Hillel 2008 Annual ReportBuilding Relationships

Hillel’s mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

On the cover. Top row, left to right: Engagement Institute, 2008; Columbia University, 2007; Taglit-Birthright Israel: Hillel, 2008;UCLA, 1967; University of Pittsburgh, 2008. Second row: CUNY Queens College, 1948; Georgia, 2008; Engagement Institute, 2008;ICHEIC program, 2008; University of Miami, 2008. Third row: Engagement Institute, 2008; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,1950; University of Hartford, 2008; Northwestern University, 2007; Engagement Institute, 2008.

Hillel pursues its mission by

creating a pluralistic, welcoming and inclusive environment;

fostering student growth and the balance in being distinctively Jewish and universally human;

advancing tzedek (social justice), Jewish learning and spirituality;

embracing Israel and global Jewish peoplehood;

delivering excellence, innovation, accountability and results.

years ago a non-Jewish faculty member at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaignnoticed that the Jewish students on his campus were abandoning their Jewish identity as the

price they paid for admission to mainstream American society. English Professor Edward ChaunceyBaldwin wrote a letter to Chicago Jewish leader Rabbi Louis Mann urging him to provide activities forthe growing Jewish student population: “Don’t you think the time has come when a Jewishstudent might educate his mind without losing his soul?”

A recently-ordained rabbi, Benjamin Frankel, took up the challenge. Gifted with an engaging personality, a genius for friendship, courageous idealism and love for his Jewishheritage, Frankel established relationships with individual Jewish students and with studentgroups. In 1923, he created a Jewish campus organization that brought together a varietyof student-run opportunities under the guidance of a full-time professional. Hillel was born.

Now celebrating its 85th anniversary, Hillel has become the world’s largest Jewish campus organization serving over 500 campuses and communities globally. We continue to forge relationshipswith Jewish college students and to help them make connections of their own: to fellow Jewish students, to the Jewish community at large, to Israel, and to the sweep of Jewish history.

The year 2008 marked several Hillel milestones: Hillel sponsored our first Engagement Institute; weheld our first Charles Schusterman International Student Leaders Assembly in Israel; we celebratedIsrael’s 60th birthday; we opened three new centers in Israel; we conducted a successful Summit onthe University and the Jewish Community; and we secured the largest single grant in our history fromthe Jim Joseph Foundation, an investment that will strengthen our ability to engage Jewish students.We also marked the culmination of the Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps program whichinfused a culture of engagement throughout the Hillel enterprise during its 14 years.

Hillel has grown exponentially since its creation at the University of Illinois but our vision statementrepresents the foresight of our founders: “to inspire every Jewish student to make anenduring commitment to Jewish life.”

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Edgar M. BronfmanChairman, International Board of Governors

Julian SandlerChairman, Board of Directors

Wayne L. FirestonePresident

Hillel is all about students. Our mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

Over the decades, Hillel has adapted its approach to the ever-changing student population. In the year 2008, Hillel undertook our mission through innovative programs and initiatives designed to engage Jewish students of all backgrounds in one-on-one relation-ships and to provide them with meaningful Jewish experiences.

Hillel offered students around the world the opportunity to partici-pate in many different immersive experiences, including Taglit-Birthright Israel, student leadership missions to Israel, working onan organic farm, as well as alternative breaks to participate in socialjustice programs in the United States and abroad. Each of these programs enabled students to learn and live Jewish values while they strengthened their Jewish identity.

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SHAYNA HORWITZVIRGINIA TECHHometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia

One of a handful of Jewish students in her public school system, Shayna connected with other Jews through Hebrew school and summer camp. As a teenager, she traveled with Jewish groups to Costa Rica, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. The tour of Eastern Europe, which included a visit to a concentration camp site, was a life-changing experience. But when it was time for college, Shayna focused on her studies as a human development major and was minimally involved with Hillel.

“My first roommates were Jewish but didn’t want to go to Hillel and I didn’t want to go alone.”

That changed last year when she was recruitedfor the Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative, aprogram that tasks uninvolved Jewish students with engaging their Jewish peers. Shayna has reconnected with her Judaism on a cultural level and has made it her mission to preserve the Jewish future through relationship-building with Jewish students.

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illel’s Engagement InstituteMore than 200 students and young professionals gathered at Camp Ramah Darom in Clayton, Georgia, in August 2007 for Hillel’s first Engagement Institute, a training conference for Hillel’s Campus EntrepreneurInitiative (CEI), Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps Fellows (JCSC) and Grinspoon Israel Advocacy Interns.

The institute enabled participants to understand Hillel’s approach to person-to-person engagement and to gain a new appreciation for the breadth of Jewish life on campus. Young people who had never before experienced Shabbat were exposed to a variety of Sabbath observances. College graduates who were familiar with one type of campus learned about Jewish communities in diverse settings. Sessions were led by professionals from MySpace, Teach for America,Taglit-Birthright Israel, Masa, The Harold Grinspoon

Foundation, and AIPAC.

“I realize that the Jews on campuswant to be a part of the Jewish community here,” says studentMichah Friedland of Northwestern University. “There is a resurgence of the Jewish identity by Jewish students across the country, especially through programs like CEI.”

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ampus EntrepreneursBorn out of Hillel’s Strategic Plan goal to double the number of Jewish students who have meaningful Jewish experiencesand who are involved in Jewish life, Hillel’s Campus Entrepreneurs Initiativeemploys student interns to build relation-ships with at least 60 fellow students and involve them in Jewish life on campus.Ê

In its second year, CEI employed 114student peer interns on 12 campuses and engaged more than 7,000 Jewish students. The experience is as fulfilling for the Entrepreneurs as it is for the students they engage.

As Dave Weinberg of Northwestern University explains, “I have learned so much about myself and about my own Judaism. This learning process has onlybeen enriched by the fact that I have been helping others enrich their Judaism concurrently with my own.”

“Being a Campus Entrepreneur has truly helped enhance my college experience,”says Sharona Daneshrad of UCLA. “It is so gratifying to see uninvolved Jewishstudents enthusiastic to attend eventsand build friendships from initiatives that I took part in planning.”

As Hila Raz of New York Universitydescribes it, CEI “has opened my eyes to how easily I as an individual can get involved and make a difference by connecting to others and how easily I cannetwork because different interactions and experiences always open doors ofopportunity.”

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niversity of Maryland Hilleltopped the efforts of Hillels atthe University of Michigan and Indiana University to reclaim the world record for the most people spinning a dreidel simultaneously for at least 10 seconds. 602 Maryland students and supportersshowed their dreidel-spinningskills to break the previously held record of 541. Maryland Hillel’s chart-topping success was featured in Sports Illustrated.

U From 1994-2008, Hillel’s Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps pioneered the concept of engaginguninvolved Jewish students on campus. Supported by philanthropist Michael Steinhardt and directed by Rhoda Weisman (shown above left) JCSC fellows engaged tens of thousands of Jewish students. The JCSC program created a culture of engagement throughout the Hillel movement, providing a launching pad for creative new programs, new Jewish professionals, and, most importantly, stronger Jewish identities. Based on the success of peer engagement through the JCSC program, the Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative and Peer Network Engagement Initiative (shown above) teach students how to involve others in Jewish life on campus.

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aglit-Birthright Israel: Hillel Last year Hillel brought 3,000 students and recent graduates to Israel through the Taglit-Birthright Israel program. The program enables young people ages 18-26to visit the Jewish state for free if they have never before participated on a peer-group trip to Israel.

Jarret Shapiro, a third-year student at Philadelphia’sDrexel University, says that the Taglit trip was existen-tially meaningful for him. “As we toured from city to

city, we heard stories of faith, struggle and unity that made some of our everyday lives back in the States seem trivial by comparison,” says Shapiro, a sports management major. One of the high points of the trip for Shapiro was spending five days with Israeli soldierswho accompanied the students on their journey.

“I saw a little piece of myself in them, and they saw themselves in us,” Shapiro adds.ÊOne of those soldiers, Merav Tenenbaum of Rishon Letzion, derived great meaning from her participation. She recalls visiting the Mt. Herzl military cemetery (left) with the students where one of her fellow soldiers told the story of a fallen friend at his graveside. “The sacrifice the Israeli army makes became clear to methat day,” she says.

“I look at my national service in a new way,” she explains.“Before I just saw it as something that I had to do, something that was natural for an Israeli. But now I see myself as a representative and a defender of the Jewish people. It is the best thing I ever did in the army and the perfect way to end my service. I will never forget it.”

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he Charles Schusterman International Student Leaders AssemblyA group of 186 student leaders were selected by their campuses to participate in the CharlesSchusterman International Student Leaders Assembly, the first such conference to be held in Israel. The young people traveled across the country participating in leadership training programs, exploring Jewish texts, participating insocial justice work and sharing their experienceson their home campuses. By bringing students together from North America, Israel, Latin America and the former Soviet Union (FSU) Hillel under-scored the conference theme, “Jewish Citizenship in a Global World.”

“It was really exciting to be with other Jewishstudents from around the world. I usually just attend gatherings from the former Soviet Union. It’s great to see how other student leaders solve similar problems,” says Galit Burchak, Kiev, Ukraine.

Brandeis University student Bryan Wexler adds: “I learned that sometimes you lead and sometimes you need to follow. A true leader is someone who makes the community stronger and enables others to be leaders themselves.”

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RABBI DAN SMOKLER

NEW YORK UNIVERSITYHometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan

After two years as the senior Jewish educator at UCLA Hillel, Rabbi Dan recently landed in New York City where he brings new energy to a new campus. A lifelong community organizer and Jewish campus activist, Dan is credited with the tremendous success of Jews in the Woods, multi-denominational student Shabbatot that have engaged hundreds of Jewish college students and continue to grow at 15 universities. He was ordained in Israel as an Orthodox rabbi in 2006 after graduating cum laude from Yale University with a degree in art history. While living in Israel, Dan became heavily involved in social justice issues specific to the region. His main focus has been to develop civil society for Israeli communities in distress. He has a special interest in youth leadership and provided the vision for Hillel’s Jewish educators program.

illel Receives Largest Single Grant in Its HistoryHillel: The Foundation for JewishCampus Life received a $10.7 million grant, payable over five years, from the Jim Joseph Foundation. This is the largest single grant in Hillel’s history.

The grant allows Hillel to continue its Campus Entrepreneurs Initiativeand to expand its senior Jewish educator program to ten

campuses. The educator program places highly-trained Jewishteachers on campuses to offerin-depth Jewish content tostudents. The program has met with considerable success during its two-year pilot at Hillel’s YitzhakRabin Center for Jewish Life at UCLA, supported by a seed grant from the David and Inez Myers Foundation. The first cadre of educators has been posted tocampuses for the fall 2008-2009 school year.

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illel, Law Students Team UpHillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and the National Jewish Law Students Association (NJLSA) began to work together to engage graduate students and to prepare Jewish law students to become solid leaders in the legal and Jewish communities.

NJLSA, which is active on more than 195 campuses, promotes the advancement of Jewish law students and addresses their unique challenges. NJLSA focuses on social action, Israel, community service/pro bono, legal and Jewish education as well as general support to Jewish law students. Increases in membership and new leadership have prompted local JLSAs to take a renewed interest in the organization's national efforts. This is the first step in Hillel’s expanded effort to engage graduate students.

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AKINYI SHAPIRO

Born to an HIV-positive Kenyan mother in 1989,Akinyi was one of the first babies to receive the experimental drug AZT. The results were successful - both Akinyi and her Jewish fatherare still HIV-negative. Now, Akinyi does commu-nity outreach work to educate people aboutHIV/AIDS, healthy lifestyles and sexual empow-erment. She is also an advocate for women’s issues and, as a resident assistant on campus,works with incoming female freshmen to encourage positive body image and the dangers of relationship violence. Her work extends to a spoken word group on campuswhich she describes as an “unspoken narrative by marginalized voices at Brown.”

Having struggled with her Judaism in high school, Akinyi grappled with her own identity.

“I couldn’t decide if I was half-white or half-Jewish...my identities were fighting and killing each other. Now I understand that being Jewishis about not taking something at face value.”

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Seder in Rome. Jewish students studying abroad from across Europecelebrated their Passover seder in the historic Jewish community of Rome thanks to Hillel’s Outstanding StudentInitiatives grants and Taglit-Birthright Israel: Birthright Israel NEXT. Sammy Auerbach and Jason Leivenberg, Taglit-Birthright Israel alumni and students from UC Berkeley Hillel, hosted 100 students at a Jewish Community Center in the Italian capital.

Hillel of Silicon Valley created a seder for Jewish high school students who spent the first weekend of Passover at Santa Clara University competing at the California High School Speech Association’s state tournament. CHSSAofficials apologized for the scheduling conflict which came to light too late to postpone the competition.

