by Esther Reed | Mar 31, 2015 | Hillel
When Your Two Favorite Things Come Together By Ezra Chefitz, Class of 2015 The FIT5K is my favorite part of the spring semester. Now in my last year of college, I am excited to run it for the third time (thanks Orgo test sophomore year). It perfectly combines...
by Esther Reed | Mar 17, 2015 | Hillel
My First Time Reading Megillah at Rutgers Hillel By Gilana Levavi, Class of 2018 Rutgers Hillel Blogger of the Semester, Spring 2015 This Purim, I read, or chanted, a chapter of Megillat Esther at Rutgers Hillel. The night of Purim, I read Chapter 2 at Koach’s...
by Esther Reed | Mar 10, 2015 | Hillel
Reflecting on our Catholic-Jewish Shabbat Dinner Students from the Catholic Student Center joined members of the Hillel community at a recent Shabbat dinner on Friday, February 27, 2015. Below are some reflections on the experience: I really enjoyed this past Shabbat...
by Esther Reed | Mar 4, 2015 | Hillel
National Day of Unplugging By Rabbi Brandon Bernstein, Reform Outreach Initiative Rabbi at Rutgers Hillel There’s an unavoidable irony inherent in tabling on campus for the National Day of Unplugging: namely, the majority of students who ignore me as they pass me by...
by Esther Reed | Feb 24, 2015 | Hillel
The Masorti on Campus Shabbaton By Steve Gotlib, Class of 2018 Arizona State. Binghamton. Columbia. Dickinson. Hofstra. Johns Hopkins. Michigan. NYU. Stockton. Rutgers. Yale. What do all these schools and many more have in common? All had representatives present at...
by Esther Reed | Feb 17, 2015 | Hillel
Rutgers Hillel’s Days Without Hate By Becca Meiner, Class of 2017 Days Without Hate was an incredible learning experience as well as an opportunity for Rutgers students to come together with a purpose and defeat hate. This year, my co-chair, Sara Goldberg ’17, and I...
by Esther Reed | Feb 4, 2015 | Hillel
Two Perspectives from Paris by Lior and Gaëlle Toledano A View from Paris By Lior Toledano My name is Lior, I am a French Jew from Paris and I studied at Rutgers for one year. After the terrorist attacks in my city against the magazine Charlie Hebdo and the kosher...
by Esther Reed | Feb 2, 2015 | Hillel
Soldiers, Friendships, and Family By Lee Mamolen, Class of 2016 Lee traveled to Israel in January 2015 on Birthright with Rutgers Hillel, and while on this life-changing trip, he took some time to write down his thoughts, and he’s shared them with us here:...
by Esther Reed | Jan 28, 2015 | Hillel
Rutgers Hillel’s Jewish Peoplehood Project By Keren Freydman, Class of 2018 Filling out my application for the Jewish Peoplehood Project last year, I had no idea what to expect. I had tried googling the project with no success – the program was in its first year, so...
by Esther Reed | Jan 26, 2015 | Hillel
Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Students Learning and Serving Together By Gilana Levavi, Class of 2018 Rutgers Hillel Blogger of the Semester, Spring 2015 Toward the end of winter break, I found myself immersed in intense discussions about service, faith, and the game...
by Esther Reed | Jan 20, 2015 | Hillel
Campus Conversation By Emily Gutowski, Class of 2015 Question: Where can you find a diverse group of students from completely different backgrounds—religions, organizations, ethnicities, interests—enjoying a dinner together and talking about Israel? Answer: The David...
by Esther Reed | Jan 7, 2015 | Hillel
Helping my Students to Build a Conservative Community By Rabbi Esther Reed Senior Associate Director for Jewish Campus Life One thing that makes Rutgers Hillel unique as an organization is how we empower our student leaders. Hillel encourages our students to...
by Esther Reed | Dec 31, 2014 | Hillel
What Does It Mean To Be Jewish? by Andrew Getraer, Executive Director Rutgers: A Great Place to be Jewish! Dear Friends: Winter Break is here, 2014 is ending, and campus is quiet – except for the sounds of construction at 70 College Avenue, site of the...
by Esther Reed | Dec 23, 2014 | Hillel
Two Roads Diverged: My Personal Journey By Noah Whittenburg, Class of 2015 One of my favorite poems is called The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and the first stanza starts out saying, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,/ And sorry I could not travel both/ And be...
by Esther Reed | Dec 15, 2014 | Hillel
Not Your Ordinary Spring Break By Fallon Gokhman, Class of 2018 I’m ashamed to admit that I was not very enthusiastic before my first trip to Oklahoma this past March. The few days leading up to spring break, all my friends were enthusiastically boasting about their...
by Esther Reed | Dec 8, 2014 | Hillel
Happy Hanukkah from Rutgers Hillel! Rutgers Hillel is celebrating Hanukkah on campus in a variety of ways. We invite all students to join in the fun! Graduate Hillel (Jewish Graduate Students at Rutgers) had an awesome Hanukkah party on Sunday night, December 7th....
by Esther Reed | Dec 2, 2014 | Hillel
Reflections on the Rutgers Hillel Groundbreaking Groundbreaking for the new Eva and Arie Halpern Hillel House took place Friday, November 21, 2014. Students, alumni and supporters of Rutgers Hillel joined together to celebrate as construction commences on our future...
by Esther Reed | Nov 13, 2014 | Hillel
RU Reform Rocked Out with Penn RJC By Julia Motis, Reform Community Chair, Class of 2017 This past weekend, November 7-8, the Rutgers Hillel Reform community took a ride into the other city to share a Shabbat with the Reform Jewish Community (RJC) at the University of...
by Esther Reed | Nov 6, 2014 | Hillel
Days Without Hate By Halli James, Class of 2014, Co-Chair of Days Without Hate 2013 Days Without Hate is an annual student-led community service program at Rutgers Hillel that unites the Rutgers community to make a statement that we care about our social environment....
by Esther Reed | Nov 4, 2014 | Hillel
Jewish-Muslim Dinner and Dialogue in the Sukkah On October 12, 2014, Rutgers Hillel welcomed Jewish and Muslim students for an interfaith dialogue and dinner. At this dinner, we spoke about the joy of celebrating holidays with friends and family in a...
