by Hillel Ontario | Apr 27, 2021 | Alumni, Jewish Life at Western
I am Jacob Brickman, Western Hillel’s outgoing VP Student Life, and a soon-to-be graduate in psychology. I will be walking across the virtual stage in June, after five wonderful years at Western, three of which I have spent being very actively involved in Hillel. To...
by Hillel Ontario | Apr 13, 2021 | Jewish Life at Ryerson, Uncategorized
This year, I had the privilege and honour of co-hosting Hillel Ryerson’s Multifaith Shabbat Experience. This is an annual social and educational event in partnership with Ryerson University’s Presidents Office where students and staff from across campus come together...
by Hillel Ontario | Apr 13, 2021 | Event, Hillel Ontario, Uncategorized
Last month Hillel Ontario heard from Annamie Paul, leader of the Green Party of Canada. After winning the leadership race back in October of 2020, Annamie became the first Black person and first Jewish woman to lead a federal Canadian political party. Since then, she...
by Hillel Ontario | Apr 13, 2021 | Jewish Life at UofT, Uncategorized
One of my first memories as a UofT student was attending the annual Clubs Fair during Orientation Week. I knew UofT was a big school, but Clubs Fair showed me just how big it really was. All of Front Campus (UofT’s giant greenspace) was filled with representatives of...
by Katie Goldig | Mar 4, 2021 | Jewish Holiday, Jewish Life at Queens, Jewish Life at Ryerson, Jewish Life at UofT, Jewish Life at York, Uncategorized
Hillels York, UofT and Ryerson This past week, Hillels York, UofT and Ryerson, in partnership with JLIC, celebrated Purim together. As we all know, this year has been an especially unique year. Although there was no way to have a regular in-person Megilah reading and...
by Hillel Ontario | Mar 2, 2021 | Hillel Ontario, Jewish Life at Laurier, Jewish Life at Waterloo
Collaborating with other student organizations allows us to diversify the students at our events, build coalitions, establish good rapport with other student groups and broaden the topics of the content that we deliver. This past month, we had the privilege of...
by Hillel Ontario | Mar 2, 2021 | Hillel Board, Hillel Ontario, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, I joined a group of Hillel board members and lay leaders for a short presentation on Hillel’s Jewish Learning Fellowship (JLF). Several students who had participated in the JLF program were on the Zoom call, as well as the Hillel staff who facilitate...
by Hillel Ontario | Feb 18, 2021 | Jewish Life at Ryerson
Four years ago, a dedicated group of Jewish student leaders from Hillel Ryerson founded Biomed-IN, a program focussed on providing Canadian students and young professionals a global perspective of biomedical innovation, from around the world, including Israel, while...
by Hillel Ontario | Feb 11, 2021 | Advocacy, Jewish Life at Guelph, Jewish Life at Ryerson, Jewish Life at Western, Jewish Life at York
Guelph Hillel Guelph Hillel recently hosted Ted Comet and DOROT as part of our Holocaust Education Week (HEW). Ted’s presentation, unlike any I’ve ever seen before, centred around his wife Shoshana’s story, and how she was able to cope with the pain and trauma of the...
by Hillel Ontario | Feb 10, 2021 | Alumni
Hillel Ontario is always finding new ways to engage students and to appeal to our interests. Last Wednesday Feb. 3, 2021, I was fortunate to moderate an event organized by Hillel International’s Hillel@Home. Our guest speaker, Dr. Steven Hoffman, provided an engaging...