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illel Publishes LGBTQ Book Hillel’s LGBTQ Resource Guide, published last year, isthe most comprehensive Jewish publication for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer(LGBTQ) Jews. Edited by a panel of Hillel professionals led by then-Columbia/Barnard Hillel Senior JCSC Fellow D’ror Chankin-Gould, the book includes anintroduction to LGBTQ Jewish history and culture, helping skills, resources, programming and networking opportunities, and much more.

In a review for a newsletter published by the Reform Central Conference of American Rabbis, Rabbi Lawrence Edwards writes: “This new work is useful well beyond the campus-based movement that produced it…. [I]t is another significant marker on the path toward inclusivity.”

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BROWN UNIVERSITYHometown: Bethesda, Maryland

illel Goes to the FarmIn partnership with the Jewish Farm School, an educational organization that fosters opportunities for Jews to reconnect with the processes of working theland and growing food, Hillel last year created two pilot organic farm alterna-tive break programs, one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast, as a way to provide students with a greater understanding of issues surrounding sustainable food production and the necessary skills, knowledge and resources to affect positive change in their communities and on their campuses.Ê The students worked on the Kayam Farm & Environmental Education Center at the Pearlstone Retreat Center near Baltimore, Maryland, and at Oz Farm in Northern California.

To complement the physical work, participants had the opportunity to study Jewish texts and to hear speakers discuss topics such as Jewish agricultural laws, medicinal herbs, and global food security.

For Juliana Gildener-Leapman, a graduate student at Case Western University, the experience was a great way to slow down from her everyday fast-paced life and get in touch with nature. “As students we lead such disconnected lives,” she says. “We spend all our time indoors and often figure out what would be the quickest meal we can eat rather than figuring out what we can eat that is the best thing for us. This has been a really healthy experience.”Ê

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eyerhoff Center Celebrates Ten Years Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning has infused Jewish education throughout the Hillel movement for ten years, providing students and professionals with unique resources that add depth to everyday life. Among its accomplishments, the Meyerhoff Center created a movingcommemoration of the September 11, 2001 attacks (left) as well as a lively and popular series of pamphlets on the Jewishholidays (right). The TalkSpace seminars focus on Israel, arts and culture, tzedek and spirituality. The Meyerhoff Center has also provided Jewish educational materials for Hillel’s immersiveexperiences, including Taglit-Birthright Israel and alternative break trips.

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illel’s Hurricane Katrina AlternativeBreakIn 2008, Hillel sent close to 1,000 students and staff from more than 50campuses to volunteer in Mississippi and Louisiana during their winter and spring breaks.Ê Each trip lasted approximately one week and included intense physical volunteer work, the opportunity to meet homeowners and neighbors, visit a local synagogue, hear from journalists, andparticipate in Jewish learning and a Shabbat experience.

Students spent eight hours a daypainting, laying flooring, clearing debris from yards, and continuing to gut homes in areas still struggling to rebuild. In theevenings they met with community members to learn more of the history of the area and the impact of the hurri-cane. Students found the service experiences intense and emotional. Each evening, students and AlternativeBreak staff engaged in Jewish learning, addressing issues that arose during theday through the lens of Jewish thought.

”After spending a week working throughout New Orleans and meeting the locals, I have a greater sense of what tikkun olam means,” says HofstraUniversity junior Adi Kauf-Stern. “I will always remember this trip and know that I have changed the lives of people who had once lost hope. There is nogreater gift I could ever give than tohelp restore that spirit of hope in those who need it most.”

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2007Hillel Alternative Break Trips enable students to provide meaningful service in North America and abroad while strengthening their Jewish identity. Funding and organizational support can be provided by Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center (SIC), by local Hillels, and/or by partner agencies such as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and American Jewish World Service (AJWS). This chart reports the variety of breaks made possible through Hillel.

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lternative Break in IsraelStudents who wished to spend their winter break doing meaningful social justice workin Israel participated inHillel’s Alternative Break in Israel program. The 130 students painted apartments of immigrants, played soccer with Ethiopian immigrants, created a mural to update a low-income school, and spent time getting to know at-risk youth. Each evening was spent discussing Biblical and modern texts, andchallenging each other about the intersectionof Judaism and social justice.

Syracuse University student Alycia Hendricks explains, “It’s nice to be with people who sharemy passion for Judaism and service. I learned that if everyone does a small thing, we will do a big thing together.”

Marcelo David of Uruguay agrees: “During our week in Israel we renovated a nursery school. I don’t think it’s our job to change the world but to change it a little bit. As we say in Spanish, we were able to put in our little grain of sand.”

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emarkable Internship ProgramThe Cleveland Hillel Foundation Summer Internship Program provided 23 outstanding undergraduates from universities around the country with internships at 18different businesses and non-profit organizations. The interns worked four days a week at their respectiveplacements and came together on Fridays to attend professional growth seminars, connect with the Jewishcommunity, and explore Cleveland neighborhoods such as University Circle, Ohio City, Tremont, downtownCleveland, and Lakewood.

The Cleveland Foundation and the Strengthening and Growing Jewish Cleveland initiative of the JewishCommunity Federation of Cleveland provided generous support for this venture.

LOREN GALLER-RABINOWITZ

Now a pre-med English major and Hillel regular at Harvard University, Loren first put her college education on hold for a career in professional icedancing. As a teenager, Loren and her partner traveled the world for competitions. Her family followed her to every country where they made apoint to find the Jewish community no matter where they were. Loren and her partner trained for the Olympics, but an injury prevented them from going on to compete.

“I love skating, but education is important in my family. My grandmother always said, ‘the only thing you never lose is what’s between your ears.’”

Her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, also inspired her interest in Yiddish and modern Israeli literature. Raised in Barbados, where her mother ran a research program for malnourished children, Loren’s early exposure to human suffering convinced her to pursue a future in medicine. She hopes to eventually open a clinic (and an ice rink) in Israel.

HARVARD UNIVERSITYHometown: Brookline, Massachusetts

College students, living on campuses far from surrounding communities, are often isolated from the local Jewish community. Hillels strive to break down the wall between the “town” and “gown”to involve young people in the life of the community. In this way, Jewish students become contributors and leaders long before they graduate.

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Mass Hillel Co-Sponsors Ride to Provide UMass Amherst co-sponsored Ride to Provide, a student-run biking event through the Pioneer Valley that raises funds for Hillel’s community service projects, including Darfur Awareness, “Meals on Wheels” and Alternative Spring Break.

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tudents Replace Destruction with Beauty When fire devastated the Hechtman II senior residence, students from Hillel of Metro Detroit stepped in to beautify the site of the devastation for those living in the remaining buildings on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Mitchell Wagner, program director at Hillel of Metro Detroit, says that students “walked away knowing that when people look out their window, they’ll see more than the destruction now. They’ll see the remnants of a community that pulls together in times of strife. They’ll see what the Jewish community is all about: togetherness, beauty, and support.”

Hillel began in 1923 in rented office space above a barbershop (above left) near the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, proving that a thriving Jewish campus community depends on relationships, not buildings. Nevertheless, Hillel buildings have served as the heart of the Jewish community on campuses, a home away from home, and a point of Jewish pride on campus for decades. Last year, the University of Illinois Hillel dedicated its second facility, The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life (above right), replacing a building constructed in 1950 (above center). "If we could be open 24 hours a day, we'd see people 24 hours a day," says UI Hillel Director Joel Schwitzer.

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ew Hillel FacilitiesHillel last year received a $5.5-million commitment from an anonymous donor to create a Capital Campaign Challenge Grant. The grant provides matching funds for 17 Hillel Foundations in 12 different states that are currently undertaking capital campaigns. Hillel is proud to mark the opening of the following new buildings in the last year: n The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaignn The Harold and Libby Ziff Center at Stanford Universityn The Abbe Center, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

n The Klehr Center for Jewish Life at Franklin & Marshall Collegen Hillel House, Ottawa, Canadan The Chais Hillel Center, Haifa In the last year, the following Hillels began construction on new buildings:n Kent State Universityn The Edward H. Rosen Hillel Center at Temple Universityn The Marcus Hillel Center at Emory University n The University of British Columbia n Barbara Hochberg Center for Jewish Student Life at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

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eneral Assembly A parade of 325 pennant-waving college students marched into the opening plenary to kick off the 2007 United Jewish Communities General Assembly (UJC GA) and they never left the spotlight. Young people, and Hillel, were front and center throughout the three-day conference in Nashville. With attendance topping 3,500, the GA is the largest and most prestigious annual event on the Jewish communal calendar.

Hillel highlights included:n 325 student participants from 84 schools. n George Washington University student Sarah Chasin and Tel Aviv University Hillel Executive Director Pnina Gaday (above) addressed the entire convention during plenary sessions.n Four Hillel professionals participated on panels discussing Taglit-Birthright Israel, global Jewish peoplehood, Israel activism and perfor-mance measurement in non-profits. n Students joined with members of the UJC Young Leadership Cabinet to do a social justice project at the Nashville Rescue Mission. n Vanderbilt student Aliza Berger sang Hatikvah and the Canadian national anthem. n The UJC honored Virginia Tech Hillel for its response to the April 16 massacre on campus. n Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone addressed the UJC Young Leadership Cabinet.

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our Years, 3,000 Visits, Endless Stories For the last four years, Hillel’s ICHEIC Service Corps has enabled 229 students to make 3,000 weekly visits to the aging population of Holocaust survivors in New York City. The program was initiated with funds from the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC) and, beginning in 2008, is being partially supported by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. The program enables students to learn first-hand about the Holocaust and to provide a weekly outlet for the survivors. Survivors see the commitment of the students and begin to anticipate their meetings and enjoy sharing life stories and lessons. The students complement their weekly visits with courses at Hunter College, New York University and Columbia University. One student participant, Columbia/JTS sophomore Rami Schwartzer, has visited with survivor Felix Fibich, age 91. “This is the last generation of witnesses to the horror of the Holocaust,” says Schwartzer. “I feel a communal obligation to the world, but more so to those who lived the Holocaust, to continue to tell their story, share their legacies.”

College students, living on campuses far from surrounding communities, are often isolated from the local Jewish community. Hillels strive to break down the wall between the “town” and “gown” to involve young people in the life of the community. In this way, Jewish students become contributors and leaders long before they graduate.

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Mass Hillel Co-Sponsors Ride to Provide UMass Amherst co-sponsored Ride to Provide, a student-run biking event through the Pioneer Valley that raises funds for Hillel’s community service projects, including Darfur Awareness, “Meals on Wheels” and Alternative Spring Break.

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tudents Replace Destruction with Beauty When fire devastated the Hechtman II senior residence, students from Hillel of Metro Detroit stepped in to beautify the site of the devastation for those living in the remaining buildings on the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Mitchell Wagner, program director at Hillel of Metro Detroit, says that students “walked away knowing that when people look out their window, they’ll see more than the destruction now. They’ll see the remnants of a community that pulls together in times of strife. They’ll see what the Jewish community is all about: togetherness, beauty, and support.”

Hillel began in 1923 in rented office space above a barbershop (above left) near the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, proving that a thriving Jewish campus community depends on relationships, not buildings. Nevertheless, Hillel buildings have served as the heart of the Jewish community on campuses, a home away from home, and a point of Jewish pride on campus for decades. Last year, the University of Illinois Hillel dedicated its second facility, The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life (above right), replacing a building constructed in 1950 (above center). "If we could be open 24 hours a day, we'd see people 24 hours a day," says UI Hillel Director Joel Schwitzer.

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ew Hillel FacilitiesHillel last year received a $5.5-million commitment from an anonymous donor to create a Capital Campaign Challenge Grant. The grant provides matching funds for 17 Hillel Foundations in 12 different states that are currently undertaking capital campaigns. Hillel is proud to mark the opening of the following new buildings in the last year: n The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaignn The Harold and Libby Ziff Center at Stanford Universityn The Abbe Center, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

n The Klehr Center for Jewish Life at Franklin & Marshall Collegen Hillel House, Ottawa, Canadan The Chais Hillel Center, Haifa In the last year, the following Hillels began construction on new buildings:n Kent State Universityn The Edward H. Rosen Hillel Center at Temple Universityn The Marcus Hillel Center at Emory University n The University of British Columbia n Barbara Hochberg Center for Jewish Student Life at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

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eneral Assembly A parade of 325 pennant-waving college students marched into the opening plenary to kick off the 2007 United Jewish Communities General Assembly (UJC GA) and they never left the spotlight. Young people, and Hillel, were front and center throughout the three-day conference in Nashville. With attendance topping 3,500, the GA is the largest and most prestigious annual event on the Jewish communal calendar.

