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Come by with your completed survey to 70 Saint Stephen St. Boston, MA 02115
About Northeastern Hillel
Jewish life is an active, vibrant part of the Northeastern scene.
Jewish students of every background comprise 7 percent of the Northeastern population
and are involved in - and lead - many types of community service, recreational,
social, and religious activities. Northeastern offers a minor in Jewish Studies.
Students are able to take courses on campus or at Hebrew College in nearby Newton.
There is also a study abroad program with Tel Aviv University through the Overseas
Department.
The Northeastern University Hillel is the locus of Jewish student life on campus.
In December 2000, Hillel moved into a fully refurbished home in a lovely brownstone
on St. Stephen Street, adjacent to the heart of campus. Since then, the number
of students involved in Hillel programs has doubled as they take advantage of
the sanctuary, two kosher kitchens, lounge, library, and big-screen television.
We urge all incoming and current students to join us for meals, services, and
programs throughout the year.
Services and holiday celebrations
The Hillel House offers Friday night services every week, followed by Kiddush
and dinner. On Saturday the students have Shabbat morning services and weekly
Torah study. Guest speakers frequently lead lively discussion on Jewish history,
culture, music, and politics. Hillel also holds holiday services and celebrations
throughout the year. During Passover, Hillel hosts two community Seders and
kosher for Passover meals are available all week (we are developing a year-round
kosher meal plan in conjunction with Northeastern's food services). On other
holidays, like Simchat Torah and Purim, we visit other synagogues or Hillels
in the area for larger celebrations. The sanctuary in our new building is a
comfortable place for services, discussions, and quiet contemplation.
Community service and advocacy
Jewish students at Northeastern have myriad opportunities to have fun together
while helping such places as homeless shelters, elderly neighbors, and needy
people as far away as El Salvador. During Thanksgiving week, we participate
in the PBJam, joining Northeastern fraternities, sororities, and residence halls
to make hundreds of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for delivery to food
pantries in Boston. Before Purim, we make hamentashen with the elderly residents
at the nearly Symphony West Apartments, and join them for a Passover program
as well. A Hillel team raises money for Project Bread by walking twenty miles
in the annual Walk for Hunger, and we participate in Northeastern's Spring into
Action – a week-long series of social service activities and events. Last year,
ten Hillel students went to El Salvador as part of the American Jewish World
Service alternative spring break. They helped the village of Ciudad Romero by
cultiating, laying building foundations, and constructing greenhouses and a
park.
Northeastern Hillel hosts the annual Jewish Community Expo, a large regional
event that showcases over seventy-five vendors and organizations from around
the East Coast, including graduate and Israel programs, attended by several
hundred interested students. On campus, students from Hillel are creating a
new student organization to advocate for Israel. The Hillel staff works with
the co-op division to arrange working situations in Israel and year-abroad programs.
Around the corner and around the world, Northeastern's Jewish students are active
and engaged.
Social and recreational activities
When you need a break from classes and studying, you can drop in at the Hillel
House to hang out in the lounge, shoot some pool, watch a game on our big-screen
TV, or find friends in our library. Hillel hosts games nights, a Hanukkah party,
and outings to Red Sox and Patriots games, the Omni Theater, Duck Tours, and
other events around Boston. We also gather with other Hillels in the region
for several events during the year, including the city-wide Felafel Ball (the
pre-Ball party for Northeastern students is an event not to be missed). The
Hillel board goes on an annual leadership development retreat to increase their
capacity for leading the organization and we are always looking for more ideas,
input, and better ways to serve the University's Jewish population.
Jewish studies minor
The Jewish Studies Program provides undergraduates with the opportunity to explore
the culture and religion of the Jewish people and investigate the impact of
Jewish thought and belief on civilization. The interdisciplinary program offers
courses in history, literature, music, political science, religion, and sociology.
A cooperative arrangement with Hebrew College allows students to take specialize
courses in Judaic subjects and apply the credits to the minor. Students may
also take course in Israel at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, or Ben
Gurion University of the Negev. Coursework includes American Jewish History,
The Jewish Novel, and Responses to the Holocaust, and an additional senior-level
course that requires a major research project. In all, the minor requires at
least seven courses at Northeastern or the affiliated institutions.
Albert S. Frager Jewish Student Center
Less than two years old, Northeastern's Hillel House is the busy center of Jewish
life on campus. The facility boasts two lounges with a pool table and big-screen
TV, two kosher kitchens and a dining hall, a sanctuary, student administrative
space including five new computers with high-speed internet access, and two
double apartments on the third floor. You can always find someone to talk with
at our "Shmooze and Nosh" program on Saturday mornings and many students find
that our extensive Judaica library is the perfect place for quiet study. We
welcome Jews of every background and denomination in an open and free exchange
of thoughts and ideas, and we urge every Jew on campus to get involved to make
the Hillel house a vibrant home away from home.
Albert S. Frager Jewish Student Center
Northeastern University Hillel
70 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.3937
nu_hillel@hotmail.com
Jewish Studies Program
Professor Debra Kaufman
500 Holmes
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.4270
www.jewishstudies.neu.edu
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FYSH is the First Year Students at Hillel. Email Molly Simpson, our Outreach Coordinator, to find out more!
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