2005–2006 - Jewish Community Federation

CAMPUS SERVICES
HILLEL OF SONOMA COUNTY
The opening of program and office space walking distance from the campus of Sonoma
State University (SSU) has been an impetus for growth in student participation in program
planning and weekly Shabbat services and dinners. An increase in the hours of the parttime
Jewish Student Life Director position, accomplished with the support of a matching
grant from the David. B. Gold Foundation and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus
Life is supporting the strong student-led programs being offered to the diverse interests of
students at SSU and Santa Rosa Jr. College. Jewish faculty at both schools has been and
continue to be active leaders of the board, which became independent of the JCA of
Sonoma County last year. Campus-based student engagement, innovative Jewish educational
seminars and a new tzedek initiative are planned for the new academic year.
Campaign Allocation $ 25,000
SAN FRANCISCO CITYWIDE HILLEL
San Francisco Citywide Hillel addresses the needs of San Francisco’s Jewish student undergraduate
and graduate population on 11 campuses. As a multi-campus urban program, this
Hillel has numerous challenges on where and how to most effectively engage students in
Jewish life. Using both the Hillel House on Banbury Drive (near SFSU) and locations in
central city neighborhoods such as the Inner Sunset and Mission Districts has increased
active participation. Graduate students have taken advantage of the Shabbat in the Box
program to sponsor home Shabbat dinners; students from the FSU, a large part of the target
population, are increasingly becoming active leaders of Jewish student life; and the
formation of a very active AEPi chapter has energized programs focusing on Israel, Jewish
education and social programming. San Francisco has welcomed an Israel Fellow, the
second of our campuses to participate in this national initiative. This academic year,
Hillel hopes to surpass the number of students who visited Israel last year (40) as part of
taglit-birthright israel. Campus Israel education and advocacy continues to be important,
especially on the SFSU and USF campuses.
SANTA CRUZ HILLEL
Campaign Allocation $ 146,100
Émigré Resettlement 13,300
One-time Matching Grant for Israel Fellow 14,000
Total $ 173,400
A remodeling of the Hillel program and office space in a strip mall location (next to the
campus bookstore) has created a more attractive destination for students coming together
for Shabbat dinners, seminars, programming meetings and “hang out space.” An active
outreach program to Cabrillo College and UC Monterey has resulted in the formation of
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