Hillel highlights included:n 325 student participants from 84 schools. n George Washington University student Sarah Chasin and Tel Aviv University Hillel Executive Director Pnina Gaday (above) addressed the entire convention during plenary sessions.n Four Hillel professionals participated on panels discussing Taglit-Birthright Israel, global Jewish peoplehood, Israel activism and perfor-mance measurement in non-profits. n Students joined with members of the UJC Young Leadership Cabinet to do a social justice project at the Nashville Rescue Mission. n Vanderbilt student Aliza Berger sang Hatikvah and the Canadian national anthem. n The UJC honored Virginia Tech Hillel for its response to the April 16 massacre on campus. n Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone addressed the UJC Young Leadership Cabinet.

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illels Around the Globe Celebrate Israel’s 60th Birthday Hillels celebrated Israel’s 60th birthday in ways that show-cased the country’s cultural, social and political life. Festive concerts and week-long fairs were held on many campuses. In North America, a grant from the Legacy Heritage Fund made it possible for 50 smaller campuses to sponsor Israel @ 60 events.ÊHillel’s 21 Israel Fellows took the lead in organizing events on the 96 campuses they serve.

At University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, the money was used to bring Israeli alternative rock group EGGROLL to campus. Another Israeli group, Hatikva 6, performed at New Orleans Hillel Center. Hillel students at Tulane, Kent State, SUNY Purchase and Queens College gathered for Israeli films. Meanwhile, chocolate, falafel and other Israeli treats were offered at Florida State University and De Anza College in San Jose, California.

Hillel of James Madison University hosted venture capital-ist Mike Granoff who spoke about his investments in Israel.

Hillel at Kent State held its third annual Israel Fest.

The Center for Jewish Life/Hillel at Princeton University and Tigers for Israel (TFI) coordinated an intergenerational gala dinner marking Israel’s 60th anniversary. The event was organized by first-year student Addie Lerner and featured

special guests New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (pictured with Lerner) and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ). Lerner is one of hundreds of Hillel student activists who have graduated from the Saban National Political Leadership Training Seminar conducted by the American Israel Public Affairs Commit-tee (AIPAC), which co-sponsored the Princeton event.

illels Respond to Yeshiva Shooting In response to the March shootings at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem that left eight dead and 15 wounded, Hillels across the United States and Canada held events to educate students about the incident and to memorialize the students who were killed. Among the participating campuses were UCLA, UC-Irvine, Rutgers University and the University of Western Ontario.ÊÊÊ

Hillel joined the Jewish community worldwide last year in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Hillel advocated for the creation of the State of Israel prior to its birth and has supported the Jewish state ever since. Today, Israel is at the center of Hillel’s work. Hillel has nine thriving centers in the country. Hillel brings thousands of Jewish students to Israel each year from around the world through the Taglit-Birthright Israel program and other leadership opportunities. Hillel also brings Israel to the campus through a variety of programs designed to highlight Israel’s unique culture and its contributions to modern life.

HBRANDON LABLONGYORK UNIVERSITYHometown: Toronto, Canada

Raised in a secular Jewish home, Brandon became more observant during his early college years. He says an Orthodox lifestyle put more meaning into his life. His parents thought that keeping the Sabbath and eating kosher was a phase until Brandon traveled to Israel. “I was becoming more observant and felt like I needed to play catch up with my Judaism.” There, he picked up the harmonica to comple-ment his rigorous year-long studies and joined a band. Upon his return to Canada, Brandon felt invigorated and wanted to engage other Jewish students in Jewish life on campus. “My goal is to involve students who have ‘Hillelitis,’ a fear of becoming involved with Jewish life on campus. I want to be their tour guide in the vast museum that is Judaism and show them that Jewish identity is not limited.”

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irst Hillels at Israeli Colleges in Peripheral RegionsÊHillel began a new relationship with Israel’s growing regional college system with the opening of new centers at Sapir College in the southern town of Sderot, Tel Hai College in the northern Galilee, and Jezreel Valley College near Afula. The new Hillels raised the number of Hillel centers in Israel to nine. The three colleges are located in Israel’s periphery, away from the larger population centers in Israel’s coastal region and center. Ê

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Hillel has given Jewish students the opportunity to learn first-hand about Israel across the decades. If Hillel could not always bring students to Israel, it brought Israel to the students. In 1967, Hillel sponsored an event at UCLA featuring Israel’s founding Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Last year, the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), a partnership of Hillel and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, brought a delegation of 41 American students to Israel where they met with then-Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. Participant Harry Baumgarten says, “Being able to meet and hear from Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel’s number one advocate to the world, meant so much to me, and to see how much she valued our efforts on campus as well.” The ICC comprises 33 national pro-Israel organizations spanning the politi-cal and religious spectrum.

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San Francisco State Hillel held a concert on the campus quad that featured popular Israeli bands.

Hillel at the University of Minnesota and their campus Israel group, Gopher Israel, celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel’s establishment with Israeli music, a kosher buffet, a piñata and a live camel. All 27 Hillels in the former Soviet Union also participated in the celebration. Hillels in Latin America welcomed the world to their South American-flavored celebrations:ÊEvents held in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil were broadcast on the Web.Ê Many of the 45 Grinspoon Israel Advocacy Interns on 39 campuses helped to organize the programs, The Grinspoon Internship program is administered by the Israel on Campus Coalition, in conjunction with Hillel, receiving generous funding from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.

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illels Around the Globe Celebrate Israel’s 60th Birthday Hillels celebrated Israel’s 60th birthday in ways that show-cased the country’s cultural, social and political life. Festive concerts and week-long fairs were held on many campuses. In North America, a grant from the Legacy Heritage Fund made it possible for 50 smaller campuses to sponsor Israel @ 60 events.ÊHillel’s 21 Israel Fellows took the lead in organizing events on the 96 campuses they serve.

At University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, the money was used to bring Israeli alternative rock group EGGROLL to campus. Another Israeli group, Hatikva 6, performed at New Orleans Hillel Center. Hillel students at Tulane, Kent State, SUNY Purchase and Queens College gathered for Israeli films. Meanwhile, chocolate, falafel and other Israeli treats were offered at Florida State University and De Anza College in San Jose, California.

Hillel of James Madison University hosted venture capital-ist Mike Granoff who spoke about his investments in Israel.

Hillel at Kent State held its third annual Israel Fest.

The Center for Jewish Life/Hillel at Princeton University and Tigers for Israel (TFI) coordinated an intergenerational gala dinner marking Israel’s 60th anniversary. The event was organized by first-year student Addie Lerner and featured

special guests New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine (pictured with Lerner) and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ). Lerner is one of hundreds of Hillel student activists who have graduated from the Saban National Political Leadership Training Seminar conducted by the American Israel Public Affairs Commit-tee (AIPAC), which co-sponsored the Princeton event.

illels Respond to Yeshiva Shooting In response to the March shootings at the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem that left eight dead and 15 wounded, Hillels across the United States and Canada held events to educate students about the incident and to memorialize the students who were killed. Among the participating campuses were UCLA, UC-Irvine, Rutgers University and the University of Western Ontario.ÊÊÊ

Hillel joined the Jewish community worldwide last year in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Hillel advocated for the creation of the State of Israel prior to its birth and has supported the Jewish state ever since. Today, Israel is at the center of Hillel’s work. Hillel has nine thriving centers in the country. Hillel brings thousands of Jewish students to Israel each year from around the world through the Taglit-Birthright Israel program and other leadership opportunities. Hillel also brings Israel to the campus through a variety of programs designed to highlight Israel’s unique culture and its contributions to modern life.

HBRANDON LABLONGYORK UNIVERSITYHometown: Toronto, Canada

Raised in a secular Jewish home, Brandon became more observant during his early college years. He says an Orthodox lifestyle put more meaning into his life. His parents thought that keeping the Sabbath and eating kosher was a phase until Brandon traveled to Israel. “I was becoming more observant and felt like I needed to play catch up with my Judaism.” There, he picked up the harmonica to comple-ment his rigorous year-long studies and joined a band. Upon his return to Canada, Brandon felt invigorated and wanted to engage other Jewish students in Jewish life on campus. “My goal is to involve students who have ‘Hillelitis,’ a fear of becoming involved with Jewish life on campus. I want to be their tour guide in the vast museum that is Judaism and show them that Jewish identity is not limited.”

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irst Hillels at Israeli Colleges in Peripheral RegionsÊHillel began a new relationship with Israel’s growing regional college system with the opening of new centers at Sapir College in the southern town of Sderot, Tel Hai College in the northern Galilee, and Jezreel Valley College near Afula. The new Hillels raised the number of Hillel centers in Israel to nine. The three colleges are located in Israel’s periphery, away from the larger population centers in Israel’s coastal region and center. Ê

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Hillel has given Jewish students the opportunity to learn first-hand about Israel across the decades. If Hillel could not always bring students to Israel, it brought Israel to the students. In 1967, Hillel sponsored an event at UCLA featuring Israel’s founding Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Last year, the Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), a partnership of Hillel and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, brought a delegation of 41 American students to Israel where they met with then-Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. Participant Harry Baumgarten says, “Being able to meet and hear from Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel’s number one advocate to the world, meant so much to me, and to see how much she valued our efforts on campus as well.” The ICC comprises 33 national pro-Israel organizations spanning the politi-cal and religious spectrum.

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San Francisco State Hillel held a concert on the campus quad that featured popular Israeli bands.

Hillel at the University of Minnesota and their campus Israel group, Gopher Israel, celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel’s establishment with Israeli music, a kosher buffet, a piñata and a live camel. All 27 Hillels in the former Soviet Union also participated in the celebration. Hillels in Latin America welcomed the world to their South American-flavored celebrations:ÊEvents held in Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil were broadcast on the Web.Ê Many of the 45 Grinspoon Israel Advocacy Interns on 39 campuses helped to organize the programs, The Grinspoon Internship program is administered by the Israel on Campus Coalition, in conjunction with Hillel, receiving generous funding from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.

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ummit Promotes Civil Society “Imagining a More Civil Society: The Summit on the University and the Jewish Community” convened some of the world’s leading academics, journalists and Jewish community leaders to discuss how to advance civil discourse and civil society through more than 30 sessions, panels and lectures. “We cannot survive as universities unless we have civility,” University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala said. “Learning does not take place unless there is respect for differences of opinion.” Summit participants included representatives from 128 campuses; 15 current and former university presidents; more than 125 campus administrators and faculty members; several hundred volunteers and professionals from general and Jewish non-profit organizations; and 80 graduate and undergraduate students.

Ryan Greene, the director of multicultural and international student programs at Hofstra University, says that the Summit was different from all the other conferences he has attended: “There has been a wide array of people which allows a wider diversity of ideas and the chance to think more deeply on issues concerning us.” Summit sponsor David Einhorn, a member of Hillel’s International Board of Governors, said: “In truth, we already live in a time when campuses are largely havens for intellectual pursuit and personal growth. However, much more can be done. We can strengthen civil discourse on our campuses. We can provide positive outlets for questioning and challenging the status quo. We can identify opportunities to promote service and civic engagement for our young people.”

Without the encouragement and support of a non-Jewish English professor, Edward Chauncey Baldwin, Hillel might not have been created at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Since its creation, Hillel has strived to be an integral part of campus life. In 2008, Hillel brought together the Jewish community and the university locally and globally.

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rizona State Co-Sponsors Jewish Literature Course Hillel at Arizona State co-sponsored a free monthly discus-sion of five books of Jewish literature at ASU Libraries. The series was made possible by a grant from Nextbook and the American Library Association. The series is supported by the Jewish Studies Program at ASU, Hillel at ASU, the Newman Center at ASU, the ASU Department of English and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix.

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nterfaith Dialogue Marked Students, faculty, administrators and Hillel professionals from five East Coast campuses gathered for a confer-ence at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, to celebrate two years of success in promoting interfaith understanding. The event, “Religious Pluralism in a Time of Extremism: The Campus Responds,” brought together campuses that participated in a program funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In 2006, Tufts University Hillel Director Rabbi Jeffrey Summit secured the government grant for Tufts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Wellesley College, Brandeis University and University of Maryland to design and implement pilot programs that support civil discourse between students of various faiths. The $1.6 million grant is being divided between the schools over a three-year period.

In his discussions with the Department of Homeland Security’s Academic Affairs Office, Summit explained, “[Homeland Security is] protecting bridges, but we’re building bridges. [Our proposal] stressed that develop-ing security in our country meant really building strong, productive relations between different religions.” Brett Shapiro, a Jewish student at MIT, told a student reporter that the program has helped him learn toler-ance: “I’m able to put myself in someone’s else’s place now, where I wasn’t able to do that before.”

ALAN YANCELSONUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTINHometown: Mexico City, Mexico

Alan was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and moved to Texas a few years after becoming bar mitzvah. Although he was bilingual, he found the high school transition difficult: “Every time I spoke, kids would laugh. I was a double minority as an immigrant and as a Jew.” Alan found comfort in a familiar pastime - baseball. Having played in leagues since age 3, Alan continued with the sport, and when it came time for college he picked a school that had both a baseball team and a large Jewish population. His involvement with the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, brought him to Hillel on Friday nights. Now, he recruits Jewish students for both organizations. “I just want to get Jewish students involved on campus.”

orthwestern University Asks Big Questions The Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University sponsored AskBigQuestions, a program to “engage the

Big Questions of life that all human beings wonder about, and to learn about diverse and authentic Jewish responses to those questions.” Questions included: “Where do you feel at home? What do you say no to? What should we sacrifice to change the world?”

