Hillel

Hillel is a club for Jewish students. It is located at the Kraft Center on 115th & Broadway. The Hillel community at Columbia/Barnard is thought to number somewhere between 500 and 1000 active students, who participate in events that range from religious, to cultural, to educational, to interfaith, to Israel related, and more. Cafe Nana is a restaurant on the 2nd floor of Hillel open Sunday-Thursday offering Middle Eastern and Italian fare.

Executive Board

Email us at eboard@hillel.columbia.edu

2012

• • President - Daniel Bonner, CC '13
  • Vice President - Seffi Kogen, GS/JTS '14
  • Vice President Initiatives - David Offit, GS/JTS '13
  • Treasurer- Rachael Smilowitz, SEAS '13
  • Social/Cultural Coordinator - Jessica Levenson, BC '14
  • Israel Coordinator - Ariel Brickman, GS/JTS '13
  • Religious Life Coordinator - Sam Kazer, CC '14
  • Education Coordinator - Ariella Pultman, BC '13
  • Interfaith/Intercultural Coordinator - Yakira Heller, BC '14
  • Social Justice Coordinator - Zoe Schein, BC '13

2011

• • President - Jordana Kaminetsky, BC '12
  • Vice President of Groups - Suzanne Guttman, BC '12
  • Vice President of Community Relations - Julianna Storch, BC '12
  • Treasurer- Ze'ev Gebler, CC '13
  • Social/Cultural Coordinator - Sara Miriam Liben, GS/JTS '13
  • Israel Coordinator - Matthew Jacobs, CC '13
  • New Religious Life Coordinator - Josh Warshawsky, GS/JTS '13
  • Education Coordinator - Gavriel Metzger, CC '13
  • Interfaith/Intercultural Coordinator - Leah Greenstein, CC '13
  • Social Justice Coordinator - Ruthy Sher, CC '12

2010

• • President - Aviva Buechler, BC ’11
  • Vice President of Groups - Abigail Lowin, CC ’11
  • Treasurer- Jamie Herskovits, BC '11
  • Social/Cultural Coordinator - Jordana Kaminetsky, BC ’12
  • Israel Coordinator - Jonah Liben, GS/JTS '11
  • New Religious Life Coordinator - Cory Doliner, GS/JTS '12
  • Education Coordinator - Mitzi Steiner, BC '12
  • Interfaith/Intercultural Coordinator - Emily Winograd, BC/JTS '12
  • Social Justice Coordinator - Esther Nivasch, CC '11

Follow us on Twitter

• Hillel on Twitter

Our Website

• Hillel Website

Visit the Blog

• And Thou Shalt Blog

Religious Groups

• Kesher (Reform Jews)
• Yavneh (Orthodox Jews)
• Koach (Conservative Jews)
• Lalekhet (Jewish Law & Modernity)
• Women's T'fillah (Women's Service)
• Seudah Shlisheet (3rd Shabbat Meal Committee)
• Shabbat Meals Committee (Weekly Shabbat Meals)

Social/Culture Groups

• Gayava (Jewish Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Group)
• Meditation (Exploring Meditation)
• Sephardic Club (Sephardic Community)
• Pizmon (Jewish Coed A Capella)
• Klezmer Band (Klezmer Musicians)
• S'madar (Jewish Female A Capella)
• Shalhevet (Jewish Dance Troupe)
• Avanim (Literary Magazine)
• JelLO (Jewish Life Orientation for new students)

Education Groups

• Beit Midrash Program (Extra-curricular Jewish Studies Learning)
• Wednesday Night Learning Program (Partner/Group Learning)
• Jewish Education Workshop (Peer Learning & Teaching Program)
• General Education Programs

Social Justice Groups

• Kraft Clothing Pantry (Clothing Pantry)
• Progressive Jewish Alliance (Jewish Social Justice Activist Group)
• JIG - Jewishly Informed Giving (Philanthropic)
• Project Sunshine (Kids Krafts and Book Buddy Volunteering)
• Alternative Spring Breaks (Spring Volunteer Alternative Break Trips)
• Challah for Hunger - http://www.challahforhunger.org/chapters/columbia Challah for Hunger (Baking Challah each Wednesday to sell every Friday. Proceeds benefit AJWS and the Nourishing Kitchen)

Interfaith/Intercultural

• General Interfaith/Intercultural Programming

Israel Groups

• Garin Lavi (Alliyah/Moving to Israel)
• LionPAC (Pro-Israel Political Affairs Committee)
• Just Peace (Pro-Peace, Pro-Israel Group)
• Tarbootnikim, Israel Committee (Israel Cultural & Educational Committee)

External links

• Columbia/Barnard Hillel - Wikipedia article