This Week at UVic
September 6, 2010 Welcome (or welcome back)! This week at UVic, we are here to help you ease your way back into the school year routine! Drop by the house Tuesday and Wednesday for food, conversation and exciting news about the coming year. On Wednesday (erev Rosh Hashanah), we will have apples and honey, to help make the [...]
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Stunning New Hillel House at UBC
The anticipation is over and the doors are open to the new Hillel House: The Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life at UBC. After 63 years in a decommissioned Second World War-era barrack, UBC’s Jewish students and their friends now have what is probably the world’s finest and best-located Hillel House. The new 15,000-square-foot [...]
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Hillel, At Pride, Unveils israelissogay.com
September 5, 2010 Dozens of Jewish students and their friends joined Vancouver’s Pride Parade August 1, celebrating equality in Canada and Israel. The Pride event, with 600,000 spectators and participants, is the province’s largest parade and one of the largest annual events in Canada. “We had a blast,” says Jonathon Lerner, the past-president of the Jewish fraternity Alpha [...]
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This Week at UBC
Historic Week in Hillel History! To say that this week is historic in the life of Hillel is a huge understatement. This week marks the opening of the new Hillel House: The Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life. After 63 years at UBC, Jewish students and our friends finally have a purpose-built facility … [...]
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Urbanites Keep Hillel Flame Burning After Grad
Vancouver Hillel’s Young Jewish Urbanites is a group for grad students, alumni and young professionals. We are reinvigorating this group, with exciting events and opportunities planned for the year. Find out more at about the Urbanites here and join us on Facebook so you don’t miss a thing!
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2009-2010 Vancouver Hillel School Year Video
Israel Awareness Education - Hillel's Israel Awareness Club
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What Hillel can do for you…
If you want to repair the world
- Provide an outlet for defending pluralism, Israel and democracy
- Support you as you strive for social and economic justice
- Link you with people who share your values and passions
If you are an avid traveler
- Provide information about exciting study/work/volunteer abroad opportunities in Israel and around the world
- Travel nationally and abroad on group tikkun olam (“heal the world”) trips
- Attend provincial, national and international leadership conferences, trips and retreats
If you spend a lot of time on campus
- Free access to technological resources (internet, satellite TV, etc.)
- Plenty of weekly events, home-cooked meals and a constant supply of hot drinks
- Visits from acclaimed speakers
- Resources for research on Jewish subjects
If you are a "Mover and Shaker"
- Network with students and faculty from across the province and around the world
- VIP invitations to high-profile events and receptions
- Effect change on campus and in the community
If you are starting your career
- Gain access to experts and mentors in your field
- Bolster your C.V. and professional skills
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