The Hillel Jewish Center created a space for people to indulge in their faith and gather with friends Saturday on Homecoming weekend.Attendees of the open house were welcomed by Rabbi Michael Ross who...
Jewish students celebrated Rosh Hashanah at Hillel Wednesday with song, prayer, food and a sense of community.Abigail Bucy, a sophomore communications studies major and attendee of the event, said Rosh...
Tomer Yechezkel, a Jewish Agency Israel fellow at Hillel, said he abandoned his life in Israel to help Kent State Jewish students connect to their Israeli roots.Yechezkel is one of 73 Israel fellows in...
Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect Rabbi Greenberg's preference of his sexual orientation classification.Steven Greenberg, the first openly gay Orthodox rabbi, will visit Kent State on Monday...
Hillel at Kent State hosts a Shabbat every Friday, but this week’s event holds special significance.The organization will hold an end-of-the-semester Shabbat Friday at 5 p.m. in the Cohn Jewish Student...
While the Student Center is typically filled with students meeting regarding budgets and group t-shirts, next week room 306 will host an Israeli superstar.Assi Azar, a Jewish scriptwriter, radio host and...
Judaism and architecture majors were in the spotlight on the second floor of the student center all week. Students involved in Hillel at Kent State and Alpha Rho Chi, Kent State’s architecture...
Harvey Sass wants to make Kent State students his first priority.Sass, who made the move from New Jersey to Ohio 10 years ago, was appointed Kent State Hillel’s new interim executive director in August....
The Kent State University Hillel chapter is beginning its celebration of the Jewish High Holidays on Sunday from 5-8 p.m.The High Holidays consist of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Chaya Kessler, Jewish...
A Holocaust survivor’s story cannot be confined to the limits of film.Paul Bartrop, director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, stressed to college...
Kent State’s enrollment is at an all-time high and, with more than 4,000 freshmen on campus, religious organizations are experiencing a participation increase.Religious events filled the first week of...
If you’ve never been to Israel, don’t worry because Hillel is bringing Israel to you. On Monday from noon to five, Hillel will host the Israelfest in the student green.“We really want to show people...
