Posts Tagged: Hillel
Jewish Students at University of Illinois Decry Passage of Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution During High Holidays
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s student government on Wednesday night voted in favor of a pro-BDS resolution calling for divestment from a number of...
Anti-Israel ‘Day of Rage’ Protests Target Major Jewish Organizations in San Diego, Boston
Anti-Israel “Day of Rage” protests on Wednesday in San Diego and Boston against potential West Bank annexation targeted multiple Jewish sites unaffiliated with the Israeli...
Jewish Organizations Praise Tufts University’s President for Condemning Award for Students for Justice in Palestine
The Tufts University Hillel and major Jewish groups praised the university’s president and other top administration officials for condemning the decision to give an award...
High Holiday Challenge for College Students: Finding a (Spiritual) Home Away From Home
JNS.org - Spending the High Holidays away from home can be a lonely experience. And, sadly, without the family around, many a Jewish college student simply...
Adelphi University Looks to Bring Hillel on Campus, Raising Concerns From Israel Boycotters
Adelphi University in New York is looking to open a formal chapter of the Jewish group Hillel in order to support and attract Jewish students,...
Jewish Group at University of Maryland Laments ‘Insensitive’ Plan for BDS Vote on Passover
A resolution supporting the controversial boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel will be considered by student leaders at the University of Maryland next...
Cornell Students Vote Down Divestment Resolution Targeting Israel After Acrimonious Campus Debate
The Student Assembly at Cornell University in Ithaca voted on Thursday against adopting a divestment resolution targeting companies over their ties to Israel, following a campus...
BDS Proposal Fails at UC Santa Barbara for Sixth Time, After Impassioned Appeals From Jewish Community
Student leaders at the University of California, Santa Barbara rejected a divestment resolution targeting Israel on Thursday, marking the sixth time the measure failed to...
UC Santa Barbara to Consider Anti-Israel Divestment Proposal, Shared by Club That Praised Palestinian ‘Armed Resistance’
Student leaders at the University of California, Santa Barbara are expected to consider a proposal on Wednesday evening calling for divestment from companies over their ties to...
Jewish, Zionist Students Speak Out Over Divisive ‘Apartheid Week’ Campaign Targeting Israel
Jewish and Zionist students who recently faced heightened levels of anti-Zionist campus activism during the provocatively-named "Israeli Apartheid Week" have spoken out against its divisive...
Anti-Zionist Students Target Emory University Dorms With Mock Eviction Notices Blasting Israel
Mock eviction notices were left outside dorm rooms at Emory University in Georgia by an anti-Zionist group seeking to criticize Israel, in a stunt that...
Columbia Student Leaders Vote Down BDS Referendum, Drawing Applause From Jewish, Zionist Campus Groups
Student leaders at Columbia University on Sunday rejected a controversial effort to divest from eight companies over their ties to Israel, following concerns raised by Jewish...
At Wake Forest University, Jewish Students Unite to Defend Their Rights
The famed Jewish sage Hillel the Elder said, “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” I was painfully reminded of those...
‘Destroy Israeli Forces, Free Palestine’ Posters Target Hillel Building at Tufts University
About two dozen offensive posters were found outside the Hillel building at Tufts University in Massachusetts on Tuesday morning, including one calling for a "Free Palestine" and...
