Hillel 2005 Hillel Foundations, Program Centers, Student Organizations and Affiliates

UNITED STATES: Alabama  Alaska  Arizona  Arkansas  California  Colorado  Connecticut  Delaware  District of Columbia  Florida  Georgia  Hawaii  Idaho  Illinois  Indiana  Iowa  Kansas  Kentucky  Louisiana  Maine  Maryland  Massachusetts  Michigan  Minnesota  Mississippi  Missouri  Nebraska  Nevada  New Hampshire  New Jersey  New Mexico  New York  North Carolina  North Dakota  Ohio  Oklahoma  Oregon  Pennsylvania  Rhode Island  South Carolina  Tennessee  Texas  Utah  Vermont  Virginia  Washington  West Virginia  Wisconsin  Wyoming CANADA: Alberta  British Columbia  Manitoba  New Brunswick  Nova Scotia  Ontario  Quebec  Saskatchewan  ARGENTINA  AUSTRALIA  AZERBAIJAN  BELARUS  BRAZIL  CHILE  GEORGIA   MOLDOVA  RUSSIA  UNITED KINGDOM  UKRAINE  URUGUAY  UZBEKISTAN “Hillel enriches the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.”

Hillel Mission Statement, 2005

ith this annual report we introduce Hillel’s new has begun to influence the Hillel movement. mission statement. It is as old as Jewish tradition W and as young as a first-year college student. During 2005, Hillel opened new facilities at Stanford While it points Hillel toward new and more ambitious University, Boston University, the University of Florida, goals, it also reflects our time-honored dedication to Miami/Dade County and Buenos Aires. We brought 1 the adage first enunciated by the ancient sage Hillel: thousands of students to Israel through the Taglit — “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am program and through leadership missions. only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?” We created meaningful Jewish experiences for Jewish students through spirituality seminars on campuses Hillel’s mission statement is motivated by a farsighted across North America and for tens of thousands of vision: To inspire every Jewish student to make an in the cities, towns and villages of the former Soviet enduring commitment to Jewish life. Union through student-led Passover seders. Hillel pursued its commitment to tzedek, social justice, through The mission and vision statements are products of a alternative-break trips to Latin America, and we helped Strategic Planning Process that began in 2005 and will with recovery efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. conclude in 2006. After consulting more than 1,000 We enriched the lives of Jewish college students so that Hillel stakeholders — students, lay leaders, federation they could enrich the Jewish people and the world. executives, partner-agency representatives and Hillel professionals — Hillel is now setting new goals and creating We are proud to lead an organization that not only an action plan. The objective of the process is to better provides superlative service to Jewish college students, align Hillel’s operation to the needs and interests of but that pushes itself to new heights. In the last decade, Jewish undergraduate and graduate students today and Hillel has pursued a Jewish renaissance, establishing tomorrow. itself as one of the most respected organizations in the Jewish community and on college campuses around As this process has been underway, Hillels have already the world. This annual report not only demonstrates begun to implement many of its recommendations. This Hillel’s accomplishments but points to greater annual report shows how the new mission statement achievements yet to come.

Edgar M. Bronfman Randall Kaplan Avraham Infeld Chairman Chairman President International Board of Governors Board of Directors How does Hillel create welcoming campus environments?

“IT IS EVIDENT THAT YOU ARE TAKING rom Stanford to Yale, from Moscow to Montevideo, Hillel is recognized for its openness to the student community. FULL ADVANTAGE OF [AMERICAN F “Everyone at Cornell can enjoy Hillel and aspects of Jewish FREEDOMS] WITH CLASSES AFFORDING culture, whether they are Jewish or not,” Jeffrey Lehman, former president of Cornell University, told a Hillel alumni group last year. THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY NOT ONLY JUDAISM’S SACRED TEXTS BUT ITS Since 1923, Hillel has contributed to the success of the Jewish community by creating welcoming campus environments in which CULTURAL TRADITIONS, WITH WORSHIP Jewish students can pursue the dream of higher education. Today, SERVICES, SOCIAL EVENTS AND Hillel is the largest Jewish college organization in the world with 251 affiliated foundations, program centers and Jewish student 2 OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE organizations serving students at 513 campuses throughout the STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY and Canada. Hillels are also located in Israel, South America, the United Kingdom, Australia and the republics of the TO ‘DO JUSTICE.’” former Soviet Union.

Richard Charles Levin Hillel creates groups wherever Jewish students may be found and Yale University President provides them with a variety of opportunities to express their January 14, 2005, at the opening of the Jewish identity. Last year, new Hillels opened in Buenos Aires, Taube Hillel House at the Harold and Libby Miami and at Georgetown University. Hillel’s Steinhardt Jewish Ziff Center for Jewish Campus Life, Campus Service Corps, recent college graduates, introduce students Stanford University to Jewish life on 100 campuses. Hillel advocates for Jewish students and helps the university community to under- stand their unique needs. In 2005, Hillel at Brown University worked with the university to change its Spring Weekend schedule to avoid a conflict with Passover. At the University of Nevada — Las Vegas, University of Colorado and the University of Southern California, Hillel fought back against anti-Semitic incidents.