AskBigQuestions comprised a colorful Web site, a coordinated print media campaign, and a series of salons or “fireside chats” with leading professors. The initiative is open to Northwestern students of all faiths and backgrounds and has been embraced by the entire university community.

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ummit Promotes Civil Society “Imagining a More Civil Society: The Summit on the University and the Jewish Community” convened some of the world’s leading academics, journalists and Jewish community leaders to discuss how to advance civil discourse and civil society through more than 30 sessions, panels and lectures. “We cannot survive as universities unless we have civility,” University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala said. “Learning does not take place unless there is respect for differences of opinion.” Summit participants included representatives from 128 campuses; 15 current and former university presidents; more than 125 campus administrators and faculty members; several hundred volunteers and professionals from general and Jewish non-profit organizations; and 80 graduate and undergraduate students.

Ryan Greene, the director of multicultural and international student programs at Hofstra University, says that the Summit was different from all the other conferences he has attended: “There has been a wide array of people which allows a wider diversity of ideas and the chance to think more deeply on issues concerning us.” Summit sponsor David Einhorn, a member of Hillel’s International Board of Governors, said: “In truth, we already live in a time when campuses are largely havens for intellectual pursuit and personal growth. However, much more can be done. We can strengthen civil discourse on our campuses. We can provide positive outlets for questioning and challenging the status quo. We can identify opportunities to promote service and civic engagement for our young people.”

Without the encouragement and support of a non-Jewish English professor, Edward Chauncey Baldwin, Hillel might not have been created at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Since its creation, Hillel has strived to be an integral part of campus life. In 2008, Hillel brought together the Jewish community and the university locally and globally.

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rizona State Co-Sponsors Jewish Literature Course Hillel at Arizona State co-sponsored a free monthly discus-sion of five books of Jewish literature at ASU Libraries. The series was made possible by a grant from Nextbook and the American Library Association. The series is supported by the Jewish Studies Program at ASU, Hillel at ASU, the Newman Center at ASU, the ASU Department of English and the Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Phoenix.

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nterfaith Dialogue Marked Students, faculty, administrators and Hillel professionals from five East Coast campuses gathered for a confer-ence at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, to celebrate two years of success in promoting interfaith understanding. The event, “Religious Pluralism in a Time of Extremism: The Campus Responds,” brought together campuses that participated in a program funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In 2006, Tufts University Hillel Director Rabbi Jeffrey Summit secured the government grant for Tufts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Wellesley College, Brandeis University and University of Maryland to design and implement pilot programs that support civil discourse between students of various faiths. The $1.6 million grant is being divided between the schools over a three-year period.

In his discussions with the Department of Homeland Security’s Academic Affairs Office, Summit explained, “[Homeland Security is] protecting bridges, but we’re building bridges. [Our proposal] stressed that develop-ing security in our country meant really building strong, productive relations between different religions.” Brett Shapiro, a Jewish student at MIT, told a student reporter that the program has helped him learn toler-ance: “I’m able to put myself in someone’s else’s place now, where I wasn’t able to do that before.”

ALAN YANCELSONUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTINHometown: Mexico City, Mexico

Alan was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and moved to Texas a few years after becoming bar mitzvah. Although he was bilingual, he found the high school transition difficult: “Every time I spoke, kids would laugh. I was a double minority as an immigrant and as a Jew.” Alan found comfort in a familiar pastime - baseball. Having played in leagues since age 3, Alan continued with the sport, and when it came time for college he picked a school that had both a baseball team and a large Jewish population. His involvement with the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, brought him to Hillel on Friday nights. Now, he recruits Jewish students for both organizations. “I just want to get Jewish students involved on campus.”

orthwestern University Asks Big Questions The Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University sponsored AskBigQuestions, a program to “engage the

Big Questions of life that all human beings wonder about, and to learn about diverse and authentic Jewish responses to those questions.” Questions included: “Where do you feel at home? What do you say no to? What should we sacrifice to change the world?”

AskBigQuestions comprised a colorful Web site, a coordinated print media campaign, and a series of salons or “fireside chats” with leading professors. The initiative is open to Northwestern students of all faiths and backgrounds and has been embraced by the entire university community.

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YULIA GORBUNOVADNEPROPETROVSK NATIONAL UNIVERSITYHometown: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

Admittedly, Yulia’s interest in joining Hillel was based on her desire to travel to Israel for free. Dnepropetrovsk Hillel, housed in the basement of an old building, didn’t appeal to her at first. But once inside, she couldn't help but get involved. “I remember how excited we would be prepar-ing different activities day and night, coming up with ideas for classes and upcoming holidays. We would sometimes even forget about our studies.” Yulia also credits Hillel with sparking her interest in journalism and connecting her with new friends. “I realized that I want to be a journalist, got my second degree, opened a vocal studio, met so many friends, discovered the relevance of Judaism in my life, and visited Israel. I can’t imagine my life without Hillel.”

illel Leads Columbia Protests When Columbia University announced that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would speak on campus last fall, Columbia-Barnard Hillel mobilized Jewish students across the political and religious spectrum to protest his virulent anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-America and anti-democracy positions.

Hillel organized several key initiatives on the Columbia campus including an advocacy training day in cooperation with the Israel on Campus Coalition. It also helped form the campuswide student coalition, the Colum-bia Coalition Forum, which conducted a mass-demonstration on the college campus. Thousands of students flooded

Columbia University’s Low Plaza to protest and debate on the day of the visit. Days before, Hillel activists participated in a blitz campaign, papering the walls and sidewalks of the university with Ahmadinejad quotes such as one from 2005 stating that anyone who recognizes Israel “will burn in the fire of Islamic nation’s fury.” “The entire Jewish community was angered and outraged by the repugnant views and actions of

Inspired by the vision of our namesake — “If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” — Hillel has always embraced the world beyond the campus, the Jewish community and the continent. Hillel is engaged with the world at large through meaningful initiatives and through local Hillels in Latin America, Israel and the former Soviet Union. Hillel has groups in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay; 27 locations in the former Soviet Union; and nine centers in Israel.

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romoting Sustainability Hillels are going green. At University of Kansas Hillel, students took the lead in localizing a national initiative called “Focus the Nation,” which strives to educate the American public on global warming issues. For two days, professors at KU adjusted their lectures to incorporate climate change as part of a National Teach-In. In all, nearly 50 KU professors participated, engaging more than 1,600 students in a national conversation about energy conservation and society’s environmental responsibility. Central Florida Hillel commemorated Tu B’ Shevat with its second annual Green Day Fair. The day-long ecology exhibit was created to educate students about recycling, technological advancements in alternative energy and a variety of energy conserva-tion practices.

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lternative Breaks Make a Difference For many Jewish students, school breaks were more about tikkun olam, repairing the world, than partying on a beach. Hundreds of students from more than 40 schools traveled abroad for alternative break programs, many through the American Jewish World Service, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Hillels of Latin America. North American student groups participated in alternative breaks in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, spending their time learning about the local community, doing hands-on community service projects and connecting with the local community. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, students helped make the Jewish Community Center more welcoming and efficient. Michigan State University junior Scott Shatzman was struck by how his time in Buenos Aires affected him in multiple ways. “What a rewarding experience it was to observe Jewish culture in a different country while at the same time giving back to the community,” Shatzman says.

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Students visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, teamed up with local students to tackle poverty-related issues in the community. The students built a solarium and a recreational outdoor space for a community school in the impoverished commu-nity of Pavão. “Building this solarium and recreational space has been a dream of our school for 16 years,” explains school director Isabela Maltaroli.“The work that you’ve done has made an amazing difference to us that will last for many years to come.”

The experience was equally rewarding for the student participants. “This trip has been one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life,” says University of Michigan public policy major Matt Wald. “I’ve learned so much about the favelas [slums] and the political and social issues of Brazil that have contributed to the poverty. Knowing what I know now, I feel like I have the power to make a difference and bring real change.”

Ahmadinejad” explains Josh Rosner, student president of Columbia/Barnard Hillel. “Ahmadinejad’s views stand contrary not only to fundamental Jewish values and beliefs, but to American ideals of freedom, tolerance and democracy.”ÊRosner also spoke to a rally organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations outside the U.N. building.ÊÊÊ

YULIA GORBUNOVADNEPROPETROVSK NATIONAL UNIVERSITYHometown: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

Admittedly, Yulia’s interest in joining Hillel was based on her desire to travel to Israel for free. Dnepropetrovsk Hillel, housed in the basement of an old building, didn’t appeal to her at first. But once inside, she couldn't help but get involved. “I remember how excited we would be prepar-ing different activities day and night, coming up with ideas for classes and upcoming holidays. We would sometimes even forget about our studies.” Yulia also credits Hillel with sparking her interest in journalism and connecting her with new friends. “I realized that I want to be a journalist, got my second degree, opened a vocal studio, met so many friends, discovered the relevance of Judaism in my life, and visited Israel. I can’t imagine my life without Hillel.”

illel Leads Columbia Protests When Columbia University announced that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would speak on campus last fall, Columbia-Barnard Hillel mobilized Jewish students across the political and religious spectrum to protest his virulent anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-America and anti-democracy positions.

Hillel organized several key initiatives on the Columbia campus including an advocacy training day in cooperation with the Israel on Campus Coalition. It also helped form the campuswide student coalition, the Colum-bia Coalition Forum, which conducted a mass-demonstration on the college campus. Thousands of students flooded

Columbia University’s Low Plaza to protest and debate on the day of the visit. Days before, Hillel activists participated in a blitz campaign, papering the walls and sidewalks of the university with Ahmadinejad quotes such as one from 2005 stating that anyone who recognizes Israel “will burn in the fire of Islamic nation’s fury.” “The entire Jewish community was angered and outraged by the repugnant views and actions of

Inspired by the vision of our namesake — “If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” — Hillel has always embraced the world beyond the campus, the Jewish community and the continent. Hillel is engaged with the world at large through meaningful initiatives and through local Hillels in Latin America, Israel and the former Soviet Union. Hillel has groups in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay; 27 locations in the former Soviet Union; and nine centers in Israel.

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romoting Sustainability Hillels are going green. At University of Kansas Hillel, students took the lead in localizing a national initiative called “Focus the Nation,” which strives to educate the American public on global warming issues. For two days, professors at KU adjusted their lectures to incorporate climate change as part of a National Teach-In. In all, nearly 50 KU professors participated, engaging more than 1,600 students in a national conversation about energy conservation and society’s environmental responsibility. Central Florida Hillel commemorated Tu B’ Shevat with its second annual Green Day Fair. The day-long ecology exhibit was created to educate students about recycling, technological advancements in alternative energy and a variety of energy conserva-tion practices.

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lternative Breaks Make a Difference For many Jewish students, school breaks were more about tikkun olam, repairing the world, than partying on a beach. Hundreds of students from more than 40 schools traveled abroad for alternative break programs, many through the American Jewish World Service, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Hillels of Latin America. North American student groups participated in alternative breaks in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, spending their time learning about the local community, doing hands-on community service projects and connecting with the local community. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, students helped make the Jewish Community Center more welcoming and efficient. Michigan State University junior Scott Shatzman was struck by how his time in Buenos Aires affected him in multiple ways. “What a rewarding experience it was to observe Jewish culture in a different country while at the same time giving back to the community,” Shatzman says.

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Students visiting Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, teamed up with local students to tackle poverty-related issues in the community. The students built a solarium and a recreational outdoor space for a community school in the impoverished commu-nity of Pavão. “Building this solarium and recreational space has been a dream of our school for 16 years,” explains school director Isabela Maltaroli.“The work that you’ve done has made an amazing difference to us that will last for many years to come.”

The experience was equally rewarding for the student participants. “This trip has been one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life,” says University of Michigan public policy major Matt Wald. “I’ve learned so much about the favelas [slums] and the political and social issues of Brazil that have contributed to the poverty. Knowing what I know now, I feel like I have the power to make a difference and bring real change.”

Ahmadinejad” explains Josh Rosner, student president of Columbia/Barnard Hillel. “Ahmadinejad’s views stand contrary not only to fundamental Jewish values and beliefs, but to American ideals of freedom, tolerance and democracy.”ÊRosner also spoke to a rally organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations outside the U.N. building.ÊÊÊ

Since its creation in 1923, Hillel has been a uniqueinstitution in the Jewish world: a multi-denomina-tional collaboration of philanthropists, communities,Jewish Federations and partner agencies workingtogether across regions and continents to provide awelcoming Jewish environment on college campuses.

