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With the high holidays and the first day of class coinciding this year at Penn, Jewish students didn’t waste a moment seeking out the impactful experiences that have come to define Penn Hillel. At our Hillel, we seek to balance breadth and depth; constantly striving to reach more students as well as deepen each individual student’s experience. In their first weeks of school, over 2200 students, faculty, staff, and community members chose from a menu of Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, and learner’s services as well as several options for meals. Even before the High Holidays hit, Penn Hillel welcomed 500 freshmen through special New Student Orientation programming including a freshmen reception on Friday night and a midnight pancake breakfast. The Jewish Renaissance Project, Penn Hillel’s branded initiative to engage uninvolved Jewish students, reached an additional 150 students during the holidays, who would likely otherwise not participate in holiday celebrations.
In Pirke Avot (Ethics of our Ancestors), it is written that the world stands on three things: Torah (study), prayer, and acts of loving-kindness. These three pillars serve as cornerstones for the Jewish experience that Penn Hillel creates; please see below to learn more.
• Torah - Study
• Avodah - Prayer
• Gemilut Chasadim – Acts of Loving Kindness
• Other Announcements and Events
Being part of a prayer service... Learning at Penn Hillel, students of all backgrounds and levels are engaged in study of Judaism and Jewish values.
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From Hillel's weekly soup kitchen to programs about captured soldier Gilad Shalit and movie screenings on global poverty, acts of loving-kindness are a central part of the what it means to be Jewish at Penn.
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Gemilut Chasadim – Acts of Loving Kindness
There is no shortage of good deeds... from Hillel's weekly soup kitchen to programs about captured soldier Gilad Shalit and movie screenings on global poverty, students are practicing acts of loving-kindness through volunteerism, activism, and education.
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Other Announcements & Events:
• Support Penn Hillel by Advertising your Business
• Neil Lazarus
• Homecoming with Hillel
Support Penn Hillel by Advertising your Business
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Neil Lazarus is an internationally acclaimed expert on the Middle East & Israel Advocacy. We warmly invite you to join students for this FREE lecture.
Monday, October 25
7:00 PM
Steinhardt Hall
215 S. 39th Street
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If you will be on campus during Homecoming, please join Hillel for warm and welcoming Refom, Conservative, and Orthodox services and/or a delicious Shabbat meal. Friday evening services begin at 5:40 and dinner will be served at 7:15. For more information, please contact Joan Bobroff at jbobroff@pennhillel.org. Cost of dinner is $21/person.
We will also have a table at Quakerfest from 11-1:30 on Saturday, October 30. Hope to see you soon!
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