Vancouver Hillel hosted Regina Waldman, head of Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa. Gina screened the moving film The Forgotten Refugees, about the 900,000 Jews from the Middle East and North Africa who have been made refugees in the past six decades. The film provides an outline for one of the least [...]
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Noam Bedein, the director of the Sderot Media Centre, spoke on all three Vancouver Hillel campuses, building understanding of the real challenges facing Israelis living on the frontline of terrorism. Bedein is a young Israeli activist, photojournalist and leader whose message is simply that Israel faces mounting threats not only from Iran’s nuclear preparations, but [...]
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Israel Day is a unique opportunity each year for Israel On Campus to utilize the main atrium at the University Community Centre to high lite the best that Israel has to offer. This year’s theme was ” The Israeli Shuk”. The entire room was transformed into a large Israeli marketplace, selling and displaying everything from [...]
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Concordia Hillel was awarded the “Best clubs fair participation award” by the Concordia Student Union. The award was granted to Hillel for it’s “tireless effort, commitment and contribution to student life”
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Hillel McGill hosted a “Noodle Night” partnered with the McGill Chinese Student Association. The night included a screening of the Israeli movie “Noodle” and Chinese food. The event was well attended by both Chinese and Jewish students.
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UN Watch Director Hillel Neuer addressed the McMaster community on Thursday, Nov 26 at McMaster University in Hamilton. Neuer spoke about the human rights at the United Nations, in a talk entitled “From Eleanor Roosevelt to Qaddafi: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights at the United Nations”.
McMaster Israel On Campus hosted the event in [...]
Hillel of GTA had the opportunity to co-sponsor a community event held at Beth Zedek where Dr. Abulaish shared his personal story and hopes for Peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Dr. Abulaish is currently an associate Prof. at U of T, he is a Palestinian- Gazan physician who formerly practiced medicine in the Soroka [...]
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On Friday November 6th 2009, Hillel of the GTA along with the Toronto chapter Faiths Act Fellows hosted an exclusive meeting between thirty prominent institutional leaders and Dr. Eboo Patel.
Dr. Patel is the founder and Executive Director of the acclaimed Interfaith Youth Core based in Chicago and the author of Acts of Faith: The [...]
Since 1983, November 25th has been designated by the UN as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. To raise awareness and support our local Winnipeg community, JSA/Hillel organized its second annual bathtub project to support women and children who are victims of domestic violence. A bathtub will be available for donations of gently used clothing, [...]
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In light of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a student run environmental group called Climate Action Montreal organized a fascinating panel discussion on Thursday called “Canada & Climate Change: Epic Fail.” The event was put on to enlighten fellow students on the pressing environmental issues. It outlined the basics of the [...]
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