In 2008, Hillel offered Jewish students opportunitiesto explore and celebrate their Jewish identity, aswell as to develop the skills they will need to becomecommunity leaders. Hillel provided millions of dollarsin grants and services to 251 affiliated foundations,program centers and Jewish student organizationsthat serve students at 513 campuses throughout theUnited States, Canada, Israel, Latin America and therepublics of the former Soviet Union (FSU). Last year,Hillel received a $5.5-million commitment from ananonymous donor as a Capital Campaign ChallengeGrant to support 17 new Hillel facilities in 12 states.A new group of donors, Friends of Hillel in LatinAmerica, provided significant resources to Hillels inArgentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

Three new programs created in pursuit of ourStrategic Plan objectives — Hillel’s CampusEntrepreneurs Initiative (CEI), Peer NetworkEngagement Initiative and senior Jewish educatorsprogram – provided new educational opportunities tothousands of previously uninvolved students. CEI wassupported by the Jewish Funders Network, Taglit-Birthright Israel Foundation, the Spiegel FamilyFoundation and other investors. The senior Jewisheducators program was given a significant boost whenHillel received a $10.7 million grant, payable overfive years, from the Jim Joseph Foundation.Additional early support was provided by the Davidand Inez Myers Foundation. In addition, The Charlesand Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the SolGoldman Charitable Trust helped Hillel expand itsalternative break program. And the Samuel BronfmanFoundation continued to provide opportunities for

Jewish students from around the world to connectwith one another. Hillel’s partnership with theAmerican Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, theChais Family Foundation, the Jewish Agency for Israeland the Charles and Lynn Schusterman FamilyFoundation enabled our work to thrive in the FSU.

Hillel solidified its relationship with the academiccommunity through “Imagining a More Civil Society:The 2008 Summit on the University and the JewishCommunity” which was made possible by a generousgrant from the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust, foster-ing tolerance, understanding and a more civil society.

Events such as the New York Hedge Fund event andthe Renaissance Award Gala honoring Leslie H.Wexner have helped Hillel to make our crucial workpossible. Our International Board of Governors, whichhas doubled in size in the last seven years, providesthe leadership that inspires philanthropists worldwideto join in the Hillel enterprise.

Hillel’s partnership with the UJA-Federation of NewYork has provided unprecedented levels of service tostudents throughout the state and globally, while theNational Funding Alliance of the United JewishCommunities and federations across the country continue to be critical partners for the Hillel enterprise. Under the leadership of DevelopmentChair Randall Kaplan many new investors have joinedHillel’s Renaissance Society, a group of individualswho provide unrestricted gifts to help sustain theorganization. Growing numbers of individuals aresecuring the Jewish future through a planned gift toHillel’s Heritage Society.

Hillel expresses its profound gratitude to the manyindividuals who make our work possible.

Partners and Investors

At Hillel’s Renaissance Award gala, DavidGergen interviews Leslie H. Wexner. Theprofessional leadership of the WexnerFoundation joins with the Wexner family

GeneralOperatingSupportHILLEL IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF ITS INTERNATIONALBOARD OF GOVERNORS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND OTHER PHILANTHROPISTS TO HILLEL’SCHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMANINTERNATIONAL CENTER, WHICHPROVIDES LEADERSHIP, CONSULTA-TIVE RESOURCES, PROFESSIONALGUIDANCE, AND STRATEGIC INFUSIONS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORTFOR HILLEL’S GLOBAL NETWORKOF REGIONAL CENTERS, CAMPUSHILLEL FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAMCENTERS, AND AFFILIATES.

The Samuel Bronfman FoundationEdgar M. BronfmanPamela and Stanley ChaisThe Arie and Ida Crown MemorialTobee and Leonard KaplanNational Federation/Agency Alliance of

United Jewish CommunitiesCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family

Foundation

ENRICHING LIVES, INSPIRING COMMITMENTIN THE PAST YEAR, HILLEL HASBENEFITED FROM GIFTS OF$25,000 OR MORE TO SUPPORTSPECIFIC AREAS OF STUDENT LIFE,PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ANDORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE,ENABLING HILLEL TO WORK MEANINGFULLY TOWARDS DELIVERING A STRONGER JEWISH FUTURE.

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FOSTERING STUDENT GROWTHTHROUGH MEANINGFUL JEWISHEXPERIENCES

Hillel is committed to doubling the number of Jewish students who areinvolved in Jewish life and who havemeaningful Jewish experiences.

Campus Entrepreneurs InitiativeThe Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative (CEI)harnesses the power of social networking,

viral marketing, and social entrepreneur-ship to reach thousands of uninvolvedJewish students on campuses across NorthAmerica. Leveraging a partnership withTaglit-Birthright Israel and the power ofimmersive Jewish experiences, CEI’snational network of strategically selectedstudent interns utilizes peer-to-peerengagement to provide comprehensive follow-through for trip returnees.To dateCEI has developed meaningful Jewish relationships with over 8,000 previouslyuninvolved Jewish students.

Taglit-Birthright Israel FoundationJewish Funders NetworkHelene and Thomas Spiegel

Senior Jewish EducatorsHillel’s Senior Jewish Educators programplaces highly-trained Jewish educators towork in tandem with CEI to offer in-depthJewish educational content to previouslyuninvolved students.

Jim Joseph FoundationDavid and Inez Myers Foundation

Hillel’s Steinhardt Jewish CampusService Corps The Steinhardt Jewish Campus ServiceCorps (JCSC) pioneered peer engagement,placing recent college graduates on campuses across North America to enablestudents to explore their Jewish identitiesand strengthen the Jewish community oncampus.

Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family FoundationJudy and Michael Steinhardt

Jewish Learning and Spirituality Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center forJewish Learning infuses Jewish educationthroughout the Hillel enterprise, providing students, Hillel professionals,and the campus community with a varietyof resources to promote and encourageJewish living and learning. Hillel is grateful to the Meyerhoff FamilyCharitable Funds for endowing theCenter’s activities.

Hillel’s Soref Initiative for EmergingCampuses Hillel's Soref Initiative enables studentsand local college and university communi-ties to celebrate Jewish life on campuseswith smaller Jewish populations.The Soref Initiative provides guidance, financial assistance, online resources,

and a communication network for Jewishstudents and the faculty advisors, forhundreds of campuses throughout NorthAmerica.

Samuel and Helene Soref Foundation, Benjamin F. Breslauer and Irma G. Breslauer, Trustees

Internships HILLEL’S COLLEGIATE LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Jewish Communal Fund and UJA-Federation of New York

FRANK AND CLAIRE DARMSTAEDTERHILLEL HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONPROGRAM

Estates of Frank and Claire Darmstaedter, through UJA Federation of New York

THE KORET HILLEL STUDENT INTERNSHIPPROGRAM

The Koret Foundation

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TZEDEK - SOCIAL JUSTICE

Hillel is grateful to the philanthropistswho provided support for the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Tzedek Hillel initiative, an international public serviceeffort dedicated to transforming life oncampus and in the community, framed by the Jewish imperatives of tzedakah (righteousness), gemilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness), and tikkun olam (repairing the world).

Jacob and Hilda Blaustein FoundationConference on Jewish Material Claims

Against GermanyThe Nathan Cummings FoundationRosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

Alternative BreaksIn the wake of the devastation caused by2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Hillelhas sent thousands of students to the GulfCoast of the United States to repairhomes and communities. Hillel is gratefulto those whose generosity made thesequintessential expressions of tikkun olam(repairing the world) possible.

Sol Goldman Charitable Trust,Jane H. Goldman, Trustee

Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

UJA Federation of New YorkUnited Jewish Communities

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is grateful to the tens of thousands of individuals, philanthropic foundations, Jewish Federations and other funding partners whose ongoing support sustains the entire Hillel enterprise.We are pleased to recognize those who made significant contributions to Hillel’s Charles and Lynn SchustermanInternational Center during the past fiscal year (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008) to enable Hillel to implement its visionthat every Jewish student make an enduring commitment to Jewish life.

General AssemblyIn November 2007, 325 Jewish college students participated in the United Jewish Communities General Assembly inNashville, Tennessee. Hillel is grateful tothe philanthropists who provided thisopportunity to these future leaders of our Jewish community.

The Samuel Bronfman FoundationSusan and Michael GelmanThe Harold Grinspoon FoundationAnita and William HellerIrene and Edward H. KaplanTobee and Leonard KaplanKathy Manning and Randall KaplanShelley and Michael KassenDavid and Inez Myers FoundationNina and Julian SandlerCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family

Foundation Mara and Robert ShlachterBruce P. Sholk and Beth J. KaplanJoel TauberSharon Margolin Ungerleider

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EMBRACING ISRAEL AND GLOBAL JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD

Hillel is dedicated to ensuring that Jewish students have the resources needed to develop a strong love for andunderstanding of the centrality of Israelto the Jewish narrative, and to providingstudents around the world with meaning-ful opportunities to interact with oneanother, thereby strengthening our globalJewish people.

Embracing IsraelGRINSPOON ISRAEL ADVOCACY INTERNS

The Harold Grinspoon Foundation

STUDENT LEADERSHIP MISSIONS ANDALTERNATIVE BREAKS IN ISRAELHillel’s Student Leadership Missions andAlternative Breaks in Israel bring hun-dreds of student activists to Israel eachyear, where they hone their leadershipskills, enabling them to return to campusas passionate advocates for Israel.

AnonymousJacob and Hilda Blaustein FoundationJane and Alan CornellSherry and Larry KalishBarry and Judy Silverman Family FoundationSpring Valley JCC

ISRAEL AT 60 CELEBRATION FUNDLegacy Heritage Fund Limited

Campus Israel FellowsThe Campus Israel Fellows program placesyoung Israelis on strategically selected college campuses across North America,where they serve as effective peer ambassadors who bring Israel to life

through innovative programs and personalinteractions with students on campus.

June Baumgardner Gelbart FoundationJewish Agency for IsraelLouise MerageAdam MilsteinLester J. RosenbergTaglit-Birthright Israel FoundationNational Federation/ Agency Alliance of

United Jewish Communities

The Israel on Campus CoalitionThe Israel on Campus Coalition is a partnership of the Charles and LynnSchusterman Family Foundation andHillel: The Foundation for Jewish CampusLife, in cooperation with a global networkof organizations committed to promotingIsrael education and advocacy on campus.

AVI CHAI - A Philanthropic FoundationGottesman FundJewish Funders NetworkThe Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family

Charitable Funds Mort Meyerson Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family

Foundation

Global Jewish PeoplehoodEDGAR M. BRONFMAN GLOBAL STUDENT EXCHANGE FUND

CHARLES SCHUSTERMAN INTERNATIONALSTUDENT LEADERS ASSEMBLY

The Samuel Bronfman FoundationCharles and Lynn Schusterman

Family Foundation

Hillel in the Former Soviet UnionThe Alvin and Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer

FoundationPamela and Stanley ChaisIrma Shaler CohenTova and Barry EffronChaiki and Ziel FeldmanThe Harold Grinspoon FoundationDavid and Inez Myers FoundationMr. and Mrs. Herbert NeumanNina and Julian SandlerCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family

FoundationRosalie and Jim ShaneHarry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Diane and Howard WohlEtta and Ray Zimmerman

Hillels in IsraelDavid M. BarkanRoberta and Paul BarkanElizabeth and Jim BreslauerSandy and Stephen K. BreslauerThe Samuel Bronfman FoundationPamela and Stanley ChaisThe Harold Grinspoon FoundationJewish Federation of Greater Atlanta

The Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds

May and Samuel Rudin Family FoundationNina and Julian SandlerLawrence Schur FoundationSamuel and Helene Soref FoundationJudy and Michael SteinhardtYoreinu Foundation

Hillel in South AmericaLisa and Walter BraunJack F. DaltonDirk DonathTova and Barry EffronEdith B. EverettForest FoundationLynne B HarrisonJoshua H. LandesIlana and Roberto LipszteinTrisha and Frederic MarguliesHarold J. Perlman Family Foundation Marian and David RockerSharon and Daniel RoitmanDavid M. RosenbergHoward RosenbloomMartin RozenblumRicardo and Leslie Dezer SalmonNina and Julian SandlerThe Howard and Leslie Schultz Family

FoundationDeborah and Marcelo SpectorJudy and Michael SteinhardtSharon Margolin UngerleiderRoberto P. Weisz

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PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Hillel employs over 800 professionalsworldwide who foster meaningful interactions with tens of thousands ofJewish students each year at a criticaltime in their lives. Hillel is grateful tothose investors who have supported itsefforts to attract, train and retain themost talented professionals to serve aseducators, community builders, andentrepreneurial leaders in carrying outHillel’s mission.

