Avraham Infeld - Hillel

Alternative Breaks
these seven- to ten-day trips combine hands-on
volunteer service with Jewish learning and reflection.
as the leading provider of alternative Breaks for
Jewish students, hillel has offered over 8,000
students the chance to join their peers in pursuing
social justice in a Jewish context locally and globally.
Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC)
the iCC is a partnership of the Charles and lynn
Schusterman family foundation and hillel in
cooperation with a network of over 30 organizations
committed to promoting israel education and
advocacy on college campuses.
Taglit-Birthright Israel
Supported by the israeli government, Jewish
federations and philanthropists, this partnership
offers thousands of young Jewish adults a free,
first-time trip to israel with their peers. more than
35,200 Jewish college students have experienced
a first visit through hillel since 2000.
Campus Israel Fellows
this initiative, in partnership with the Jewish agency
for israel, partners young israelis with local hillels to
serve as peer educators and foster support for israel.
this year, israel fellows at 20 hillels can reach about
80,000 young Jews.
MASA Interns
in the 2009-2010 academic year, hillel and maSa
launched a partnership in which hillels on 48
campuses hired maSa interns as part of their Cei
and pnei cohorts to increase american students’
participation in long-term programs in israel, such
as study abroad or post-graduation volunteering.
Hillel Stories:
Andrey Gorozhankin
Odessa Hillel
Born under the Communist regime and raised in an independent,
post-Soviet ukraine, Jewish identity was not part of andrey
gorozhankin’s life. that changed after he participated in a
taglit-Birthright israel: hillel trip.
“i was intrigued and wanted to learn more about Jewish
culture, traditions and way of life – so i decided to come to
hillel,” he says. “Since i started going to hillel, my life has
changed. i try to attend all the Jewish learning activities at
hillel and to participate in all the Jewish holidays because
this is something i did not get growing up.”
andrey, a student leader in odessa hillel, is one of thousands
of young people outside north america who turn to hillel for
Jewish inspiration and celebration. hillel has groups across
the vast lands of the former Soviet union (fSu), israel,
uruguay, argentina, Brazil, and a nascent unit in paraguay.
“hillel is an amazing organization that does something special
for young people,” andrey explains. “Students make great
friends at hillel. they develop their own Jewish identity. they
connect to the Jewish people and they learn how to be leaders
in their own communities. in the fSu — especially where Jewish
communities are still very young — we need to continue to
invest in the young leaders who will lead them in the future.”