Fortunately, most students never experience hostility on their campuses. They first get to know Hillel at one of hundreds of opening-week events. Ohio State University students learned to roll sushi. Jewish upperclassmen at Rochester Area Hillel in New York gave incoming freshmen a sweet start to their day by “THE ART OF THE HILLEL PROFESSIONAL 3 delivering Krispy Kreme donuts to their dorms one morning. IS TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND OPEN TO Students at the University of Arizona joined Hillel’s outdoor adventure group, the Extremists!, for tubing and spelunking EVERY STUDENT ON CAMPUS, excursions. Jewish Hoosiers played laser tag with Indiana REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND OR University Hillel. NEED. WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT Hillel also provides High Holiday services to tens of thousands of THEY HAVE A FRIEND IN HILLEL AND students. At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, star running back Matt Bernstein joined for Hillel Yom Kippur services before THAT THEIR PARTICIPATION leading his team to victory against Penn State. University of Iowa IN OUR ACTIVITIES CAN Hillel Executive Director Gerald Sorokin explains that spending the High Holidays away from family can be hard for students. To ADD VALUE TO THEIR LIVES.” combat homesickness, Iowa Hillel has sponsored a Rosh Hashanah dinner for years to bring the taste of mom’s cooking to campus. Joe Menashe “We try to provide an atmosphere that is celebratory and that is Executive Director encouraging,” Sorokin said. Johns Hopkins University Hillel How does Hillel enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and

“BROWN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE ow does Hillel enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students? Through everything we do. Hillel LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPRESS THEIR H provides students with meaningful Jewish experiences, MANY PASSIONS AND TO DEVELOP leadership training, opportunities to travel abroad, service- learning programs and so much more. COMMUNITY AROUND THEIR INTERESTS — WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH Hillel is an integral part of the university experience, helping students to learn and grow. “At the university I am forced HANDS-ON SOCIAL-ACTION WORK, to find out who I am and to take risks. Hillel is part of that,” PLAYING MUSIC, ISRAEL ADVOCACY said Arianna Segal, a sophomore at Michigan State. “University is transforming me from a kid who lives with her parents to a 4 AND CULTURAL EVENTS OR EVEN mature and independent person.” KNITTING. HILLEL IS A HUB FOR As a member of the university community, Hillel tries to address ALL KINDS OF EXPRESSIONS OF the whole student, not just his or her Jewish identity. Hillel JEWISH LIFE AROUND CAMPUS.” professionals help students navigate the university system and provide counseling in times of need. “The people who work there and the people who go there are very dedicated. They have a lot Serena Eisenberg Executive Director of heart and are very full of life,” said UC Davis student Jaclyn Brown Hillel Fromer.

Hillel strives to accommodate all Jewish students on campus: athletes and artists, gay and straight, Orthodox, Reform and Conservative, social-justice activists and the largest group of all, “just Jews.” By providing Jewish students of all backgrounds with the resources they need to express themselves and develop, Hillel is enriching their lives, helping them to grow and enabling them graduate students?

to become leaders. “One of the great things about Hillel is it’s all about students, and the programs that we do are what the students want,” said Ally Toll, a student at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Hillel programs such as the Collegiate Leadership Internship Program in place students in professional opportunities that develop career skills and enable them to experience their future professions. In 2005, Hillel and the Jewish Agency for Israel announced the creation of specialized Otzma-Hillel Fellowships, a program that enables recent graduates to spend a year working 5 and learning in Israel. Hillel also partnered with the Professional Leadership Project to encourage students to consider careers with Jewish organizations. Anna Thompson, a senior at the University “HILLEL ENABLED ME TO of North Carolina, created a Hillel-sponsored program on her campus to raise awareness about the genocide in the Darfur INTEGRATE JUDAISM INTO ALL OF region of Sudan. “My involvement with Hillel has really allowed THE OTHER ACTIVITIES AND IDENTITIES me to see opportunities after I graduate,” she said. I WAS EXPLORING AS AN It is not surprising that Hillel participants are recognized by their UNDERGRADUATE. IT HELPED ME TO universities and the community at large. Last year one Hillel activist, University of Western Ontario student Joelle Faulkner, SEE HOW JUDAISM COULD ENHANCE was named a Rhodes scholar, and West Point Hillel member Jeff EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE.” Glick became one of the first two cadets ever to be named a Fulbright scholar. Brian Schaefer Student University of California, San Diego How does Hillel help students to enrich the Jewish people

