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An essay by Omer Hassman, Greater Philly Hillel Network’s Israel Fellow reflecting on his first year as he begins his second. Arriving in Philly and Finding My Footing My journey as an Israeli Fellow actually started long before I boarded a flight, through a series of Zoom calls from my home in Israel. Even through […]
I was sitting in the opening session of Interfaith America’s “Empowering Students to be Leaders of Pluralism” when the news broke: Haverford College had settled a lawsuit with the Deborah Project, a group representing “Jews at Haverford” who had experienced antisemitism on campus. The story behind why I was at the summit and what happened […]
*This post is a d’var torah delivered by Ethan Khan ’26 at Villanova University. This week’s parshah is titled “Acharei Mot”, which translates to “after the death.” The text opens after the death of Aaron’s two sons and transitions to a description of pure vs. impure, before and after, and one stage to the […]
For Immediate Release December 31, 2025 Media Contact Hillel@CrosscutStrategies.com Rabbi Jeremy Winaker Honored with Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence Award at Hillel International’s 2025 Global Assembly The world’s largest Jewish college organization convened for the 2025 Global Assembly from Dec. 8-11 in Boston and honored remarkable achievements in supporting Jewish student life. Philadelphia, PA […]
We are inspired looking back at these Philly-area students’ visions for a brighter future, including West Chester University Hillel student Tyler Lehman ’25! This piece was published by Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia in 2024. A link to the original may be found here. December 30, 2024 College Students Share Hopes For a More Peaceful […]
Originally published here in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent. This article introduces Alyssa Malerman to our staffing at West Chester University Hillel. Alan Zeitlin Osnat Gottlieb came to America from Mitzpe Ramon (between Be’er Sheva and Eilat) a week ago and has hit the ground running in preparation for her position as an Israel Fellow for […]