Tag: Hillel
Israeli flag gets pelted with eggs at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
An Israeli flag draped over the apartment balcony of a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Jewish student was pelted with 10 to 20 eggs on Monday.
Jeremy Zelner told the local news station WCIA that he was at...
UConn investigates string of anti-Semitic incidents on main campus
The University of Connecticut has been investigating multiple reports of anti-Semitic incidents on its main campus in Storrs, including swastika vandalism and other kinds of property damage.
“These recent reports were all acts of physical...
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...
University of Wisconsin Hillel discovers ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on building
The outside of the Hillel building at the University of Wisconsin in Madison was vandalized on Tuesday, according to the organization.
The words “Free Palestine” appeared on the concrete structure that welcomes people to the...
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...
Fliers with swastikas, Star of David found at Arizona State University
Police are investigating who is responsible for fliers around the campus at Arizona State University that read “Love Not Hate,” with a swastika for the “O” in “love” and a Star of David for...
Is J Street U attempting to ‘hijack’ the Birthright experience?
When Taylor King boarded the airplane in 2012, she was a newly minted college graduate who, like most of her fellow Birthright Israel travelers, had never been to Israel.
“I didn’t really know what Israel...
Crisis on campus: A new generation of galvanized young Jews learns how to fight...
IfNotNow has a plan. It’s determined, according to its website, to create nothing less than “a movement led by young Jews to reclaim the mantle of Jewish leadership from the out-of-touch establishment.” Or, more...