NC Hillel Blog

• Birthright Israel | Bus 229 (finally) begins the adventure!

  Dec 24, 2015
  It took us a while to get here, but since arriving in Israel we’ve been incredibly busy! We landed around 8 p.m. last night after our short layover in Brussels, and started making our way through customs, money exchange, and getting our Israeli phones. From the airport we drove straight to Itay’s kibbutz, Ginosaur, on the Sea of Galilee. 
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• Join our Staff Team | UNC-Charlotte Hillel

  Dec 2, 2015

  North Carolina Hillel seeks a dynamic, creative, outgoing, strategic self-starter with proven organizational skills and strong follow-through to help us inspire Jewish students at UNC-Charlotte. 

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• Appalachian State Hillel students teach the community about Chanukah

  Dec 2, 2015
  Appalachian State Hillel students won "Most Educational" presentation at the annual "Find Yosef a Holiday" festival that celebrates campus cultural and religious diversity.
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• NC State Hillel shares art for Human Rights Day

  Dec 1, 2015
  In honor of Human Rights Day, student organizations including NC State Hillel created displays for an interactive exhibit in the Talley Student Center. Students Darren Lipman and Miriam Roochvarg created a tallis (prayer shawl) art piece woven with paper printed with Hebrew verses. The art piece also featured a photo of Reverend Martin Luther King at a civil rights march in Montgomery, Alabama with Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath.
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• University groups celebrate Chanukkah and Kwanzaa

  Nov 30, 2015
  Averyl Edwards, board member of Hillel, said she thought student government organized this to recognize other religious celebrations that are not necessarily included in mainstream culture.  
  
  “It’s all the minorities,” Edwards said. “I think they are smaller holidays that do not receive as much attention. I think there’s a lot to be said for solidarity between black people and Jewish people as minority groups that can come together and learn from each other’s experiences.” 
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• Award-winning author Ari Shavit visits UNC-Chapel Hill

  Nov 5, 2015
  North Carolina Hillel was honored to host bestselling Israeli author Ari Shavit at UNC-Chapel Hill on November 5. Shavit is the author of My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. More than 350 guests enjoyed a free public lecture from Shavit in which he detailed his Israeli heritage and experiences growing up in Israel and shared his views on Israel's path toward peace with Palestine.
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• Welcoming new staff at NC Hillel

  Oct 21, 2015
  North Carolina Hillel is excited to welcome four new members to our staff team, including two newly created positions! At the core of a good Hillel are talented staff who are able to connect effectively with students, inspiring and mentoring them; all four of our new professionals fit this model and will provide invaluable support to students across the four NC campuses that they serve. 
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• Opportunity & obligation for the New Year

  Oct 19, 2015
  When we discuss race, class, and privilege, I often find that we in America are quick to note how critical of a role our privilege and opportunity has played into our successes, but we have been slow to realize that those without such privilege and opportunity can not, and will not succeed, so long as this cycle continues. Success breeds success; vulnerability breeds vulnerability. 
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• The path I want to be proud to take

  Oct 19, 2015
  Being dishonest with ourselves is not Jewish. Turning away from what’s hard to look at, what’s hard to think about, is not Jewish. I cannot tell you about a vision that doesn't yet exist, simply because it feels good. So many people, Israelis and Palestinians both, cannot afford us to do that.
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• How will you leave your Heel print?

  Oct 16, 2015
  And in this time of Yom Kippur, which I view to be a time for reflection as well as a time to make amends, I find it important to look back on all of the short-comings I may have faced in my previous year, whether they be with academics, interpersonal relationships, or any sort of activity which I apply myself towards. I take the time to wonder how I can find a way to go forward in a better way.
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