Category Archives: Staff Blog

New Beginnings at UVic

Staff blog: UVic Hillel Director Ayelet Gabriel Weil I am beginning my third year as Hillel director at the University of Victoria and I have to admit: I was really nervous a week ago. I had an amazing summer in Israel and Europe, but at the back of my mind the whole time was a [...]
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Staff Blog: Pat Johnson, Program Manager

Building Homes, Building Leaders Students at UVic and SFU will forgive Hillel staff if there seemed to be a bit of an attention surplus given to UBC last week. The opening of the new Hillel House: The Diamond Foundation Centre for Jewish Campus Life is a monumental turning point in the history of our organization. [...]
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Continuity in a Time of Change

Staff Blog: Executive Director Eyal Lichtmann Hillel exists, ultimately, for a single reason: continuity. All Jewish organizations, schools, clubs and synagogues exist essentially for this same reason: to preserve and enhance for the generations who come after us the values, learning and traditions carefully passed down by those who preceded us, over the course of [...]
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