chabad at USC holds a Hanukkah get-together. ‘I see a greater willingness for even the most distant students to engage in their Jewish identity.’

43% of Jewish US university students experienced, witnessed antisemitism - study

Hostility to Israel is prevalent on campus, with some students ‘ostracized, harassed,’ or even excluded from college clubs for expressed support for Israel.

Students at Columbia University hold a "die-in" demonstration

Hillel launches #OwnYourStar social media campaign

Over 80% of Jewish college students report that they are proud Jews – but only 62% are comfortable openly discussing that they are Jewish, according to Hillel. 

A Star of David necklace.

Haredim who want out - are we giving them the help they need?

Hillel, an association that provides assistance to haredim who wish to leave the community, was disqualified from broadcasting in July. So they took the network to court.

 HAREDIM ON a Mea Shearim street corner during Sukkot.

Mosaic United to donate $23m. for Jewish campus programs

Jerusalem-based initiative Mosaic United and its partners committed to providing USD $23 million to 400 schools to fund Jewish student programming for the sixth year in a row.

Students celebrate Hanukkah at the University of Florida Hillel, a partner of Mosaic United.

Nevergreen: A satirical novel about campus culture with a Jewish subtext

We see that Muslim students are a protected and treasured minority on campus, which is perhaps as it should be, but then this quickly slides into protecting global Islamist causes as well.

 NEVERGREEN by Andrew Pessin.

Did a pro-Palestinian campus group call for the ‘defunding’ of Hillel?

A statement by the Hillel chapter at Rutgers likewise doesn’t mention “defunding,” though it does lament that “campuses have become increasingly hostile to Jewish life.”

Rutgers University College Avenue campus July 2016 Hedge spells out Rutgers