by Esther Reed | Oct 29, 2014 | Hillel
My Jewish Foundation By Yonatan Gershon, Class of 2018, Dallas, TX This Shabbat, October 31-November 1, 2014, Koach: the Conservative community at Rutgers Hillel is gathering the alumni of all Jewish youth groups, summer camps, and gap year programs for a nostalgic...
by Esther Reed | Oct 24, 2014 | Hillel
The Shabbos Project at Rutgers University: Keeping it Together This Shabbat, October 24-25, Rutgers Hillel is participating in a special world-wide event called The Shabbos Project. The Shabbos Project is a unique, international grassroots Jewish identity movement...
by Esther Reed | Oct 15, 2014 | Hillel
What Makes Sukkot at Rutgers Special? By Rutgers Hillel Student Board 2014-2015 “Sukkot gives me a chance to meet lots of new students in the sukkah who I don’t normally have a chance to meet.” Seth Deneroff, President, Class of 2015 “The best part of Sukkot on campus...
by Esther Reed | Oct 8, 2014 | Hillel
Conflict and Hope on Campus From: Andrew Getraer Originally sent October 2, 2014 at 7:26 PM Subject: Urgent Hillel Update Dear Friends of Rutgers Hillel: We held an event this week that has caused much controversy and will be featured on Fox News TONIGHT at 9...
by Esther Reed | Oct 7, 2014 | Hillel
Israel and its Changing Borders By Asher Malech, Class of 2018 My name is Asher Malech, and I’m a freshman in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers. I grew up in a Jewish community, attended Jewish schools and last year I decided to spend the year learning in a...
by Esther Reed | Oct 2, 2014 | Hillel
Opening the Gates to Jewish-Muslim Dialogue By Sarah Harpaz, Class of 2016 Sarah is a junior at the School of Arts and Sciences and Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, majoring in planning and public policy. Tuesday night I attended an event hosted by the...
by Esther Reed | Sep 24, 2014 | Hillel
Happy New Year from Rutgers Hillel By Rabbi Brandon Bernstein, Reform Outreach Initiative Rabbi An inescapable consequence of my decision to live in Highland Park without a car is the twice-daily question I must now face: how am I going to get from here (my apartment)...
by Esther Reed | Sep 2, 2014 | Hillel
Discovering My Home on Birthright By Amber Ricks, Class of 2016 “What are you crazy?” “You shouldn’t go, it’s so dangerous.” “Aren’t you scared?” “Can’t you go another time?” These are just a small sampling of the statements and questions that I had to respond to when...
by Esther Reed | Aug 25, 2014 | Hillel
Living Under The Dome By Joella Kudron ’13 and Aaron Marcus ’12 It was a Friday afternoon in early June when we found out about the kidnapping of three young Israeli teens on their way home for Shabbat. The youths were traveling through the Judean Hills hoping to...
by Esther Reed | Aug 20, 2014 | Hillel
The New Ten Commandments By Brian Thomas, Class of 2015, Whippany, NJ As a Rutgers student that grew up in a loosely-practicing Jewish household and attended synagogue and youth programs associated with the Reform movement, I have long struggled with my own...
by Esther Reed | Aug 14, 2014 | Hillel
Life Under Fire By Jordan Davis, Class of 2016 For the past two and a half months, I was blessed with the opportunity to live in Israel. Unless you’re actively avoiding the news, you know that Israel is under fire (#IsraelUnderFire). It’s true. It’s...
by Esther Reed | Aug 4, 2014 | Hillel
Who Really Cries on Tisha B’Av? By Andrew Getraer Executive Director, Rutgers Hillel Tonight begins the Jewish holyday of Tisha B’Av. For over 2,500 years it has been the national Memorial Day of the Jewish People, our Yom Hazikaron, Day of Remembrance. On it...
by Esther Reed | Jul 29, 2014 | Hillel
Love Letter to Hillel by Avi Sinoff, Class of 2014 My Darling Rutgers Hillel, First, let me say that you are looking great these days. Some pictures of you popped up on Facebook, and you looked great at your Gala. Seeing you thrive like that after we parted...
by Esther Reed | Jul 24, 2014 | Hillel
A poem about the current situation in Israel By Anat Litwok Anat Litwok grew up in Marlboro, NJ and attended Rutgers University. In 2011, when she was 20 years old, Anat made aliyah and was inducted into the IDF as a ‘lone soldier’. She now lives on a kibbutz...
by Esther Reed | Jul 16, 2014 | Hillel
Tuesday was a big day in Israel! By Sammy Reed-Schwartz Sammy Reed-Schwartz is 9 years old and visiting Israel for the first time with his family. His mother, Rabbi Esther Reed, is the Senior Associate Director of Rutgers Hillel. Follow Sammy’s first visit to Israel...
by Esther Reed | Jul 15, 2014 | Hillel
Boots on the Ground or Birds in the Air? By Gedalyah Reback, Class of 2008 For everyone who believes a ground invasion will put a dent into Hamas, I am not coming to burst your bubble from some sort of diplomatic or philosophical perspective. From a strategic...
by Esther Reed | Jul 8, 2014 | Hillel
Rutgers Hillel’s Jewish Peoplehood Project By Lillie Hannon, Class of 2017 When I was first offered a spot in Rutgers Hillel’s Jewish Peoplehood Project, I wasn’t at all sure what I was going to be getting into. It was in its first year, and we were...
by Esther Reed | Jul 2, 2014 | Hillel
Rutgers Vigil for Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali By Aviv Alter, Class of 2015, Morganville, NJ Monday afternoon, like many of you, I heard of the devastating news: Eyal, Naftali, and Gilad would not be returning home to their families. Their mothers and fathers, brothers...
by Esther Reed | Jun 24, 2014 | Hillel
Israel: A Home Like No Other By Galina Eilyuk, Class of 2016 Growing up in a Modern Orthodox community, I was constantly exposed to Judaism, religion, Israel, etc. As I grew up, I fled away from my roots and decided I wanted to be a part of a more secular world; I...
by Esther Reed | Jun 19, 2014 | Hillel
Rutgers Hillel Reflections after Graduation By Ariel Lubow, Class of 2014 When I was a senior in high school, I visited Rutgers for a weekend. To be honest, I was not very excited about it. I didn’t really want to stay in New Jersey and although everyone told me how...