NEXT LEVEL COACHING INITIATIVEThe Picower Foundation

HILLEL SUMMER STAFF TRAININGINSTITUTES IN ISRAEL

Edith B. EverettLynne B Harrison

IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE TRAINING INSTITUTES

Abraham A. Mitchell The Israel, Rose, Henry and Robert Wiener

Charitable Fund

BERMAN FELLOWSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Mandell L. Berman

ARLINE AND DAVID L. BITTKER FELLOWSHIP

Arline and David L. z”l Bittker*

THE BRONFMAN FELLOWSHIPEdgar M. Bronfman

HOCHBERG ISRAEL EDUCATIONFELLOWSHIP

Sue and Larry Hochberg

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PURSUING ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION

2008 Summit on the University and the Jewish Community Hillel’s 2008 Summit on the University and the Jewish Community broughttogether leading figures in the academicand Jewish communities to find new waysto advance dialogue and promote civilsociety on campus and in the community.Hillel thanks the following individuals and foundations who made this landmarkevent possible.

Gary AbramsonCarol and Gary BermanAbby Joseph Cohen and David M. CohenNancy and Marc DuberEinhorn Family Charitable TrustJudy and Abel FriedmanAnita and William HellerPam and Joe KanferRobert KogodAlan L. MeltzerCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family

Foundation Robert Smith Family Foundation Cindy and Rick Zitelman

Hillel thanks its partners who have made substantial investments to enhanceHillel’s infrastructure and promote organizational excellence throughout theHillel system, and on specific campusesand regions, as indicated below.

Kaplan Campus Transformation FundTobee and Leonard Kaplan, Toleo

FoundationFeldman Foundation (Louisiana and Texas)Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund

(Northern California)The Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Fund

(Cornell and Drew Universities,Dickinson College, and the Universityof Pennsylvania)

Samuel and Helene Soref FoundationUJA-Federation of New York

(New York metropolitan area)

The RenaissanceSocietyTHE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY RECOGNIZES PHILANTHROPISTSWHOSE COMMITMENT TO HILLELREPRESENTS THEIR LEADERSHIPROLE IN FOSTERING A RENAIS-SANCE OF JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUSES AROUND THE WORLD.MEMBERS OF THE RENAISSANCESOCIETY PROVIDE VITAL ANNUALUNRESTRICTED SUPPORT TOENABLE HILLEL TO CARRY OUT ITSMISSION OF ENRICHING THE LIVESOF JEWISH STUDENTS SO THEYTHAT THEY MAY ENRICH THEWORLD. HILLEL IS PLEASED TORECOGNIZE GIFTS MADE DURINGTHE 2007 - 2008 ACADEMIC YEAR,AND REGRETS ANY ERRORS OROMISSIONS.

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Chairman’s CircleEach member of the Chairman’s Circlemade a commitment of $25,000 or more to Hillel during the 2007-2008 academicyear.

AnonymousTom and Lanie BlumbergJane and Alan CornellNathalie and Charles de GunzburgMax M. and Marjorie Fisher FoundationSue and Larry HochbergJewish Community Federation of San FranciscoJewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaLimited Brands FoundationEleanor and Mort LowenthalJodi J. Schwartz and Steven F. RichmanRosalie and Jim ShanePaul E. SingerDebbie and Jeffrey SwartzJudy and Al TaubmanThe Wexner FoundationMyron Zimmerman

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New Ventures FundEach member of the New Ventures Fundmade a commitment of $10,000 to $24,999to Hillel during the 2007-2008 academicyear.

Jeffrey A. Altman Amy and Robert BressmanSandra F. and Stewart CahnNatasha and Neil ChrissCity University of New YorkCleveland Hillel FoundationPhilip H. and Susan Rudd CohenRyna and Melvin S. CohenCongregation Emanu-El, NYCRebecca Davis TrustMirrel Davis TrustTova and Barry Effron

Melvin EpsteinJeff FluhrFoundation for Jewish Camp E. Gordon Gee, Ph.D. General Growth Properties, Inc.The Georgetown CompanyMichael GlimcherStephen M. GreenbergBarbara and Louis GrossMartin GrossHuquette and Dennis S. HerschDouglas A. HirschSara Hurand and Elie WeissIGT Travel in IsraelInwood Hebrew CongregationJewish Federation of Greater IndianapolisMort and Dalia JarashowJim Joseph FoundationThomas KaplanShelly and Michael KassenGershon KekstJoan and George KesselKhronos LLCEllie and Mark LainerSheila and Bill LambertCharna LarkinHarry and Sadie Lasky FoundationPhilippe LaubM/I Homes FoundationLionel MargolickTrisha and Frederic MarguliesMarjorie and Edward MarloweKaren and Neil MossSandra and Stephen MussSharon and Chuck NewmanThe Olshan FamilyJohn PetryTina and Steve PriceAl RatnerMyra Reinhard FoundationHeidi and Richard RiegerSharon and Daniel RoitmanRobin A. and Steven J. RotterPaul SadeRebecca and Art SambergArt and Annie SandlerMara and Ricky Sandler Curtis SchenkerSchottenstein Stores CorporationHeidi and Stefan SeligSimon Property Group, Inc.Laurence SmithBruce and Joy SollKatja Goldman and Michael SonnenfeldtSamuel and Helene Soref FoundationJudy Zendell and Isaac R. SouedeSusan B. StearnsSharon Margolin UngerleiderUnited Jewish Community of Broward

CountyUnited Jewish Federation of Northeastern

New YorkRic Wanetik and David HagansBoaz WeinsteinArlene and Michael WeissVi WernerSandy and Tim WuligerEtta and Ray ZimmermanJoan Zimmerman

* Zichrono L’bracha, may his memory be a blessing

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Leadership Council Each member of the Leadership Councilmade a commitment of $5,000 to $9,999to Hillel during the 2007-2008 academicyear.

Jane and Norman AlpertHelene and Ady BergerCarol and Gary BermanMarian and Edward BrombergSharon and David ButlerPamela and Michael ChozenIrma Shaler CohenAnn and Ari DesheSusie and Jon DiamondAlisa and Daniel DoctoroffMiriam Gasko Donoho and David DonohoNancy and Marc DuberRafael FefermanMartine and Stanley FleishmanJanie and Donald FriendRichard S. Fuld, Jr.Saryl and Stephen GrossPhyllis and Joseph GurwinAnita and William HellerLee M. HendlerJewish Federation of CincinnatiJewish Federation Of Nashville and

Middle TennesseeMarvin JosephsonRoy KatzoviczRobert L. KoenigMichael LebovitzAndrew LevyRuth and Victor LevyPhyllis and Norman Lipsett FoundationMasliansky Family Charitable FoundationChiqui MatthewSydelle and Arthur MeyerCarolyn Schiff and Noah MillmanLinda and Hilton MirelsJan and Charles NirenbergCarolyn and Stephen OppenheimerJulie Wise Oreck and Marshall OreckCarol and David PulverElaine and Bernard RobertsJeffrey RosenJudy and Jack RosenbergJoan and Jack SaltzLewis M. SchottIlene and Jerome SchurThe Seinfeld Family FoundationThe Sherman Family FoundationBruce P. Sholk and Beth J. KaplanDavid and Jacqueline Simon Charitable

FoundationStephanie and Andy SkloverAlan B. Slifka FoundationLinda and Edward SpilkaEsta and Jamie StecherLouise and Mike SteinLawrence SummersElizabeth and Leonard TannenbaumMaidy and Irv TeitelbaumRita and Sol Toscher Memorial FundCarol B. WiseLinda and Louis WolffS.J. ZarembaRoy J. Zuckerberg

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Renaissance FundEach member of the Renaissance Fundmade a commitment of $1,000 to $4,999to Hillel during the 2007 - 2008 academicyear.

AnonymousCappy AbrahamMyron AdlerStewart and Meryl AinRuth AlbertAlperin-Hirsch Family FoundationJoseph D. AmentLucille and Daniel AmsterRichard AnthonyLorraine and Jerome ArestyJoan and Bob ArnowBrett AvnerHarvey AxelrodRene-Pierre AzriaWilliam BassichisRo BawaRosi and Saby BeharKerrin and Stephne BehrendDiane BelferElinor and Norman BelferGary BelskyBurton E. BelzerLinda and Roger E. BenjaminMarjorie and Barry BergStanley BergJudith Block BergmanHenrietta and Jerome BerkoDavid BerkowitzRose and Ed BermanCarol and Gary BermanCheryl and Ian BernsteinJay H. BernsteinJack BershadMr. and Mrs. Henry BialerJoan A. BinkowLaurie BlitzerCamelia and J. Gerson BlochRobert and Joanna BlumMarion Blumenthal and Steven M. CohenJeanette and Frederic BogartAndrew BoransStephen BorrusLili and Jon D. BosseAnita and Leonard BoxerBrahman Capital CorporationLawrence BraitmanLotte and Ludwig BravmannMike Brenner and Frank BrennerRonnie L. BretholtzClaudia G. Berman and Norman J. BrodskyStacy A. BrovitzJane and Scott BrownAngela BuchdahlJan and Robert BurkeIrene and Sanford P. BurnsteinNora and Herschel BurstonLee J. BurstynRichard BurtonThe Calabi FundEllen and Richard CalmasJoshua CammakerWilliam CampbellSusan and Steven CandellSara and Robert Cannon

Cantor’s Assembly of Jewish Theological Seminary

David L. and Karen CaplanProfessor and Mrs. Dennis CarltonWilliam CassellChampaign-Urbana Jewish FederationSimona and Jerome A. ChazenPaul J. ChernerJack Chester FoundationSusan and Alan CitronGary ClaarClaire J. CohenMimi and Saul CohenHelene and Tim CohenColumbus Jewish FederationBarbara and Jerry CookAbe and Ida Cooper FoundationBeth CousensCredit Suisse Securities (USA) LLCMarcelo CynovichBetsy and Phil DarivoffKaren DavisRita and Salomon DayanSonia and Carlos de HaimeSarah and Paul Densen Charitable

FoundationAdrian DobsJoshua DonfeldLee DranikoffGeorgiana DuberNikola DuravcevicMark EbnerEllis A. EcklandRuthann and Kenneth EcksteinGail and Robert EdelsteinRita and Martin EdelstonMark EdgarMichael Edwards and Susan

Brenner-EdwardsArthur and Tiby EilenShelly and Steven EinhornSusan and Steven EisemanSusan and Julian EisenLisa and Mitchell EisenMarilyn and Joseph A. EisenbergJudith and Alan EisenmanKaren Lehmann-Eisner and David EisnerFrederick ElghanayanHarvey and Janine EngelLois and Richard EnglandMaxine and Marty EpsteinEllen and Gerald FalkEthan FalkoveDede S. FeinbergSusan and Leonard FeinsteinEsther and Sumner L. FeldbergFlorence and Joseph FeldmanFeldman FoundationToby and Morris z"l FellNancy and Maury FertigFibus Family FoundationLarry and Eris FieldSheila and Bruce FirestoneStephanie K. and Wayne L. FirestoneAnne and Jerome FisherEric FishmanShirley FitermanMichael FitzsimmonsOlivia and Adam FlattoSeymour Fleisher

Aaron FordFort Wayne Jewish FederationRose S. FoxKarin and Jonathan FraadeJody and Ramon FrancoIrving H. FranklinFlorence FreeGerald FreedmanElaine and Martin FridsonAllan H. FriedGigi and Sam FriedIsabel and Arnold FriedmanJerald S. FriedmanEllen and Sidney FriedmanMiriam FriendAnn and Robert FromerLita and Mitchell FromsteinKandell FundAlex FurmanskiDeborah and Aryeh FurstJoseph & Rae Gann Charitable FoundationCharles GanzMarion and Alan GarfieldRani GarfinklePhilip Garoon and FamilyEran GaskoJune Baumgardner Gelbart FoundationSherri GeldinDavid A. GemunderBarbara Leslie Gerber and Seymour KrasnerTracy and Sander GerberNeil GershonBernard S. & Sarah M. Gewirz Foundation, Inc.Judith Cohn Gilberg and David GilbergRita and Bruce GilbertAlan and Barbara GindiLaurie and Stephen GirskyMr. and Mrs. Henry GlanternikRuth and Jack GlantzRobert I. GlimcherTobi GoldHedy and Arthur GoldbergJason GoldbergLili GoldbergShira and Rob GoldbergCarole A. and Stanley R. GoldbergMarilyn and Allen GoldenPhyllis and Gerald GoldenBlanche and Steve GoldenbergAaron GoldmanJocelyn and Robert GoldmanSandra and Paul GoldnerAlfred G. GoldsteinLawrence GoldsteinClare GoldwaterJoy and Mike GonsiorowskiLawrence J. GonzerMeryl and David GordonPaula and Jerry GottesmanCassandra and Sheldon GottliebBarnard J. GottsteinGould-Shenfeld Family FoundationMichael GouldManuel GraiweCamille E. GranatoMary L. and Richard GrayAdrienne M. GreenblattGreensboro Jewish FederationToba and Earl GreinetzOstgrodd Foundation

