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Hillel

Anti-Israel NGOs / Boycott / BDS / News Briefs

ZOA Urges Rabbis and Cantors to Cut Ties with J Street, Anti-Israel Groups

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“It’s time to hold accountable organizations whose traitorous efforts to block arms sales to Israel endanger Jewish lives,” the group’s leaders say.

Anti-Israel NGOs / Boycott / BDS / Diaspora / Left vs. Right / On Campus / Education

Boston’s Federation Honors Activist with Ties to IfNotNow

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Boston-based Jewish Federation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), recently honored a local activist with ties to the anti-Israel group IfNotNow.

Anti-Israel NGOs / Boycott / BDS / Diaspora / On Campus / Education / US

J Street U, SJP Launch New Campaign Targeting Pro-Israel Community

By Jackson Richman / JNS

J Street U and Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at the University of Vermont released corresponding letters last week blasting the school's Hillel for accepting funds from the pro-Israel group Maccabee Task Force.

South Florida

ZOA Honors Scheck Hillel Community School Students

By Shelley Benveniste

The following is an excerpt from the announcement that was made from the podium:

Interviews and Profiles

Living In Terror In The Soviet Union: An Interview With Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman

By Elliot Resnick

My father went to a school in a neighborhood with no Jews and told my teacher, “My son is a sick boy who must relax two days a week – Saturday and Sunday.”

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Politics / US

Hillel International Publishes Guide to Perplexed Jewish College Students

By JNi.Media

The top Jewish state school is the University of Florida, with 33,720 undergraduates out of whom 6,500 or 19% are Jewish.

"Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Boycott / BDS / Chabad / Government / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Settlements / US

At 'Liberal' Oberlin No Speech Rights for Non-Haters of Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

If you say anything about Israel that isn't unequivocally hateful at Oberlin, you are branded as a supporter of state-sponsored terrorism.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Hillel CEO Mocked at J Street U's Student Leadership Event

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Hillel CEO tries to speak about common position against BDS, J Street U students want him to say "occupation" is the reason for BDS.

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Hillel Rabbi Proud Drexel Honored Anti-Israel, Anti-America Noam Chomsky

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Drexel honors virulent Israel and US critic Noam Chomsky; Drexel Hillel rabbi is enthusiastically supportive.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Loyola U. 'Suspends' and Reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine

By Jewish Press Staff

The soft-glove approach to campus anti-Zionists is more like a pat on the back.

Op-Eds

Inside the Presidents' Conference and the J Street Vote

By Edwin Black

This vote was not about the Conference. This was about J Street; the vote was not even close.

Op-Eds

'Breaking the Silence?' I Was Silenced.

By Hen Mazzig

Why was someone misrepresenting Israel given credibility by Hillel and J Street U?

Elder of Ziyon

Michigan Students Soundly Defeat Divestment Motion

By Elder of Ziyon

A Hillel student spoke against the anti-Israel resolution, but also called Israeli actions "shameful."

Israel / Op-Eds

Hillel Responds to 'Outrageous' Attack on Israel Guidelines

By Sidney Pertnoy

Hillel International Board Chair: rabbi who quit made 'false, outrageous' claims about Hillel's Israel Guidelines.

Jewish / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Terrorism / US

Disgruntled Employee Planned to Bomb U. of Washington Hillel

By JTA

Hillel director Rabbi Oren Hayon told the Los Angeles Times that he did not believe the attack was anti-Semitic.

Eye on "Palestine" / Israel / News Briefs / US

White House Briefs Students on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts

By JTA

Obama administration officials briefed Jewish and Arab-American student leaders on the peace process. Among the participants in Thursday’s three-hour White House briefing were students affiliated with Hillel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Committee, J Street and Americans for Peace Now. “As part of our ongoing efforts of working with key stakeholders […]

Israel / Jewish / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

J Street, Marginalized in D.C., Leeching into the Hillels

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

J Street brazenly brazenly ignored a firm commitment to Philadelphia's Hillels. There were no consequences.

