Hillel International
UW Hillel president Greg Steinberger: “We view this act of vandalism as targeting the Jewish community and as an incident of bias.”
“Many of us planned our spring-break trips around college tours that had to be canceled due to the coronavirus, so this will make up for lost opportunities,” said Ian Hammer, a high school junior from Kansas City.
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There are an estimated 1,000 employees at Hillels across 18 countries, most of which are independent organizations but collaborate with Hillel International on fundraising and other operations.
“This cowardly act of hatred towards the Jewish community amidst a time of global crisis and on Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, is reprehensible,” posted UMass Amherst Hillel on Facebook.
David Weltman didn’t take the stand during the three-day trial, saying that it was his, and not his attorney’s, decision to not testify.
Central Student Government president Ben Gerstein said prior to college, he had only been exposed to pro-Israel viewpoints, but was “committed” to “learning new perspectives and being empathetic to the Palestinian community.”
Nadav David is one of CJP’s 2020 “Chai in the Hub” honorees, recognizing young adults who are “doing amazing things personally and professionally to better Greater Boston’s Jewish community.”
From wellness centers to addressing BDS and anti-Semitism, Hillel “plays a fundamental role when it comes to creating new avenues for Jewish identity-building that specifically address the changing Jewish community,” says new president and CEO Adam Lehman.
In his new role, he will build on the organization’s success in fostering Jewish life on 550 campuses across 18 countries.
The graduate student union said it has reached out to Hillel and the student who received the response “to request a meeting to discuss how to remedy harm and how to mitigate future harm towards Jewish students on campus.”
“We are deeply concerned about the recent anti-Semitic fliers posted around campus, some depicting references to the Holocaust. The fliers trivialize one of the darkest periods in history in which more than six million Jews were killed,” posted ASU Hillel on Facebook.
“It was just extremely disappointing to see it being destroyed—and for what purpose?” said MSU Hillel executive director Cindy Hughey.