Pamela GrossPatti and Louis GrossmanMarilyn and Ralph GrunewaldAliza and Marc GurenBruce and Marni GutkinLaura and Robert GutmanEmalie and Arthur GuttermanMartin HalbfingerSamuel HalperinNancy Bluestone HandwergerRita Dee HassenfeldDavid HazanGordon Hecker and Donna Johnson HeckerAnita and William HellerDoreen HermelinJudith HerrDebra HerrmannJames HeskettSamuel and Ronnie HeymanSusan M. HeymanTerry and Harvey HiekenGary HirschbergIrwin HochbergLorraine and Martin HoffingerHelen and Arnold HoffmanJoan and Steven HoffmanBarbara and Mike HorowitzPaul HuchroMarshall HuebnerCraig HuieBeth and Warren HymanPaul IsaacDorian Goldman and Marvin IsraelowMarina and Andrew JacobsonAnne and Norm JacobsonHerbert JacobyDonna and Larry JamesBrady JenkinsJewish Federation of Greater New OrleansJewish Federation of Collier CountyJewish Federation of Fort Worth &

Tarrant CountyJewish Federation of Pinellas CountyJewish Federation of Southern New JerseyJewish Outreach InstituteElkana KabakerDavid KahanLynne KaiserThe Kandell FundRochelle and Barry KaplanEdwin KaplanGail and Lonny KaplanJerome A. and Deena L. Kaplan Family

FoundationGertrude and Elmer KaplinMorris J. & Betty Kaplun Foundation, Inc.B. KatzLenore and Gary KatzKyle KatzJanet and Lawrence KatzVicki E. and Samuel L. KatzWilma and Howard KayeRoberta KaylieKaren and Bob KeatsBarbara Reed and Michael KeslerKesselman Benevolent FundMuriel KesslerRuth Peyser Kestenbaum and

Gerald KestenbaumC. Robert Kidder

Pearl and Ralph KierNancy Rose and John KimelmanBarbara A. Raimondo and

Dennis M. KirschbaumTina and Jon KislakBeth S. and Seth A. KlarmanRobin and Brad KlattAngelica and Michael KlebanoffPhilip E. KleinDolores and James KleinmanAlan KlugerMatt KnauerJoseph Kohane and Amy ShevrinDavid KollatMarc B. KramerLeiba KrantzbergJason KravittShirley and Ely KrellensteinErika P. KreyssigMarvin KristeinKeith KrivitzkyLouis Kroll and Geoffrey KrollRonald and Mary Ann Lachman FoundationPincus Paul Charitable TrustMarilyn and Arnold LampertPatti and Tony E. LampertElizabeth C. LaneJudith and Herschel LangenthalMarion and Robert LappinLois LautenbergRobin and Harold LebwohlGerard and Lilo LeedsAnne Claire Lester FoundationRobert LevenbackLever Family FoundationGail and Barry LevinMeryl LevinIrene and Howard LevineSam LevinsonDolores and Hans LevyEllen and H. Irwin LevyEdward C. Levy, Jr.Pearl and Seymour LewinPaul S. LewisLara Prince and Avi LewittesGerson Lehrman Group, Inc.Daniel and Nina LibeskindNorman and Nancy LipoffThe Litman FoundationWilliam R. Loomis, Jr.Lovell Safety Management Co, LLCSteve and Dedee LovellBarry LowitzPamela and Joseph G. LubeckPaula LustbaderJulie MackloweMadison Jewish Community CouncilAudrey and Maxwell MagidMr. and Mrs. Neil MalamudClaudine B. MaloneBea MandelBernice ManocherianLisa and Sam MargolinEllyn and Jacob MarguliesAlan MarkSusan and Len MarkDoris MarkowSamuel MaslanskyMaster Bond Inc.Claire and Robert Mazer

Rob MedwayWarren MelamedAlan L. MeltzerCynthia and Stan MerkinJuan Mesa-FreydellSylvia MesseriAnthony E. Meyer Family FoundationJanet and Stanley MeyersSam MichaelsStephanie and Jared MillerCarol and Paul MillerNorman Miller Family FoundationJeffrey MiroPeter MirskyAndrew MitchellArlene and Mayer z”l MitchellDavid MitchellAram MoeziniaIsaac MoinesterBarbara MorgensternStanford MorrisRose MotzPrakash NarayananRosalind and Sanford NeumanRosita and Steve NewmanJames NobilNurite Notarius-Rosin and Craig A. RosinEve Coulson and Nelson ObusNancy and Morris OffitRobert OkinMichelle and Charles SchorinJames A. OstillerLazar M. PalnickNancy and Larry PantirerEugene ParghI. David PeltonArlene and Albert M. PerlsteinBrette PeytonDavid PincusAnita A. PinkusLina and Frank PopperSimon PortnoyJoy Dawn Prevor and Itai BenoshCharles J. PruchnoQueens Village Jewish Center, Inc.Herbert S. QuinnJudy and Maynard RabinowitzDavid RaphaelMichael and Joyce RappeportYossi and Dana RaucherStephen ReadThe Morton and Beverly Rechler Family

FoundationCheryl V. ReicinMaria and Glenn ReicinZipporah and Paul ReismanSandra and Norman RichRita and Fred RichmanAudrey and Martin RiegerMarcia RiesmanRobert Gore RifkindSidney RobbinsNatalie RobinsonMarian and David RockerBert and Norton RocklerSharon and Daniel RoitmanElliot C. RoschHerbert RosenJeffrey RosenMichele M. and Stan Rosen

Jill and Michael A. RosenbaumBeverly and Michael RosenbaumBarry Rosenberg and Shelley EllardGoldie and David RosenbergDavid M. RosenbergRebecca and Richard RosenbergPeter RosenblumLinda and Harold RosensonCharlotte and David RosensweigGrace and Martin RosmanDan RosskammStanley RothThe Maks and Lea Rothstein FoundationCarol and Jay RubinShari and Aram RubinsonAlice RubinsteinMichael RukinRush Family FoundationRutenberg Family Foundation, Inc.Ramy SaadDavid SafirAbraham SalamanMarshal L. SalantRowland and Sylvia Schaefer Family

FoundationMimi Rothman Schapiro and

Morton Owen SchapiroMarty ScharfJane and Colin ScherRichard J & Joan G Scheuer Family

Foundation, IncSchnitzer CARE FoundationElse and David SchnurLaurence SchreiberBenjamin D. SchulmanAdam SchurHoward SchurRuth Schwartz and Isaac EngelOri SchwartzburgSharon and James SchwarzElinor SeevakSheila and Dan SegalIris and Mark SelingerRobert ShackDon ShackelfordBarbara and Daniel ShapiraDaniel Shapiro and Agnes GundVirginia and Norton SharpeBernard ShavitzSusan and Scott ShayChuck and Joyce ShenkMara and Robert ShlachterRebecca and Aaron ShocketArnold and Lenore ShulmanRose L. ShureRobert G. SiegelSeth Yossi Siegel and Rachel RinglerSigma Alpha Mu FoundationIsidore SimkowitzEzra SingerKeith SingerMr. and Mrs. Lawrence SingerLina and Gilles SionCaryl and Robert SiskinSusan and Mike SkalkaYadelle and Robert SklareJonathan SlavinSelma SloaneTara Slone-GoldsteinLynn Shapiro Snyder and Jeffrey M. Snyder

Sheryl and Jonathan SokoloffElene and Herbert J. SolomonNita SorefThe Spencer Raphael Jaffe Charitable

FoundationDina and Jeffrey StahlMr. and Mrs. C.W.I. SteimanHarvey SteinSharon SteinRenee and Steve SteinigAnne and David J. SteirmanMoises SterenThe Abe Stern Family FoundationJeffrey and Susan SternJewel SternBluma B. StollerKeith D. Stoltz FoundationMaxwell Strawbridge Charitable TrustArlene StrelitzJacob StrumwasserSun Trust BankAlfred SundelHarriet and Marc SuvallRuth and Andrew SuzmanAlan and Isabella SvilikRoselyne C. SwigTampa JCC / FederationTanger Hillel at Brooklyn CollegeLouis TaratootHenry and Marilyn Taub FoundationJoel TauberLarry TaylorAton and Arielle TeitelbaumFrancis and Allan TesslerJeffrey Tieman TrustSuzanne and Herb TobinLewis TopperSteven TowbinSylvia and Morris TrachtenNorman TraegerSol TuchAudrey and Brian TuckermanTulsa Jewish FederationSusie and Bruce TurnbullUJA and United Jewish Federation of

Johnstown PAUJA Federation of Westport, Weston,

Wilton and NorwalkUJF of Greater Stamford, New Canaan &

DarienUnited Jewish CommunitiesUnited Jewish Communities of Broward

CountyUnited Jewish Federation of Northeastern

New YorkMarc and Mindy UtayGary Vaughan-SmithBeate and Henry VorembergJuliet Spitzer and Philip WachsMyra and Harry WagnerLenore WaxSarah and Robert WaxSpencer WaxmanWeinberg Family Foundation TrustRon WeinerHarry WeiningerGail and Irv WeintraubMark WeintraubMorris WeiserGail and Barry Weiss

The Selma Lee and Daniel Weiss Charitable Fund

Molly and Howard WeissAaron WeitmanHenny WenkartSidelle WertheimerHelene WestreichShirley C. WhitePaula and Alan WisemanMarian and Irving WisemanJewish Federation of Cumberland CountyAmy R. WolfCarl WolfWolfensohn Family FoundationGeraldine and Hubert WolffLou and May Jean Wolff Family Foundation

FundRita and Harold WolfsonMelvin WolzingerDeborah and David YaffeBennett YanowitzAvi YashchinJudy and Mark YudofShana and Louis Howard YusterJudith and Henry ZachsGordon ZacksBrian ZaratzianThe Rose & Isadore Zeman FoundationIsabel ZimmermanHarriet M. and Jerome ZimmermanCindy and Rick ZitelmanLinda and Paul ZlotoffLois ZollerLeonard ZuckermanJason Zullin

In-Kind GiftsHillel expresses its deep appreciation forlegal services to Hillel: The Foundationfor Jewish Campus Life.

David J. Butler, Esq. and the law firm of Bingham McCutchen, LLP

Greg Homer, Partner, Drinker Biddle

Endowment Funds

HILLEL IS FORTUNATE TO HAVETHE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF PHILANTHROPIC VISIONARIES WHOHAVE ESTABLISHED ENDOWMENTSOF $250,000 OR MORE AT HILLEL’SCHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMANINTERNATIONAL CENTER. THESEDONORS ARE BUILDING ASTRONGER JEWISH FUTURE BYGENEROUSLY PROVIDING HILLELWITH THE ABILITY TO INITIATEAND CONTINUE BOLD AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, BOTHLOCALLY AND GLOBALLY.

The Ann Loeb Bronfman Fund The Edgar M. Bronfman EndowmentThe Jacob Burns Endowment in EthicsHillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for

Jewish Learning

The Irving and Sarah Pitt Fund forStudent Leadership

The Estate of Sylvia S. Simmons The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Tzedek

Hillel Endowment

Heritage SocietyHillel recognizes the foresight of those individuals who have provided for future generations of Jewish college studentsthrough their financial and estate plans,including bequests, gift annuities, chari-table trusts, life insurance, and retire-ment plan beneficiary designations andother structured gift plans.

AnonymousKathryn Heaton AndrewsHannah L. AurbachLinda and Joel BerenDorothy and Howard BergerRose and Ed BermanEstelle BermanMandell L. Berman Arline and David z”l BittkerHenry BrassBert S. BrownAnna BurtonSandra F. and Stewart CahnDiane CastlePamela and Stanley ChaisPaul J. ChernerJeff CohenPhilip H. and Susan Rudd CohenCarol and Michael DeanEllen R. Dunkin and Joseph MichaeliPaul H. EinhornLaurel and Robert EisnerSamuel EnglerIda FeryszkaMarian and Eugene I. FischerJacob FishkinJack FleischerDaniel ForsytheEran GaskoMuriel and Irving V. GersteinHerta GertlerLinda and Arnold GoldbergBarbara and Mel GoldsmithMatilda GoodmanRudy R. GreeneDavid HandeliPhyllis HandelsmanViola HarrisLynne B HarrisonAlice S. HonigEleanor and Aaron IgnalDalia and Morton JarashowJeffrey E. JarrettRichard M. JoelTobee and Leonard KaplanJeanne G. KaskeyEvelyn M. KatzMurray KoppelmanWynne S. Korr and Donald BrielandDorothy and Sam z”l KravetzHarry Le Vine, Jr.Donald I. LevinJudy and Bud LevinJ. Nina Lieberman

Eugene LipowitzHarry LowensteinFannie MilgramAlfred A. MillerRose MorKaren and Neil MossWarren Bein OberndoerferJulie Wise Oreck and Marshall OreckBonnie OrkowLouis OsofskyMartin PattMarilyn Heiman PhillipsMarjorie R. RozmanSydelle and Oscar RosenDavid M. RothMichael RukinJulian and Nina SandlerBruce P. Sholk and Beth J. KaplanHerbert SilinskyElene and Herbert J. SolomonIrving H. SteinbergBluma B. StollerPaul J. SudeLeonard TureffSharon Margolin UngerleiderJacqueline WahlCarol B. WiseDiane and Howard WohlEdward WollJerome I. ZaksMarc Zwillinger

BequestsIn the past year, Hillel received gifts of$5,000 or more from the estates of the following individuals. May their memories be a blessing.

