by Esther Reed | Jun 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Rutgers Hillel Leadership Training Day By Max DuBoff, Class of 2019 Julia Motis ’17 , Ashtyn Greenstein ’17, Brittany Yesner ’19, Sam Snyder ’19 and Max DuBoff ’19 at Leadership Day in May 2016 I’m Max DuBoff, and I’m incredibly excited to serve as Koach/Conservative...
by Esther Reed | Jun 1, 2016 | Hillel
It’s a Small World After All By Sami Brandspiegel, Class of 2017 Rutgers Hillel Student Board Vice President 2015-2016 Rutgers Hillel Student Board President 2016-2017 “Oh, you must know her! She’s Jewish!” is a common phrase that I hear when I...
by Esther Reed | May 19, 2016 | Hillel
Building Bridges on Campus By Alex Hamilton, Class of 2016 Rutgers Hillel Student Board President 2015-2016 When I started this year, I set out to do three things: to connect more organizations to Hillel, to encourage more inter-Hillel work, and to help the Rutgers...
by Esther Reed | May 3, 2016 | Hillel
Chocolate, Chocolate Everywhere! By Jaclyn Platt, Class of 2018 Rutgers Hillel Student Board Conservative Community Chair 2015-2016 As a young child Passover was always my favorite holiday. At the same time, I always felt like I was missing out when my other friends...
by Esther Reed | Apr 19, 2016 | Hillel
My Bar Mitzvah Experiences with Rutgers Hillel By Robert Schenker, Class of 2019 When I first arrived at Rutgers University for the Fall 2015 semester, I had no idea what Jewish identity truly meant for me. I had always felt a strong link to Judaism, but never had the...
by Esther Reed | Apr 12, 2016 | Hillel
Coming Together – Interfaith Shabbat Dinner By Alex Hamilton ’16 and Mudassar Zaidi ’17 Alex Hamilton is a senior in the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences majoring in Jewish Studies and Middle-Eastern Studies. He is also the Rutgers Hillel...
by Esther Reed | Apr 6, 2016 | Hillel
Rutgers Hillel Helped Me Build a Jewish Life – And Eventually Become a Jewish Wife By Bethany Mandel, Class of 2008 When I arrived at Rutgers in the fall of 2005, I was dating a (very nice) non-Jewish guy from high school and my last name was Murphy. Despite...
by Esther Reed | Mar 4, 2016 | Hillel
Jewish group expands trips to Israel for Rutgers students Originally published in The Daily Targum on March 3, 2016 By Jacob Green, Class of 2019 Birthright Israel, a group that helps Jewish students travel to Israel, is ramping up outreach at Rutgers and...
by Esther Reed | Feb 24, 2016 | Hillel
Jewish, Christian and Muslim Dialogue: “Night of Encouragement” By Manya Goldstein, Class of 2019 Dozens of students filed into the Graduate Student Lounge on the cold evening of January 27, ushered in by the low lighting and warm atmosphere. They were greeted by the...
by Esther Reed | Feb 19, 2016 | Hillel
Birthright with Rutgers Hillel: A Personal Journey By Nehama Hanoch, Class of 2018 When I initially applied to go to Israel with Birthright, I was looking forward to a free trip to Israel – a chance to visit a place I had heard so much about but had never been to. In...
by Esther Reed | Feb 8, 2016 | Hillel
Space and Israel: Perfect Together! By Alex Hamilton, Class of 2016 Rutgers Hillel Student Board President I have long been obsessed with space travel. I am originally from Oklahoma, which has produced more astronauts than any other state. When I was young, I was a...
by Esther Reed | Feb 2, 2016 | Hillel
Birthright with Rutgers Hillel By Alana Taub, Class of 2018 Recently I returned from a 10 day experience that was in simple words… life-changing-ly awesome. Israelis call the Birthright experience Taglit, which is Hebrew for “discover”. This experience was not only...
by Esther Reed | Jan 26, 2016 | Hillel
Fifty Shades of Judaism By Steve Gotlib, Class of 2018 Rutgers Hillel Student Board Education Co-Chair Oh boy, have I had a jam packed winter break. Rather than doing something normal like playing video games, watching movies, and binging television shows on Netfix, I...
by Esther Reed | Jan 19, 2016 | Hillel
Rutgers Tanakh Project In Memory of Ezra Schwartz By Gilana Levavi, Class of 2018 Rutgers Hillel Student Board Education Co-Chair This semester, the Rutgers Jewish community will be studying the entire Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, in memory of Ezra Schwartz. Ezra was a...
by Esther Reed | Jan 15, 2016 | Hillel
Warm Winter Clothing Drive By Jacob Edward Holdowsky, Class of 2017 Rutgers Hillel Student Board Community Service Co-Chair The spring semester is right around the corner and we’re kicking it off with a wintery bang! Rutgers Hillel will be holding its Warm...
by Esther Reed | Jan 13, 2016 | Hillel
Welcome Back! By Alex Hamilton, Class of 2016 Rutgers Hillel Student Board President Brrrr. It’s really chilly here in my New Jersey apartment. I didn’t know what a winter really felt like until I started here at Rutgers. The winters here are far longer and far...
by Esther Reed | Dec 16, 2015 | Hillel
Dayenu: It Would Have Been Enough By Adam Nachman, Class of 2017 Adam Nachman was one of six Rutgers students who attended the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Biennial last month, along with Rutgers Hillel staff member Sarah Magida, our Reform Community Educator. If we...
by Esther Reed | Dec 8, 2015 | Hillel
Reform Jews for Justice: URJ Biennial and Social Action By Ben Kern, Class of 2018 Rutgers Hillel Student Board Israel Co-Chair Ben Kern was one of six Rutgers students who attended the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Biennial last month, along with Rutgers...
by Esther Reed | Dec 2, 2015 | Hillel
Genetic Screening on Campus By Deborah Shamilov, Class of 2018 On Monday, October 19 and Friday, November 13, Hillel offered genetic screening to Jewish students on campus. An information seminar was held before the first screening, during which genetic counselors in...
by Esther Reed | Dec 1, 2015 | Hillel
Some Unexpected Insight By Julia Motis, Class of 2017 Rutgers Hillel Student Board Reform Community Co-Chair Julia Motis was one of six Rutgers students who attended the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Biennial last month, along with Rutgers Hillel staff member Sarah...
