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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 12, 2014 | Hillel
Falling in Love with Israel and Each Other at Rutgers Hillel By Rabbi Scott Roland ’05 and Aviva Cohen Roland ’06 I don’t think that we can overemphasize the role that Rutgers Hillel and Israel Inspires played in our lives. After having met at a Rutgers Hillel...
by Esther Reed | Jun 3, 2014 | Hillel
Israel Inspires and My Journey Home By Rebecca Markowitz ’04 My memory of Israel Inspires is one of dizzying excitement, and not of one particular moment. I remember feeling proud to be Jewish, to gather people together and to make a big deal of the situation on...
by Esther Reed | May 13, 2014 | Hillel
Birthright with Rutgers Hillel: Going Home Again By Susan Teplinsky, Class of 2016, Fair Lawn, NJ A couple months ago, I received an email stating that students who had previously travelled to Israel on an organized tour were finally eligible to return to Israel on...
