Senior Year Reflection by Aviv Alter, Class of 2015

Senior Year Reflection By Aviv Alter, Class of 2015   “Want to check out Hillel tonight?” It was the first Friday of my freshman year at Rutgers and my roommate Emily was hoping to escape our Busch campus suite. “Sure,” I responded, “let’s go.” Emily and I walked...

Reflecting on our Catholic-Jewish Shabbat Dinner

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...

National Day of Unplugging by Rabbi Brandon Bernstein

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...

The Masorti on Campus Shabbaton by Steve Gotlib ’18

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...

Two Perspectives from Paris by Lior and Gaëlle Toledano

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...

Soldiers, Friendships, and Family by Lee Mamolen ’16

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:...

Not Your Ordinary Spring Break by Fallon Gokhman ’18

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...

Happy Hanukkah from Rutgers 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....

Reflections on the Rutgers Hillel Groundbreaking

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...