N.Y. Times columnist Bret Stephens to address Hillel of Silicon Valley By Dan Pine Feb 13, 2023 Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Bret Stephens first connected with Hillel in an unusual way: After someone keyed a swastika into his car door when he was an undergrad at the University of Chicago, he sought solace at his local Hillel chapter. “I was marginally Jewish when in college,” said Stephens, 49, an opinion… Read More
U.S. Doxxing on campus: How BDS tensions at Harvard became personal Cyber harassment is illegal across most of the United States and explicitly banned on page 50 of the Harvard College handbook. But despite its… By Haley Barker, RNS Jul 11, 2022
World Nigeria, Kyiv, Berlin: The long journey of two students fleeing Ukraine Nigerian students Funke Oluwatosin and Deborah Ologbenla, both 16, received a crash course in German Jewish life — as the result of a very unexpected… By Joe Baur, JTA May 2, 2022
World Serafim Sabaranskiy, Jew who defended Ukraine, dies in airstrike Serafim Sabaranskiy was a proud Jew and son of Ukraine. The 29-year-old, an active member of the Hillel chapter in his hometown of Kharkiv, saw the war… By Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA Mar 16, 2022
World Hillel in Kharkiv bombed, none injured Before Russian troops invaded Ukraine, the Hillel chapter in Kharkiv was preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary this spring. In fact, just one week… By Gabe Friedman, JTA Mar 3, 2022
U.S. ADL and Hillel announce plan to combat campus antisemitism Whether it’s documenting antisemitism at colleges or getting into scraps on social media, young Jewish students have been feeling the need to fight… By JTA, Ben Sales Aug 2, 2021
California UCLA anti-Israel resolution reveals rift among Jewish students The undergraduate student government organization at University of California, Los Angeles has unanimously passed a resolution calling on the UC system to… By Ryan Torok, Forward Mar 16, 2021
Local Voice Building a college pro-Israel community in challenging times Five years ago, the Northern California campus where I now serve as an Israeli emissary experienced arguably its most infamous antisemitic moment. On Nov.… By Elior Amar Nov 30, 2020
Politics How Jewish groups are protecting voting access in 2020 If you’re in Arizona or Florida and a 585 area code pops up on your phone, you might want to answer: It could be a Jewish volunteer in Rochester, New… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Oct 14, 2020