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The Hillel community also gathered together to commemorate Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, with a program honoring Israeli soldiers and civilians who lost their lives over the last 75 years. Hillel holds a variety of Israel-oriented programming throughout the academic year. As one measure of Rutgers Hillel’s efforts in this area, Rabbi Reed shared that “Rutgers New Brunswick has never had a BDS resolution brought to the student government” and Hillel is working hard to make sure it never does. In The News Rutgers Hillel is often featured in the campus newspaper, The Daily Targum; in New Jersey’s various Jewish and local papers; and sometimes even in the press Beyond the Banks. Enjoy these articles highlighting Rutgers Hillel In The News. Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) One of the largest Hillel celebrations on campus, includes Israeli food, educational programs and music. Festivities are organized by the Rutgers Hillel Center for Israel Engagement. Rutgers University is home to an estimated 6,400 Jewish undergraduate students, the largest Jewish undergraduate population in the country – depending on what UFlorida is claiming these days 😉 . Rutgers Hillel is extraordinary in terms of its size, diversity and quality of programming. Our Hillel is a big, huge tent, spanning the full breadth of Jewish life, and also supports multiple For current students and prospective students alike, find out about Birthright, our student board, and everything else you need to know. Rutgers University Students Create Spaces for Commemoration, Grief, and Support For Rutgers University Hillel, honoring the victims of the October 7 attacks has been an ongoing part of student programming and communal support. Following the murder of six hostages in Gaza, including Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Jewish students held a vigil. They also hosted an art gallery exhibit with Rutgers University, New Brunswick (Rutgers Hillel) While it may have the same name as UM鈥檚 celebration, Rutgers Hillel took Israel Week in a different direction, while also hosting a wide variety of impactful events. The week began with Israel Week-themed tables outside the student center, featuring educational opportunities and plenty of fun giveaways. The next day, Jewish students hosted Often there is an Oneg after dinner, at Hillel or a student apartment, where students get together for more desserts, singing, and just hanging out. Reform and Conservative religious communities have Saturday programming/services twice a month. Free and open to the public. Free campus parking is available Sponsor: Presented in partnership with NJPAC, Rutgers Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, and Rutgers Hillel Rutgers Hillel’s Israel chair, Segev Kanik, a sophomore from West Long Branch, said he organized last year’s Israel Independence Day program on College Avenue in the heart of the university’s main New Brunswick campus. 70 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | (732) 545-2407 | Info@RutgersHillel.org | Hours: 8am - 10pm Rutgers Hillel Center for Israel Engagement Driven by a core belief that a positive connection to Israel is essential for a strong, healthy Jewish identity, Rutgers Hillel Center for Israel Engagement (RHCIE) seeks to be a model for excellence in Israel engagement, education, and advocacy on campus. Find your people at Rutgers Hillel.Rutgers Hillel is a vibrant, welcoming community where Jewish students of all backgrounds come together to explore identity, celebrate tradition, and just be themselves. Whether you're observant, "just Jewish," or still figuring it out, there's a place for you here.Were artists and academics, activists and adventurers, introverts and extroverts. Some of us Rutgers Hillel also held an Israel Week art exhibit inside their building, featuring artwork that showcased students’ personal connections to Israel. Later in the week, students gathered together for a Yom Ha’atzmaut barbecue to celebrate Israel’s independence in community with one another, a theme that carried over to their Israel-themed Event in New Brunswick, NJ by RH Center for Israel Engagement and Rutgers Hillel on Tuesday, May 2 2017 Jewish Faculty, Administration, and Staff (JFAS) Rutgers JFAS is a grassroots group of Jewish employees of Rutgers that combats antisemitism as well as anti-Israel bias and promotes a positive, supportive environment for Jews on campus. We cultivate relationships with non-Jewish allies, university leaders, off-campus partners such as Rutgers Hillel and Chabad at Rutgers, and external entities "We set out to create something bold, an international ‘mifgash’ program – a joint cohort of Israeli students from Bar-Ilan University and American students from Rutgers University to learn together, exchange ideas and get to know one another,” said Noga Brenner Samia, Executive Director of Hillel Israel." In connecting American college students with Israel, Liel Zahavi-Asa brings a perspective developed in both countries. The Berkeley, Calif., native made aliya with her family at age six to Efrat, but she returned to the United States for college, where she was active in Hillel and other Jewish Rutgers University, New Brunswick (Rutgers Hillel) While it may have the same name as UM鈥檚 celebration, Rutgers Hillel took Israel Week in a different direction, while also hosting a wide variety of impactful events. The week began with Israel Week-themed tables outside the student center, featuring educational opportunities and plenty of fun giveaways. The next day, Jewish students hosted
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