Hillel

Albert Axelrad, Brandeis Hillel rabbi who championed pluralism and social justice, dies at 87

Although dedicated to egalitarian prayer that offers equal roles for men and women, Axelrad often attended Orthodox and other non-egalitarian services.

Rabbi Albert Axelrad, shown above in 1982, was chaplain and Hillel rabbi at Brandeis University for 34 years, starting in 1965.
A sign at Harvard Hillel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, on December 12, 2023.

Hillel files, then withdraws, brief supporting Harvard's campus antisemitism fight against Trump

 Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 2019.

Reed College agrees to sweeping reforms to settle antisemitism investigations

Students protest in support of Palestine during the University of Michigan's Spring Commencement ceremony on May 4, 2024; file photo.

Michigan University professor praises anti-Israel student activists in commencement speech


Hillel International introduces Adam Lehman as new CEO

Lehman will be responsible, for fostering Jewish life on 550 campuses across 18 countries, from here on out in his new role.

Hillel International introduces Adam Lehman as new CEO

Former Hillel head of University of Iowa charged with sexual abuse of boy

The former executive director of the Iowa Hillel was arrested and charged with abusing a young boy at the Hillel House in Iowa City.


Project MEGA students engage hands, head, feet in Belarus

“My grandfather died on this land. And we lost his grave,” said Iliana Svechin, from Rutgers Hillel in the United States.

The MEGA participants from Belarus, the United States, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Poland enjoy their trip in Belarus

Did a campus conference on Gaza feature antisemitism?

Was the performance antisemitic?

Tamer Nafar

Hillel exec., Steinhardt accuser to head National Council of Jewish Women

Katz, 35, will join NCJW this summer after 12 years with Hillel, where she launched MitzVote, a non-partisan voter engagement campaign.

Sheila Katz, the new head of the National Council of Jewish Women

Hillel's Tech Corner: Performing CPR like in the movies

Device uses simple beeping mechanism that lets user know to stop applying pressure, press harder

BEATY IS a real time CPR feedback device that allows every person, regardless of their medical knowledge, to provide effective chest compressions

Posters wanting to dissolve ‘Israeli Apartheid Forces’ hung outside Hillel

Some of the posters were hung on the windows of the Granoff Family Hillel Center with the images facing inward. No other campus buildings were targeted.

A view of the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the background

Hillel Int'l deems sexual harassment claims against some donors ‘justified’

The statement said that the six-month investigation confirmed the allegations, The New York Jewish Week reported in an article posted Sunday on its website.

Michael Steinhardt

Center Field: Diary of a non-mad Zionist: Israeli Zionism in 3D

Sharansky rooted Israel’s moral mission in the tradition; Wilf claimed Israel was no more moral than any other country – just scrutinized more intensely.

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni

Jewish U.S. philanthropist investigated over inappropriate remarks

A spokesman for Hillel International told The Jerusalem Post that the organization is not commenting on the story.

MICHAEL STEINHARDT