Hillel

Mensch Madness, Game 4: Abraham vs. Hillel!

As Mensch Madness continues, our next match-up is between the one… the only… the Father of Monotheism… Abraham! And his ...

If Israel Boycotted the Winter Olympics

If Israel boycotted the Winter Olympic in Sochi, Russia next month would anyone really care? The games would go on ...

A Values-Based Community: Open Hillel and Community Discourse

In a recent post my fellow Rabbis Without Borders colleague, Alana Suskin, argues on behalf of those advocating an “Open ...

Why Ursula LeGuin Would Support Swarthmore’s Open Hillel

For other perspectives on this debate, read Rabbi Ben Greenberg’s post here and Rabbi Tsafi Lev’s post here.In her series about ...

When The Big Game is on The Big Day

This special holiday post comes from guest blogger Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, Executive Director of Hillel at Texas A&M University. Thank ...

Keeping Safe Spaces Safe

“If it doesn’t bring more love into the world, it probably isn’t religion.” The date was October 13, 2010, and ...

Politics and the Pulpit

This past Sunday was claimed by many churches around the country ‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’.  It’s the day that the pastors ...

A Report from the Field: Keshet at the Hillel Institute

  Hillel International is the largest Jewish group for college students, with campus presence at over 550 schools in the ...

We Need More Jewish Debate, Not Less

Some will tell you that we need less debate in the Jewish community; that for the sake of unity we need ...

I Don’t Go To Brooklyn

Cruising on Fifth Avenue one day, a taxi is hailed by a man standing on the corner. Entering the cab, ...