Hillel

Students adapt to celebrate Easter, Passover during the pandemic

April 12, 2020

Celebrating Easter usually involves attending church, while celebrating Passover includes large seder dinners with family, but COVID-19 caused students to observe their respective holidays differently...

NU Declassified: For NU Hillel, temporary housing at Hinman means re-learning what goes into making a home

February 17, 2020

ILANA AROUGHETI: Welcome to NU Declassified, a look into how Wildcats thrive and survive on Northwestern’s campus. From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Ilana Arougheti. This week, we’re looking into...

Hillel hosts annual Hanukkah celebration ‘Latkepalooza’ despite renovations

December 3, 2019

Though renovations are underway, Hillel will continue its tradition of hosting “Latkepalooza,” its annual Hanukkah celebration, during reading week. Tonight, Dec. 4, students will gather in Unicorn...

Gidon Bromberg stresses opportunity, need for environmental cooperation in the Middle East

October 11, 2019

Wildcats for Israel on Thursday hosted Gidon Bromberg, the Israeli director and an original founder of the non-profit organization EcoPeace Middle East, for a presentation at Hillel. The non-profit...

IfNotNow movement calls on college Hillel chapters to end ties to Birthright Israel

May 1, 2019

IfNotNow, a Jewish-American movement to end support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine, recently encouraged the University of Chicago’s chapter of Hillel to cut their ties with Birthright Israel,...