Building Belonging and Inspiring Leaders at the Florida Student Leadership Gathering
What happens when you bring together Jewish college students from 10 Florida campuses for a weekend of leadership, bonding, and learning?
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BBYO Today, Hillel Tomorrow
Over Presidents Day weekend, the Hillel International Student and Alumni Marketing team traveled to Denver, Colorado for BBYO’s International Convention (IC), the largest gathering of Jewish teen leaders worldwide. Over 3,600 high school students from across the country and around the world braved sub-zero temperatures and blizzards to experience several days of learning, leadership training, […]
At the Super Bowl Black-Jewish Unity Summit, Connection is the Winner
Super Bowl Sunday drew millions of eyes to New Orleans for the biggest football game of the year. That same weekend, at historic Xavier University, well-known athletes gathered with Black, Jewish, and Black and Jewish students for a powerful conversation about their roles in fighting hate.
500 Days After October 7, the Hostages are Still in Our Hearts
For Lidar, advocacy for his friend Sasha Troufanov, taken captive by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and released this past weekend on February 15, 2025, has become an important part of his work with Jewish college students. Sasha’s story also has become an inspiration to Lidar’s students at a time of increased antisemitism and isolation in their classes and on campus.
Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative Gathers for Regional Training on Improving Campus Life for Jewish Students
On a sunny, cold day in January, senior administrators from California colleges and universities gathered to participate in a regional summit hosted by Hillels of Silicon Valley and Santa Clara University in partnership with Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative (CCI).
As We Recover from the LA Wildfires, It’s Our Job to Show Up
Jewish tradition offers us an option of how to respond to moments when words otherwise fail us, one which signals the most essential message at times filled with confusion, pain, or uncertainty — hineini, I am here.
Sharing Symbols of Jewish Resilience Across California
How do you introduce Jewish symbols of resilience to 300,000 University of California students spread across eight campuses? You gather a team of 30 Jewish student leaders who, through research, creativity, and social media savvy, bring these ancient Jewish symbols to life.
From the Desk of Adam Lehman: Building on Record Engagement and Increasing Jewish Belonging on Campus
With the new semester underway, our Hillel teams are building on momentum from the fall term to advance our core work in creating thriving Jewish life on campus, while continuing to forcefully address the issues of antisemitism and hostile campus environments that can undermine the ability of Jewish students to fully express their identities.
Notes from Springboard Fellows: Thinking Outside the Box
Craig Carroll, a first-year Springboard Fellow at American University, started thinking about working for Hillel early in his college career.
We Are Still Here: Traveling to Poland with Hillel
The scale of the Holocaust was incomprehensible, but it was the details, the bales of hair, the piles of glasses worn by Jews just like me, the faint echoes of lives once lived, that was truly shattering.
