Posts Tagged: Hillel
J Street Fools Hillel Into Breaking the Rules, by Hosting Breaking the Silence
It appears that J Street U, the student branch of the J Street organization, is trying to subvert Hillel’s Standards of Partnership -- which rule...
BDS Suffers Setbacks at Vassar, Northeastern and Indianapolis in Single Week
Over the past week, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel has suffered setbacks on three major American campuses: Vassar College, Northeastern University and...
How I Was Harassed by UCLA’s Jewish Community for Being an IDF Veteran
In 2007, I was severely wounded and nearly killed by a Hamas rocket while serving in the IDF. I eventually recovered (from near fatal brain damage), and...
John Jay Hillel Questions ‘Arguably Inadequate Response’ to Swastikas Found on Campus
A Jewish student group challenged the response of campus officials after swastikas were discovered over the past weeks at John Jay College of Criminal Justice...
In Judaism, Love is Not Enough
Judaism is supremely a religion of love: three loves. "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and...
Can Hillel and ‘Open Hillel’ Smooth Out Their Differences on Israel Guidelines? (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - When Harvard Hillel refused to host a planned 2012 event titled "Jewish Voices Against the Israeli Occupation," organized by the Harvard College...
Time for Hillel to Stand Against Arafat Grave Visit
JNS.org - Growing up in Newton, Mass., I came to appreciate the generous services that Boston's Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) provides. During the past...
Pro-Israel College Groups Denied Chance to Present at Modern Language Association Conference
JNS.org - The pro-Israel campus groups Hillel International and the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) were denied the right to present a discussion at...
Hillel at 90: The Past, Present, and Future of Campus Activism
JNS.org - When recent rabbinical school graduate Rabbi Benjamin Frankel began a part-time clerical position in 1923 working with students at the University of...
New Director of Israel On Campus Coalition Vows to Empower Jewish Students
JNS.org - In a story of "what goes around, comes around" in the pro-Israel world, Jacob Baime will seek to empower Jewish students through...
RNC Wrongly Attributes Quote from Jewish Scholar Hillel to Ronald Reagan
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell read a quote from the preamble of the Republican party's 2012 platform, that was mistakenly attributed to Ronald Reagan instead of...
On Campus: The Debate Over Anti-Zionism Lawsuits
Amid the May 5-8 Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) plenum in Detroit, debate has reignited over the initiation of federal lawsuits against anti-Zionist activities on university campuses. A...
Combating Israel Apartheid Week on U.S. Campuses
In the liberal, academia focused world of American Universities, acceptance, tolerance and universalism are the buzzwords of the day - unless said...
Miami, a Vending Machine, and My First YZL Conference
I had never been to a Jewish-related conference before YZL (Young Zionist Leadership); actually I had never been to any sort of conference . I...