Anti-Israel NGOs / Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Academic Group Hosts BDS, Bars Pro-Israel Groups at Panel on Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Modern Language Association does not want to listen to pro-Israel language at a discussion on academic boycotts.

Eye on "Palestine" / Israel / Judaism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Guess What: 2013 Was a Great Pro-Israel Year on US Campuses!

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There were many gloriously bright pro-Israel lights to celebrate on U.S. campuses in 2013.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Hillel CEO: You Can't Use Our Name if You Reject Zionism

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Hillel's new CEO sets the standard: Hillel's name carries benefits and responsibilities. To acquire the benefits you must accept the responsibilities.

Israel / Jewish / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Students Angered by Hillel's Pro-Israel Standards

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Some Hillel students reject Hillel's standards and partners. But they still want Hillel funds for their (anti-Israel) activities.

Florida / Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Terrorism

Hecklers Flee Israeli Speaker at U of Florida

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

"I'm used to sitting in jail cells with serial killers, did they think I would be intimidated by some American college students?" Berko said in a phone interview on Wednesday evening with The Jewish Press.

IDF & Security / Jerusalem / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Terrorism

Yahrzheit Today for Dr. Applebaum and Daughter Nava

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Palestinian Authority suicide bomber ten years ago Monday night, on the Hebrew calendar, exploded his charge and killed seven people, including American Israelis Dr. David Applebaum and his daughter Nava the evening before her wedding date. Slightly less than two years ago, Palestinian Authority terrorist Ibrahim Muhammad Yunus Dar Musa, who helped plan the […]

Global / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Hillel Argentina, Tel Aviv U. Launch Jewish Entrepreneurship Plan

By JTA

Hillel Argentina and Tel Aviv University are launching an entrepreneurship center and incubator of companies for Jewish entrepreneurs. The companies participating in the program, which will start Tuesday, will have training and accelerator courses in Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv with a focus on entrepreneurship, Jewish business values and Israel-Diaspora ties. Ryan Fain, the Hillel […]

Jewish / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / US

Will New Hillel Head Honcho Continue Stretching the 'Big Tent'?

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Over the decades, Hillel has moved from being "the synagogue on campus" to encouraging Jewish students to experience and define Jewish" in their own way. Is Hillel now also telling students "pro-Israel" means whatever they want it to mean?

Jewish / News Briefs / Obituaries / Religion / US

Princeton’s Rabbi James Diamond Killed in Traffic Accident

By JTA

Rabbi James Diamond, the retired director of Princeton University's Center for Jewish Life, has died in a traffic accident after leaving a breakfast Talmud study group. Rabbi Diamond, 73, who retired from the center 10 years ago, was killed when a speeding car crashed into a parked car which the rabbi was entering on the […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Penn Hillel Provided Platform to Venomous 'Breaking The Silence'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Hillel board was conned into believing that Breaking the Silence was needed to amplify the tintinnabulation of hatred already ringing across U.S. campuses from such groups as the BDS movement and the annual Israel Apartheid Week hate fiestas.

Midrash Stories

Remembering Shabbos

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

How the Sages of the Talmud used to honor Shabbos! Each day of the week was only an introduction to the coming Shabbos and everything was done with an eye towards Shabbos.

News Briefs

Israeli Vows to 'Bike for the Fight' Against Cancer

By Malkah Fleisher

A new initiative – Bike for the Fight – will raise money for the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), a North American organization funding grants to top Israeli cancer researchers and scientific institutions, by biking for three months across the United States.

Global / Israel / SciTech

Israeli Scientist Wins World Food Prize for Drip Irrigation

By Malkah Fleisher

An 81 year old Israeli scientist whose revolutionary irrigation methods have saved and improved the lives of millions of people throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South America, has received the prestigious World Food Prize, according to an announcement made by the foundation on Tuesday.

MUSSAR – Avi Ganz

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Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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