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What We Do
A catalyst toward a meaningful and engaged Jewish life, Hillel UW creates a pluralistic community of 18-32 year olds that utilizes innovative and growth-oriented experiences to create a bridge to the larger Jewish and general communities.
Hillel's Undergraduate Program
Our undergraduate program is full of energy, diversity and life. Led by students and staff on undergraduate program continues to reach new heights. On a typical week at Hillel you can find students engaged in: social justice meetings, attending yoga classes, eating free bagels and schmoozing on campus, hanging out in the cafe, working out in the Hillel gym, and enjoying Shabbat dinner at the end of the week.
Hillel UW's Educational Vision
Empower Jewish students and young adults to create vibrant communities that cultivate ownership of identity, sense of Jewish relevance and appreciation of the diverse and complex Jewish experience. To that end our organization strives to foster:
Identity: mahut
·Active engagement with Jewish experience
·Ownership of Jewish life
·Increased sense of Jewish relevance
·Infusion of Judaism in the lives of participants
·Relationship with Israel
Knowledge: da’at
·Jewish literacy
·Acceptance of varying levels of Jewish education
·Greater understanding of the diversity of Jewish thought
·Active curiosity for Jewish knowledge
Community: havurah
·Responsibility for fellow Jews
·Feeling of belonging to clal Israel (Jewish peoplehood)
·Sense of connection and obligation to all humanity
Purpose : tafkid
·Relationship with Judaism as a moral and spiritual compass
·Sense of obligation to personal growth
·Commitment to tikkun olam (healing the world)
·Cultivation of gratitude, wonder, humility and joy
