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Mazel tov to Harvard Hillel student Eli Dershwitz for winning the saber fencing world cup title last Saturday! Read our exclusive interview with Eli before he competed in the 2016 #Olympic games in #Rio. 
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"If we understand that money is a tool, we can use it properly and we can help guide our students ... We need to see our students and understand that they're anxious and stressed because it's fueled by financial struggles." -- Rozeeta Arviv, director of engagement at Tanger Hillel at Brooklyn College
That concludes our #HillelTalks series! Thank you to our campus professionals for sharing their stories and insights to inspire the #Hillel movement and the world!
Aimee Buchanan is one of seven figure skaters who will compete for #Israel in the figure skating team event in #Pyeongchang2018 this weekend. 
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Hillel International and other national #Jewish organizations have issued a call to Jewish community groups, encouraging them to send more volunteers and resources to Houston to aid in the recovery from Hurricane Harvey. #ActNowHouston
“The need for recovery support remains massive, and Hillel is committed to working with our partners to mobilize the national Jewish community to meet needs across Houston’s Jewish and larger community. It is a key part of our commitment to engaging students in tikkun olam.” -- Eric D. Fingerhut, president and CEO of Hillel International
“Whenever you feel like life isn’t working out, there are going to be people at #Hillel who want to help you. Hillel has helped me remember that I have a whole life to love -- to be happy, to be alive, regardless of the pain.” -- Madelaine Reis, University of Central Florida #Resilience
Hunter College students have the farthest commute in the CUNY system, with some traveling as long as 2.5 hours to get to class on time. To accommodate them, Hunter Hillel professionals have reengineered the Hillel from top to bottom to meet the needs of students.
Hillel at Syracuse University invited actor Josh Peck to speak to more than 1,400 students about his Jewish background and life in the film and television industry.
"We Jewish educators and professionals need to be listening extra closely for those self-identified 'bad Jews' in our midst and help them reclaim their identities as good Jews discovering their way." -- Avram Mlotek, Base DWTN
Keep an eye out for our final #HillelTalks video, next Friday. #HillelGA2017
To celebrate Tu B'Shevat, Hillel for Utah students created willow and palm trees out of plastic bottles. The “trees” will be on display outside of the Westminster College Environmental Center for the next two weeks.
"Earlier this year, as part of Jewish Disability Advocacy and Inclusion Month, I helped create American University Hillel's first ever Disability Inclusion Shabbat. The service and dinner were designed to teach students about the meaning of accessibility, acceptance, and inclusion, and to talk about what we have accomplished as an institution and what we still need to do."
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ShireiNU, the Jewish a cappella group at Northwestern University, placed second at Ilu Finu: The Jewish Collegiate A Cappella Songwriting Competition , the national songwriting competition for Jewish collegiate a cappella groups. Mazel tov!
Hillel International shared World Jewish Congress's video.
This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and every day, #WeRemember. #Hillel
These nine Holocaust Survivors have come together to send you a message. It’s unforgettable.
For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, let’s show them we are... listening. Post your picture holding a sign with the words "We Remember" and post it on social media with #WeRemember or send it to us by e-mail: weremember@wjc.org.
See MoreAt #HillelGA2017, Rabbi Michelle Fisher, executive director of MIT Hillel, spoke about the importance of self-care:
"Self-care is not a solo endeavor. Self-care works because it's teamwork. Self-care is team-care. Whether you're the executive director, or an intern, we're all in this together."
Stay tuned for next week's #HillelTalks video.
Hillel International shared OSU Hillel's post.
Last night, our friends at OSU Hillel succeeded with their partners in removing references to Israel from a student government resolution supporting a university investment committee. The final bill, which passed, focused instead on combating human rights abuses more broadly.
Good work, Buckeyes! Thanks for all you do to galvanize your friends and take on anti-Israel bias on campus!
Dear Friends of OSU Hillel,
We wanted to let everyone know that last night OSU Hillel and 100s of pro-Israel students succeeded in removing all direct reference...s to Israel from a resolution that passed the Undergraduate Student Government to support a university investment committee.
The "Resolution to Establish a Committee to Investigate OSU's Investments in Companies Complicit in Human Rights Violations" asks the University Senate to form an ad-hoc committee to review investments in companies that are involved in human rights abuses. It passed by secret ballot after hours of debate.
With our help and our valued partners, pro-Israel student leaders made tremendous efforts to combat the original resolution. They supported many amendments that stripped specific references to Israel and companies that do business with Israel. They spoke with passion and intelligence about their connection to Israel, its human rights records and their concerns about being marginalized as Jewish students on our campus. Their words helped several amendments pass that changed the tone of the resolution from targeting Israel to combating human rights abuses more broadly.
After the vote, Jewish and pro-Israel students gathered here to regroup and make plans for further Israel engagement and open conversation on our campus.
We are incredibly proud of our students’ tireless efforts to prevent Israel from being singled out and misrepresented on campus, and their continuing resolve to fight BDS and anti-Israel bias however it manifests on campus. We will continue to work with our supporters and partners to ensure as many students as possible learn Israel’s true story.
