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Activating Jewish service through partnerships, collaboration - opinion

Engaging in shared service is one way to see each other’s humanity and counter the isolation and misinformation that fuel anti-Jewish hatred.

STUDENTS PARTICIPATING in the National Days of Jewish Service campus cleanup.
 A man has been arrested for arson on suspicion of starting a dumpster fire outside San Francisco Hillel on December 5 while the members were inside.

Man arrested for setting fire to SF Hillel while students inside preparing for Shabbat

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

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Students and others at City College of New York participate in a pro-Palestinian encampment on their West Harlem campus on April 26, 2024.

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Hillel in the crosshairs as students return to campus

Protests targeting or mentioning Hillel have recently been held at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Temple University, Hunter College, and Baruch College.

 Pro-Israel protestors confront Pro-Palestine protestors during a rally against the Baruch College Hillel campus organization at Baruch College on in New York City. June 05, 2024.

Jewish 'privilege' and '$$$': Texts from Columbia University admins. leaked

The exchanges show the university officials downplaying students’ concerns about antisemitism and bashing the head of the school’s Hillel.

 Pro-Palestinian student protesters who had been arrested for occupying and barricading a building at Columbia University react following a hearing, where criminal charges against them had been dropped, at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York City, U.S., June 20, 2024.

Close call: Ukrainian Jewish students narrowly miss being hit by Russian missile barrage on Shabbat

No one was hurt during the attack, although the Hillel Dnipro building sustained severe damage.

A firefighter works at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine June 28, 2024.

Student groups at Baruch College stage protest against Hillel

The demonstration — in which protesters scuffled with pro-Israel counterprotesters and were arrested, appeared to be the first across the City University of New York that directly targeted Hillel.

The CUNY Graduate Center facade and main entrance on 5th Avenue.

USC Chabad glass door smashed by two vandals

Two vandals smashed the glass doors at the USC Chabad. USC Chabad said it would continue to build Jewish life on campus by finishing the refurbishment of its center with new facilities.

 Prospective students take a tour of the University of Southern California.

Some pro-Palestinian encampments want their schools to cut ties with Hillel, Chabad

On two campuses, activists are asking their schools to split from organizations closer to home that they say are complicit in Israeli crimes. 

 A crowd watches rapper Kosha Dillz perform during the "We Will Dance Again" event presented by MIT Hillel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16, 2024. Hillels have come under fire from some campus encampments, which have demanded schools cut ties with them.

Northwestern dean of students a 'smear campaign' victim, falsely labeled as anti-Israel

Incorrect reports about the dean of students sparked a "flurry of hate mail" against her.

 Northwestern University

USC cancels graduation amid Israel protests, some Jewish students question their place on campus

The student said the increased attention on USC has made it difficult to focus on school, even as final exams are around the corner.

 LAPD surrounds students protesting in support of Palestinians at an encampment at the University of Southern California’s Alumni Park, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Los Angeles, California, US, April 24, 2024.

'Your Jewish students cannot be sacrificed': Jewish leaders, students address universities

"If the university cannot be a place of learning, then what is the point? Universities across America must take action, and we are not asking asking for radical change," AJC President Deutch said.

 Pro-Israel counter-protesters stand around a demonstration by Harvard Law students participating in the National Day of Action organized by Law Students for a Free Palestine, at Harvard University on November 16, 2023.

Michigan University Hillel sees antisemitic vandalism twice in two days

"Now more than ever, the administration must make clear that antisemitism will not be tolerated at the University of Michigan," Hillel stated.

Swastika graffiti at the Temple Mount