Tag: Hillel International
Jewish high-schoolers refrained from applying to some colleges, say parents
Hillel International released the results of a new survey, taken between March 13 and March 18, of 427 Jewish parents and the status of their children applying to U.S. colleges.
It showed that 64% of Jewish parents...
Hillel and Repair the World launch 2021-22 campus corps program
Repair the World and Hillel International announce the Repair Campus Corps Program, which will support 150 college student corps members around the world to engage their peers in service, civic engagement, Jewish learning and...
New initiatives join forces to battle anti-Semitism on college campuses
The Academic Engagement Network (AEN) and Hillel International recently launched separate initiatives to address anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on college campuses. AEN’s Improving the Campus Climate Initiative (ICCI) and Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative (CCI) will engage intensively with...
Boston-based philanthropic partnership to transition to Hillel International
IACT (Inspired, Active, Committed, Transformed), the signature campus engagement initiative created by Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston (CJP) and scaled nationally in partnership with the Edward Fein Foundation, will move to Hillel International...
Hillel International and BBYO to offer virtual college visits for high school seniors
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization, and BBYO, the Jewish teen movement, are connecting graduating high school seniors with current college students for virtual campus visits and question-and-answer sessions so prospective...
Hillel in a new decade: Meeting young Jews where they are in 2020 and...
Hillel International announced Adam Lehman last week as its new president and CEO.
Lehman, who has held the interim CEO position since July 2019, previously served as the organization’s chief operating officer for four years....
Hillel International names Adam Lehman as new president and CEO
Hillel International announced Adam Lehman as its new president and CEO on Tuesday.
Lehman, who has held the interim CEO position since July 2019, previously served as the organization’s chief operating officer for four years.
In...
The David Project officially becomes Hillel’s Center for Community Outreach
The David Project, an Israel-advocacy group, has evolved into Hillel International’s Hillel U Center for Community Outreach.
It became part of Hillel International’s Israel Engagement and Education department in 2017 after it was founded by...
Eric Fingerhut to leave Hillel International for Jewish Federations of North America
Hillel International announced on Thursday that Eric Fingerhut will be leaving as president and CEO for the Jewish Federations of North America in that same role.
The Cleveland Jewish News first reported Fingerhut’s new position.
“For more than...
Hillel International tells Wake Forest Jewish students to ‘lay low’ during anti-Israel week
Amid this week being “Palestinian Rights Awareness Week” at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., pro-Israel campus students and Hillel professionals disagree on the appropriate approach toward countering the latest installation of anti-Israel bias....