Read how the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division overturned an earlier ruling requiring Fordham University to recognize a Students for Justice in Palestine student club on campus. Click here to learn more.
Hillel at Baruch receives the “2020 Award” in recognition of their efforts to help the student community over the course of the pandemic. Click to check out the award presentation video!
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) recently held a panel discussion which featured our very own Assistant Director, Yael Brenner.
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Hillel in the news! Check out the article written by the Baruch student newsletter, The Ticker, here!
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Ilya Bratman shares his story of experiencing anti-Semitism during his service in the U.S. Army while stationed in South Korea. Bratman, an immigrant to the U.S. from the former Soviet Union, faced accusations of duel loyalty from a fellow soldier who had never before met a Jewish person. Ilya used the encounter as a teaching moment and maintains a relationship with his fellow soldier. Dual loyalty is one of the oldest forms of anti-Semitism that has taken on new contemporary forms.
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On Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11:11 a.m. Pacific Time (12:11 p.m. Mountain Standard Time), JWB Jewish Chaplains Council®, a signature program of JCC Association of North America, will host the Facebook Live premier of “The National Jewish Community Celebration of Veterans Day.” The event will honor Jewish veterans, some of whom will share personal stories of their military service and the influence it has had in their lives. They include voluntary veterans and those under age 40.
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On Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11:11 a.m. Pacific Time (12:11 p.m. Mountain Standard Time), JWB Jewish Chaplains Council®, a signature program of JCC Association of North America, will host the Facebook Live premier of “The National Jewish Community Celebration of Veterans Day.” The event will honor Jewish veterans, some of whom will share personal stories of their military service and the influence it has had in their lives. They include voluntary veterans and those under age 40.
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The Pace University student government passed a resolution Wednesday adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, the Jewish News Syndicate reported.
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Each month we choose to highlight one of our strongest advocates for Israel on their college campuses.
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Hillel is one of the only Jewish clubs at Baruch College, but club members and visitors stress the openness and accepting nature within the community. Hillel is one of the biggest and most well-known clubs on campus.
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According to a private study commissioned this year by UJA-Federation of New York, City University of New York students affiliated with Hillel “were experiencing food insecurity in greater numbers than previously thought.”
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When venerated media outlets like ‘The Harvard Lampoon’ casually publish an image of a bikini-clad Anne Frank, is it more than just ‘poor judgment?’
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A new project brings together veterans of the Israel Defense Forces and the US military with Jewish students to stand up against hatred.
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Jewish News Syndicate Spotlights Hillel’s BRAVE Initiative
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A new project brings together veterans of the Israel Defense Forces and the U.S. military with Jewish students to stand up against hatred.
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Congratulations to all Hillel students who have graduated this season.
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Students, staff, and friends of Hillel at Baruch, City, and John Jay Colleges came together on June 2nd to march down 5th Ave to proudly waving Israeli and American flags, skip and dance down the streets.
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The Maccabee Task Force, an organization that provides significant funding to pro-Israel groups on campus to fight delegitimization, demonization and BDS campaigns, conducted its fourth annual MTF academy recently in Las Vegas. The conference, which included nearly 400 campus professionals and pro-Israel students from nearly 80 campuses, focused on best practices in promoting Israel, particularly among non-Jewish students.
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There are approximately 250,000 Russian Jews living in the five boroughs of New York City. Many came to the U.S. beginning in the 1990s as refugees fleeing anti-Semitism and persecution. Although they strongly identify as Jewish, few connect that to any regular religious practice.
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