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Sharing the next gen: How Chabad is changing Hillel — and reshaping campus life
Jared Sichel
October 24, 2013
Shabbat dinner tells one part of the story. When Alon Kashanian, a UCLA senior, wants a “very big social atmosphere” on erev Shabbat, he goes to Hillel’s grand, Jerusalem-stone-adorned, 25,000-square-foot Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life on Hilgard Avenue in Westwood. He socializes with friends and mingles with some of the 100 to 200 students — the number can vary widely — who come for services and Friday night dinner.
Berkeley Jewish student union rejects J Street affiliate
Jewish Journal
October 11, 2013
The Jewish Student Union at the University of California-Berkeley rejected J Street U for membership for the second time since 2011.
Students as first responders
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2013
First responders have been, rightly so, the focus of national attention since the terrorist attacks at the finish line of the Boston Marathon this past April. We have marveled at men and women tearing down barricades, running in the direction of smoke and chaos, unmoved by possible personal injury, in order to care for the needs of others.
Jewish schools, institutions join security conference call
Jewish Journal
January 4, 2013
A conference call on school safety organized by the security arm of two national Jewish umbrellas drew over 800 participants.
The ‘H’ in Jewish education
David Suissa
January 2, 2013
Money has a way of dominating issues. This is true of politics and presidential elections, and it’s also true of Jewish education. Just say the words “Jewish education,” and the first word you’ll typically hear is “unaffordable.”
Hillel’s new plan: Programming for and by students not so involved in Hillel
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2012
Meet 22-year-old Jeremy Moskowitz, the poster child for what Hillel hopes will be a revolution in campus Jewish life. The catch: He didn’t spend much time at Hillel during his four years at Duke University.
Healthy, kosher hot lunches rare in L.A. Jewish schools
Jonah Lowenfeld
August 8, 2012
On a Thursday this past March, at around 11:40 a.m., the alluring scent of chicken schnitzel – freshly breaded and pan-fried — wafted through the parking lot of New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS) in West Hills.
N.Y. school sued for allegedly failing to act on anti-Semitic taunts
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2012
A suburban New York father is suing his school district over the anti-Semitic taunting of his son.
Opinion: Reconsideration of state aid to Jewish schools is welcome
Jewish Journal
April 19, 2012
For decades, the American Jewish community has debated the advisability, constitutionality and necessity of government aid to Jewish (and other faiths’) parochial schools. But with the United States still experiencing tough economic challenges, the American Jewish community finds its schools under greater financial stress than ever.
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