December 1, 2023
Rom El-Hai has traveled the world going to trance music festivals, but he was going to pass on going to the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, which started at […]
November 29, 2023
If you go camping in the Southern California desert, outdoorsy experts will tell you to bring heavy blankets and check your shoes for scorpions. But while you’re preparing for tent […]
October 27, 2023
Sophie Stillman wasn’t supposed to be on a kibbutz near the Gaza border on Saturday, Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked. Normally, Stillman, a former Lone Soldier in the Israel Defence […]
August 9, 2023
Since the Hillel movement began 100 years ago, and more so, since Minnesota founded our Hillel in 1940, investing in vibrant and engaged Jewish communities and the development of college […]
July 24, 2023
Crystal native Zach Schnitzer has been acting in plays for many years but when the start of the coronavirus pandemic hampered the start of his freshman year at Chicago’s DePaul […]
May 1, 2023
TEL AVIV – Sophie Stillman was in Jerusalem in February of 2016, not far from where Hadar Cohen, a teenage Israeli border police officer, was killed in a terrorist attack. […]
April 7, 2023
Minnesota Hillel, an organization focused on fostering Jewish identity among college students at the University of Minnesota, will host their annual Maroon & Gold Shabbat on April 21 at the […]
March 28, 2023
I find myself a stranger in a strange land. I was a stranger in my own body after experiencing physical trauma in a sports accident. The pain in my ankle […]
March 21, 2023
Israeli educator Uriya Rosenman had an idea for a project, and he thought he was going to have a 30-minute meeting with a skeptical Sameh “Saz” Zakout, a Palestinian rapper […]
March 8, 2023
JDC Entwine has been leading Insider Trips for American Jewish young adults to see and interact with Jewish communities all over the world. But even with that success and history, […]