Tag: Hillel
Family in Reserves
A basic aspect of life in Israel is the requirement that every adult, whether male or female, must serve in the IDF for a few years upon reaching the age of 18. While serving...
Indiana University Hillel distributes free mezuzah cases to students, faculty
Hillel at Indiana University launched a project to distribute free mezuzah cases on campus as a show of solidarity with the Jewish community against anti-Semitism.
The red mezuzahs, which have a sticker on them that says “I stand...
Latest fliers blaming Jews for COVID show up at Illinois
Students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are the latest to report finding anti-Semitic fliers seeking to tie the Jewish community to the coronavirus pandemic. The papers were found around campus on Sunday.
“This weekend...
Tufts University president announces plans to fight anti-Semitism on campus
Tufts University president Tony Monaco announced that the school will be taking new measures to combat campus anti-Semitism head-on, according to a letter sent to students, faculty and staff on Thursday.
According to the letter, the university...
University of Toronto working group on anti-Semitism comes up short, insist Jewish leaders
The University of Toronto will adopt all the recommendations from its working group on anti-Semitism at the school, but Jewish groups say the recommendations, and the report itself, don’t go nearly far enough to...
American Jews are mostly secure, scared and deeply partisan
If ever there was a time for an opinion survey that would measure “The State of Anti-Semitism in America,” this is just such a moment. Concerns about a rising tide of Jew-hatred seem to...
Survey finds one-third of Jewish college students experienced anti-Semitism
A new national survey conducted for Hillel International and the Anti-Defamation League revealed information about the number of Jewish college students across the United States who personally experienced anti-Semitism on campus during the last...
Survey finds nearly two-thirds of Jewish students feel unsafe, half hide identity
A new survey has found an alarming level of anti-Semitism experienced by Jewish students on college campuses, with students who claim a strong sense of Jewish identity and connection to Israel feeling unsafe and...
After series of lawsuits, Hillel breaks ground for new Jewish center at UC San...
The Hillel of San Diego has started construction on a new Jewish center across from the University of California San Diego campus after facing several lawsuits that challenged the project.
The Beverly and Joseph Glickman...
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...