Jack G. LiebermanMargaret Sherlin Meltzer Minna Pfeffer Otto SenzEllis SomechAnne TandlichHerbert WeinerRobert Weiner

Jewish Federation Support

HILLEL IS PROUD OF ITSLONGSTANDING RELATION-SHIP WITH THE FEDERATIONMOVEMENT LOCALLY ANDACROSS NORTH AMERICA.

HILLEL IS GRATEFUL FOR THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT OFLOCAL FEDERATIONS FOR HILLELS IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAREAS. THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED IN THEANNUAL REPORTS OF LOCAL HILLELS.

AT THE NORTH AMERICAN LEVEL, HILLEL: THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE IS A RECIPIENT OF FUNDS FROM

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION/AGENCY ALLIANCE THROUGH ITS SUPPORTING FEDERATIONS AND UNITED JEWISH COMMUNITIES.CREATED IN 2007, THE NATIONAL FEDERATION/AGENCY ALLIANCE ISA PARTNERSHIP OF 37 LOCAL JEWISH FEDERATIONS THAT PROVIDESSIGNIFICANT FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO NINE NATIONAL JEWISHAGENCIES, INCLUDING HILLEL, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITEDJEWISH COMMUNITIES.

THE NINE NATIONAL AGENCIES ENGAGE IN CRITICAL WORK TO BUILDCAPACITY; THEY ADVANCE THE AGENDA AND COMPLEMENT THE WORKOF THE FEDERATIONS AND THEIR LOCAL AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATESAND INTERNATIONALLY. HILLEL’S CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMANINTERNATIONAL CENTER ALSO RECEIVES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL FEDERATIONS, WHICH ARE LISTED SEPARATELY IN THISANNUAL REPORT IN THE APPROPRIATE GIVING CATEGORIES.

Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties

Jewish Federation of Greater Los AngelesJewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange CountyJewish Federation of Southern ArizonaAllied Jewish Federation of ColoradoUJA Federation of GreenwichJewish Federation of DelawareJewish Federation of Greater WashingtonGreater Miami Jewish FederationJacksonville Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Palm Beach CountySarasota-Manatee Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Greater AtlantaJewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoJewish Community Federation of LouisvilleThe Associated: Jewish Community Federation of BaltimoreCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston

Springfield Jewish Federation (Illinois)Jewish Federation of Metropolitan DetroitMinneapolis Jewish FederationJewish Federation of St. LouisJewish Federation of Ocean CountyUJA Federation of Northern New JerseyUnited Jewish Communities of MetrowestJewish Federation of Greater Orange County (New York)UJA-Federation of New YorkUnited Jewish Federation of Northeastern New YorkColumbus Jewish FederationJewish Community Federation of ClevelandUnited Jewish Federation of PittsburghJewish Federation of Rhode IslandMemphis Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Greater DallasJewish Federation of Greater HoustonMilwaukee Jewish Federation

HILLEL: THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFESCHUSTERMAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER, US, CANADA, ISRAEL, FSU AND LATIN AMERICA HILLELSCONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES 2007-08

INCOMEContributions and Grants 20,307,175 54,865,429Jewish Federations 1,793,741 17,193,741Program Fees 8,070,312 12,920,312Investment Income 911,230 4,361,230Other Income 175,360 3,425,360

Total Income 31,257,819 92,766,073

EXPENDITURESOperating Expenditures 23,565,148 85,296,969Allocations & Grants to Local Hillels 8,473,277 8,473,277

Total Expenditures 32,038,425 93,770,246

EXCESS OR (DEFICIT) OF (780,606) (1,004,173) REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES

* Note: The above figures are projected and unaudited.September 25, 2008

Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center

Schusterman International Center & local Hillels worldwide

OFFICERSJULIAN SANDLER,

Chairman, Dix Hills, NY

AMY A.B. BRESSMAN Vice-Chair, New York, NY

DAVID M. COHEN Vice-Chair, New York, NY

ANDREW COONINVice-Chair, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

STEPHEN M. GREENBERGVice-Chair, New York, NY

CAROL SMOKLER Vice-Chair, Boca Raton, FL

DIANE WOHL Vice-Chair, Mill Neck, NY

JAMES H. SHANE Treasurer, Boston, MA

BRUCE SHOLK Secretary, Baltimore, MD

WAYNE L. FIRESTONE President, Washington, DC

EDGAR M. BRONFMAN Ex-Officio, New York, NY

PAST CHAIRSRANDALL KAPLAN, Greensboro, NCNEIL M. MOSS, Columbus, OHCHUCK NEWMAN, Ann Arbor, MIMICHAEL B. RUKIN, Boston, MA

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEELAURIE BLITZER, New York, NYTHOMAS BLUMBERG, New York, NYSANDRA CAHN, New York, NYPAUL CHERNER, Chicago, IL PHILIP H. COHEN, Miami, FLMARCELO CYNOVICH, Montevideo,Uruguay

LISA EISEN, Washington, DCEDITH B. EVERETT, New York, NYLYNNE B HARRISON, MetroWest, NJWILLIAM HELLER, Cleveland, OHLEE M. HENDLER, Baltimore, MDJOSEPH KOHANE, Hillel at The Ohio

State UniversityBARRY J. LEVIN, Philadelphia, PAMORT LOWENTHAL, Stamford, CTBEATRICE MANDEL, Los Angeles, CAKAREN MOSS, Columbus, OHDANA RAUCHER, New York, NYEVAN SEGAL, Pittsburgh, PAANDREW SKLOVER, Teaneck, NJCAROL B. WISE, New Orleans, LA

MEMBERSJOSEPH AMENT, Chicago, IL

SANDY BAKLOR, Palm Beach, FL

MICHELLE BLUMENBERG, University of Arizona Hillel

GIL BONWITT, Miami, FL

ANDREW S. BORANS, Indianapolis, IN

AMY BORN, Washington, DC

PHILLIP BRODSKY, Boston, MA

EDWARD E. A. BROMBERG, Orlando, FL

MARSHALL BROOKS, Philadelphia, PA

DANIEL BURACK, Harrison, NY

JOSEPH CIECHANOVER, Tel Aviv, Israel

BRUCE COANE, Houston, TX

LEE DRANIKOFF, Short Hills, NJ

NANCY DUBER, Washington, DC

DAVID EINHORN, New York, NY

MICHAEL EPSTEIN, Michigan State University College of Law

CHAIKI FELDMAN, Englewood, NJ

DANIEL FERMAN, York University

DAVID GEDZELMAN, New York, NY

CASSANDRA GOTTLIEB, Baltimore, MD

GARY HIRSCHBERG, Chicago, IL

SARAH BATYA JOSELOW, Harvard University

DAVID KARSENTI, Northwestern University

MICHAEL KASSEN, Westport, CT

ADAM KORNETSKY, Tufts University

LEIBA KRANTZBERG, Ottawa, ON

MARK LAINER, Los Angeles, CA

BLOSSOM LEIBOWITZ, Tampa, FL

NORMAN LIPOFF, Miami, FL

SEARLE MITNICK, Baltimore, MD

FREDERIC MARGULIES, Glencoe, IL

EDWARD MARLOWE, Del Ray Beach, FL

STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER, Atlanta, GA

JULIE WISE ORECK, New Orleans, LA

JOSEPH PAPERMAN, Montreal, QC

SIDNEY PERTNOY, Miami, FL

BRETTE PEYTON, New York, NY

STANLEY PLOTNICK, Montreal, QC

KEITH ROSENBLOOM, New York, NY

LENORE RUBEN, New York, NY

RAYNA SCHAFF, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

MORTON OWEN SCHAPIRO, Williamstown, MA

D. GRAHAM SHERIDAN, JR. , Washington and Lee University

ROBERT SHLACHTER, Portland, OR

JENNA SILVERMAN, University of Maryland

SHARON MARGOLIN UNGERLEIDER, Eugene, OR

ERIC WEISER, University of California, San Diego

DAVID YAFFE, Washington, DC

JUDY YUDOF, Oakland, CA

LOUIS HOWARD YUSTER, Los Angeles, CA

LOIS ZOLLER, Chicago, IL

Board of Directors 200 8-09Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life

Karen and Neil M. Moss James H. Shane Chuck Newman, Diane Wohl, Laurie Blitzer and Lee DranikoffMoishe Smith and Leiba Krantzberg

Hillel’s International Board ofGovernors advocates forJewish campus life. The Boardof Governors provide counseland advice to Hillel’s Board ofDirectors, which has theresponsibility of overseeingHillel’s day-to-day operations.Each member of the Board ofGovernors provides leadershipand a minimum of $50,000 inannual support to Hillel’sCharles and Lynn SchustermanInternational Center.

EDGAR M. BRONFMANChairmanNew York, NYLYNN SCHUSTERMANCo-ChairTulsa, OKMICHAEL STEINHARDTCo-ChairNew York, NY

S. DANIEL ABRAHAMPalm Beach, FL

WILLIAM A. ACKMANNew York, NY

HARVEY BEKERNew York, NY

ROBERT M. BEREN Palm Beach, FL

MANDELL L. BERMANSouthfield, MI

ARLINE BITTKER Warren, MI

ALEXANDER BLAVATNIKNew York, NY

ADAM BRONFMANParadise Valley, AZ

CHARLES R. BRONFMANNew York, NY

DANIEL A. BURACKHarrison, NY

STANLEY CHAISNew York, NY

ABBY JOSEPH COHEN and

DAVID M. COHENHollis Hills, NY

DAVID EINHORNNew York, NY

EDUARDO S. ELSZTAINBuenos Aires, Argentina

EDITH B. EVERETTNew York, NY

ZIEL and CHAIKI FELDMAN Englewood, NJ

ABEL FRIEDMANChicago, IL

MICHAEL C. GELMANWashington, DC

ROBERT GOLDBERG Cleveland, OH

JANE H. GOLDMANNew York, NY

DAVID GOLDSMITHNew York, NY

DAVID S. GOTTESMAN New York, NY

MICHAEL GRANOFFTenafly, NJ

ROBIN GREENSPUNHenderson, NV

HAROLD GRINSPOON and

DIANE TRODERMANLongmeadow, MA

LYNNE B HARRISONMetrowest, NJ

HOWARD JONASRiverdale, NY

MITCHELL R. JULIS Beverly Hills, CA

JOSEPH KANFER Akron, OH

EDWARD H. KAPLANWashington, DC

RANDALL KAPLANGreensboro, NC

ELLIE MEYERHOFF KATZFort Lauderdale, FL

ARLENE I. KAUFMANPalm Beach, FL

IVAN and LISA KAUFMAN Great Neck, NY

MICHAEL KEMPNEREast Rutherford, NJ

ROBERT KOGODWashington, DC

HARVEY M. KRUEGER New York, NY

MICHAEL and ANDREA LEEDSSyosset, NY

REUBEN LEIBOWITZNew York, NY

JERRY LEVIN New York, NY

GUSTAVE K. LIPMAN New York, NY

HOWARD LORBER New York, NY

PETER MAYNew York, NY

ABRAHAM A. MITCHELLMobile, AL

MIMI PERLMAN London, England

ABE POLLINWashington, DC

HOWARD ROSENBLOOMBaltimore, MD

KEITH ROSENBLOOMNew York, NY

JULIAN SANDLER Dix Hills, NY

STACY H. SCHUSTERMANTulsa, OK

EVAN J. SEGALPittsburgh, PA

MARK R. SHENKMAN Greenwich, CT

VICTORIA SIMMS Beverly Hills, CA

CAROL SMOKLERBoca Raton, FL

HELENE SPIEGEL Beverly Hills, CA

DAVID TEPPER Chatham, NJ

ISAAC THAU Vancouver, British Columbia

LESLIE H. WEXNERNew Albany, OH

MARK and JANE WILF Short Hills, NJ

GARY WINNICKBeverly Hills, CA

DIANE WOHLMill Neck, NY

CAREY WOLCHOKNew York, NY

MORDEHAI WOSK Vancouver, British Columbia

International Board of GovernorsCharles R. Bronfman David M. and Abby Joseph Cohen Randall Kaplan and Kathy E. Manning

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus LifeCharles and Lynn Schusterman International Center

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