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Hillel Pioneers New Approach to Celebrating 85 Years

June 5, 2009 By eJP

At a time when the global economic downturn is forcing organizations and donors to be more thrifty than ever, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is sponsoring a virtual international gala that lowers overhead costs and enables anyone and everyone to participate.

The world’s largest Jewish campus organization has canceled its annual black-tie gala dinner in New York City to host a series of community-based celebrations in 25 cities on four continents.

“There are people around the globe whose lives have been touched by Hillel over the past 85 years, who know personally the value of fostering a vibrant Jewish life on campus,” said Diane Wohl, the organization’s 85th birthday chair, “We want to celebrate with them, to offer them a chance to reconnect with their rich Hillel tradition and to give them the opportunity to play a vital role in sustaining it.”

From Anchorage to Manhattan and on to Jerusalem, Moscow and Montevideo, friends of Hillel will host parties – on June 14th in their homes, in public parks, and in bars.

The parties will be connected by live global webcast, broadcast from the Rockville, Maryland, home of Hillel President Wayne Firestone, featuring Hillel leadership and special guests.

“By hosting parties in their homes, Hillel supporters are not only helping the organization’s bottom line, they are demonstrating the impact Hillel has made on their lives,” said Dr. Lynne B. Harrison, recipient of the Hillel’s 85th Birthday Founder’s Award. “Their enthusiasm reflects Hillel’s history as a community-based international organization rooted in one-to-one relationships.”

“Hillel is an organization that has been built from the campus on up,” said President Wayne L. Firestone, “This celebration underscores our effort at lifelong engagement in building Jewish life on campus.”

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  1. Ellen says

    June 9, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Hillel has done amazing work over the years. They require additional funding and support in order to outreach and strengthen smaller Hillel centers. For instance, my daughter attends Cal Poly Pomona. The Hillel presence is primarily social and they meet sporadically. There is a big problem on the campus at Cal Poly Pomona with the Muslim Club. Each year their demonstration against Israel is more graphic and ugly. The small minority of Jewish students simply do not know how to respond to this. When I worked with Hillel students at UCLA and Northridge – they were well organized and knew how to respond. We simply can’t afford to only concentrate our efforts where there are large populations of Jewish students. It’s in schools like Cal Poly Pomona where we can have the most impact – not only for the Jewish students who need support – but for the general student population that thinks these ugly displays against Israel are okay.

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