What Does Jewish Law Say About NSA Snooping Scandal? The conflict between national security and the right to privacy seems like a modern dilemma. In fact, it dates to the Bible, Akiva and Hillel the Elder. Click here for the rest of the article...
June 12, 2013 - The Forward
Can culture and progress co-exist? On Thursday, June 6, Tulane University’s Hillel Foundation hosted a panel discussion on the impact of progress on culture as a part of its “The Big Issue” discussion series.
June 10, 2013 - Louisiana Weekly
Berkeley writer wins book award Alon Shalev, director of San Francisco Hillel, won the 2013 Eric Hoffer Award for Young Adult fiction for “At the Walls of Galbrieth,” which he describes as a Tolkien-esque fantasy novel. He wrote it while camping with his boys on Mount Shasta, something they do as a family every summer.
June 6, 2013 - J Weekly
Richard Joel in Jewish Telegraphic Agency There was a period of time [when I was working at Hillel] that people thought, you want young people to be Jewish? Engage them in acts of tikkun olam. But that makes them better people, not necessarily better Jews,Joel said.
Shlomo Riskin in Jerusalem Post Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin said he was "praying for the day when Orthodox rabbis with a lenient 'Beit Hillel' approach to conversions" would be allowed to perform them.
Michael Balzary in San Diego Union Tribune Hillel had a rock band called Anthem, and they had a bass player they were unhappy with. He suggested I learn to play bass, and that changed everything for me. Punk had the same passion and commitment that I heard in jazz,said Flea, who...