Breaking Fast
(04/23/14 12:29am)
UF biology graduate student Travis Guy, 31, celebrates the end of Passover with Humble Pie pizza at Hillel on Tuesday evening.
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UF Hillel, Gator Dining to offer kosher food options for Passover
(04/09/14 11:41pm)
UF Hillel and Gator Dining Services are working together to make sure Jewish students don’t go without kosher food options this Passover.
Daughter of Nazis speaks at UF Hillel about Holocaust
(04/09/14 1:08am)
Liesel Appel’s birth was dedicated to Adolf Hitler, but her life was not.
College newspapers should remain independent
(02/16/14 11:43pm)
Problems arise quickly when student newspapers aren’t controlled by students, such as Rutgers University’s newspaper, The Daily Targum. Last week, The Targum’s former opinions editor spoke out in a piece that appeared in the Huffington Post about how her right to freedom of speech was violated when her goodbye column for the newspaper was pulled by the papers’ board of trustees for failing to align with its political values.
Jewish UF students react to change in Birthright eligibility
(01/29/14 11:55pm)
Taglit-Birthright Israel, the free, 10-day heritage trip to Israel for young, Jewish adults, recently made changes to its eligibility requirements that will now allow more people to apply.
Dead Sea
(01/29/14 11:54pm)
A group of UF students hikes in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, located near Israel’s Dead Sea, during a Birthright trip in May. UF Hillel takes Jewish students on the free, 10-day trip in the winter and summer.
Winter gardening
(01/08/14 11:52pm)
Paige Milch, a 22-year-old UF elementary education senior, removes tarps placed over plants to protect them from freezing temperatures overnight in the Grow Israel garden at UF Hillel.
‘Thanksgivukkah’ presents rare holiday for Jewish families
(11/26/13 12:12am)
American Jews are preparing for even more celebration this Thanksgiving, as it also falls on the second night of Hanukkah.
Exonerated man tells story at UF Hillel
(10/25/13 2:07am)
Derrick Williams, a man who spent 18 years behind bars before being exonerated of a crime he did not commit, spoke at UF Hillel on Thursday.
Guest column: Inside the mind of a bomber
(10/22/13 11:58pm)
This column is a response to a guest column published in the Alligator: “Palestinians are people with a voice”
Guest column: Palestinians are people with a voice
(10/13/13 10:29pm)
This past Thursday, I attended an event hosted by CAMERA and UF Hillel titled “Less Hamas, More Hummus.”
UF students to walk across Israel — without leaving Gainesville
(10/07/13 1:54am)
UF Hillel is challenging students to walk the length of Israel.
Hillel, county in tax squabble over Sababa UF restaurant
(10/03/13 2:26am)
Two advertisements released by a kosher meal vendor during the Summer have sparked a legal dispute about UF Hillel’s tax exemption status in Alachua County.
Hitler quotes and Pinterest: Taylor Swift's e-problem
(09/18/13 11:26pm)
News flash: Not everything on the Internet is true. Yet people continue to share and reblog information without checking its accuracy.
Getting Built
(09/16/13 1:03am)
UF elementary education senior Paige Milch, 21, helps build a sukkah behind UF Hillel on Sunday in preparation for Sukkot. The weeklong holiday begins at sundown Wednesday.
Jewish families offered as much as $50,000 by Dothan, Ala. organization to move south
(09/06/13 1:39am)
Some Gainesville residents doubt the effectiveness of an Alabama-based organization’s initiative to give up to $50,000 to Jewish families who agree to move to a Southern state. The campaign is aimed at preserving Judaism in a region that’s not predominantly Jewish.
Starting Strong
(09/04/13 2:34am)
Computer engineering sophomore Reynaldo Calzadilla, 20, pummels the high striker hosted by UF Hillel on Tuesday on the Plaza of the Americas.
Paintings at Hillel honor Israel Air Force’s 65th anniversary
(07/30/13 12:00am)
UF Hillel received two paintings by art duo Frank Martin and Judeen Young on Wednesday in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Israel Air Force.
Butterfly program could connect countries, cultures
(07/22/13 11:21pm)
The Gator Nation is everywhere — maybe even in Angangueo, Mexico.
Jewish organizations trying for 1,800 to break Shabbat record
(04/19/13 12:28am)
Multiple UF Jewish organizations are hosting the first-ever Shabbat 1800, and they’re looking to break a record.
