Alternative Spring Break Trip to New Orleans 2009

Students put up fencing in a neighborhood in need of rebuilding after Katrina.Twenty UMass students traveled to New Orleans during Spring Break this year to help in the ongoing Katrina clean up and rebuilding efforts.

3rd Annual RIDE TO PROVIDE- Fundraising Bike Ride for Hillel

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SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13

REGISTER AND PLEDGE HERE
www.ridetoprovide.kintera.org
Plan to ride in order to provide funds to support alternative spring break trips, environmentally-friendly projects, and community service opportunities at Hillel. Read more...

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FREE TRIP TO ISRAEL

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Now is the time to start thinking about joining the Taglit-Birthright Israel Trip... It is free to Jewish college students between the ages of 18 and 26 who have never been on a peer trip to Israel before.
Travel with other UMass students for 10 days during wintersession.

  • Inviting all family members! We hope you will join us for services and meals during UMass' Family Weekend on September 25-26, 2009. We'd love to meet you and share Shabbat together. For schedule and sign up click here . Please register by September 17.
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  • Students, Parents & Family Members, Alum, and Community Members - Let us know who you are! We'll put you on our mailing list and you'll receive mailings about our events through regular mail and through the weekly email (if you choose that option). Click here to sign up.

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Hillel House

The Grinspoon Hillel House stands at the center of Jewish life on campus. In this warm and lively environment Jewish students of all backgrounds – religious and secular – feel at home and included. Whether you're interested in social events, community service, religious services, the arts - Hillel has it all. Recognized internationally as a leader in creative campus programming, UMass Hillel is the only campus Hillel in the world to win the William Haber Award for outstanding programming six times!

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our Federation partners:

Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Greater Boston)
Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts
Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
Holyoke Combined Jewish Appeal
Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts
Cape Cod Jewish Federation

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The Jewish Living and Learning Community

JLLC Room

Dr. Maxwell H. Goldberg Jewish Living and Learning Community (JLLC)

Apply Now for Summer and Fall semester, 2009. Call or pick up an application at Hillel House or apply online.

Located on the upper level of the Hillel House, there is space for 26 residents. Kitchenette (dairy only), laundry, limited parking on premises and high speed internet access/WiFi. A live-in staff advisor is also present for all support services. And it is one short block from campus!