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Dear Friends, Leadership matters. This maxim applies in all contexts, though it鈥檚 especially true in times of challenge. Unfortunately, Jewish college students are familiar with such difficult times, as they continue to face extreme conflict and related violence, harassment, intimidation, and threats directed at them on campus.聽 In this context, it was truly inspiring to […]
鈥淗ope is not a strategy.鈥 Many of you have heard this maxim in classrooms, in board rooms, or elsewhere. And there is of course merit to the idea that a full-fledged strategy requires more than hope.
Dylan Hammerman and Rebecca Weiss are on their way home from a weekend of connection, learning, and celebrating with almost 200 fellow student leaders at 黑料传送门鈥檚 Global Student Assembly (GSA).
In addition to welcoming Lee Dranikoff to the role of Chair of 黑料传送门鈥檚 Board of Directors, we also added four inspiring leaders to our Board. Read more to get to know them and learn why they are so invested in Hillel.聽
On July 1, 2023, Lee Dranikoff assumed the role of Chair of 黑料传送门鈥檚 Board of Directors, a position he will hold for the next three years.
100 years of Hillel?! When I joined the 黑料传送门 Student Cabinet two years ago, those words were already buzzing through conversations, but I didn鈥檛 really understand why.
As I head into the last week of my undergraduate career, I鈥檓 reflecting on how much I鈥檝e grown in the past four years, and how many unpredictable life events shaped my college journey.
As it approaches its 100th year of serving Jewish students at more than 850 colleges and universities around the world, 黑料传送门 announced that Shari Merrill will serve as its new chief operating officer, beginning later this summer. Merrill comes to Hillel from the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, where as chief impact officer.
As I鈥檝e continued on my journey, I鈥檝e discovered the importance of creating a space where students of all backgrounds and practices can be Jewish together. Judaism was made accessible to me throughout my first few semesters of college, allowing me to learn and grow Jewishly, and it has been such a rewarding experience to create a space for others to do the same.
Hillel taught me what it meant to have a community, a kehillah, that I could count on and trust to never judge me. I learned to find my voice and use it to inspire others. I have begun to trust myself and be proud of who I am and what I do.