“WE SEE THE DEVASTATION OF hen Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, Hillel immediately went into action. Hillel HURRICANE KATRINA ON TELEVISION, W foundations around the world began to raise money for WE READ ABOUT IT IN THE victims. Hillel groups welcomed students displaced by the hurricane to their campuses. As the Weinberg Tzedek Hillel NEWSPAPERS, BUT IT TOOK A TRIP TO program made plans for hundreds of students to volunteer in HOUSTON, TEXAS, TO SHOW ME THE hurricane-damaged areas during winter and spring breaks, students from the Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student INCREDIBLE HOPE THAT CAN BE FOUND Life at New York University joined with others from Houston Hillel IN DESPERATION. I WENT TO THE to work with refugees taking shelter in Houston. 6 ASTRODOME TO HELP THE EVACUEES; After her first day volunteering, NYU student Jill Goldstein THEY ENDED UP HELPING ME SEE THE reflected on her experience: “Now is this time, if there ever was, to put words into actions. No action is too little. This really is an POWER OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.” instance where every smile counts. Seeing with your own eyes is powerful, but doing with your own hands, that is a life-changing Rachel A. Ishofsky experience.” Student New York University Hillel could respond quickly to Katrina because tzedek, social justice, is central to our work. In 2005, Hillel also raised funds to help restore communities in South Asia devastated by a tsunami. Hillel worked with mtvU, MTV’s college network, and other groups to campaign for an end to the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. and the world?

“Hillel’s student activists mobilized on campuses around the country and helped make a huge difference. mtvU is proud to have Hillel as a partner,” said Ross Martin, head of programming at mtvU.

Hillel also partnered with the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation to sponsor bone marrow screenings on 50 campuses. Through Hillel’s work, more than 5,000 potential donors were added to the registry and two dozen students were identified as possible matches. In February, George Washington University student Amy Fishman became the first student to donate bone marrow to a 7 cancer victim after registering at a Hillel-sponsored drive.

In recognition for its work, the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation honored Hillel with its Solomon Weill Recruitment “HILLELS AROUND THE WORLD WERE Award. “Hillel students have taken ownership of a community- WONDERFUL. THEY RESPONDED TO THE service project that truly repairs the world” said Jay Feinberg, executive director of Gift of Life. NEEDS OF ALL KATRINA VICTIMS. THEY WELCOMED OUR STUDENTS TO In the spring, Hillel sponsored alternative breaks for students to do community service in the United States, South America and THEIR CAMPUSES AND OFFERED HILLEL the former Soviet Union. Betsy Marder, a senior at Pitzer College, OF NEW ORLEANS THEIR RESOURCES. spent her break in El Salvador working on agricultural projects with struggling farmers. The trip was arranged with Yale Hillel THAT’S WHAT TIKKUN OLAM through the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an organiza- (REPAIRING THE WORLD) IS ALL ABOUT.” tion dedicated to alleviating poverty, hunger and disease around the world. “There’s a whole world outside of the U.S., where people live very differently than we do here,” Marder said. “We Paige Nathan have access to a wealth of resources, and I believe we have an Executive Director obligation to use them to help those who need it.” Hillel Foundation of New Orleans How does Hillel provide meaningful Jewish experiences to students?

“I NEVER THOUGHT THAT hat is a meaningful Jewish experience? For one student, it’s a positive interaction with a Hillel professional. For another, I WOULD BE ABLE TO PENETRATE W it’s a service-learning project. For a third, it’s studying an A JEWISH TEXT. BUT WITH THE RIGHT ancient Jewish text with a friend. TEACHER OR STUDY PARTNER, Hillel endeavors to provide multiple opportunities for students to I CAN FIND TREMENDOUS DEPTH find their own meaningful Jewish experiences. AND RELEVANCE.” Inna Livitz had a meaningful Jewish experience when she became one of 3,000 students to participate in Hillel’s Taglit-birthright Danny Greene israel trip last year. Inna, a junior at Harvard University, was born 8 Student in Moscow to a family with one Jewish parent. She approached Stanford University her trip with great ambivalence. “Then, one week after our arrival, we reached Jerusalem for Shabbat. On Saturday night we made havdalah by the Western Wall…. Maybe it was something about the Western Wall, or maybe in the voice or the hand of the person next to me, but at that point I felt connection — connection to the people in the circle and to every person in the square watching our ceremony; I felt a link through history and through standing in this square at that very moment.”

Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning last year brought spirituality to campuses through a series of “Check-Ups” in which students experienced different approaches to Jewish spirituality. In Long Beach, Calif., Shabbat was “Jewlicious” when Beach Hillel sponsored a unique Shabbat experience. An increasing number of students find Jewish meaning in cultural events. Hillel teamed up with Comedy Central last year to sponsor screenings of the outrageous film “The Hebrew Hammer” on 90 campuses, from Wyoming to Oslo, Norway. Boston University Hillel sponsored its own Jewish film festival that featured the works of six student directors.

Meanwhile, Hillels at Indiana University and in Georgia sponsored “American Idol”-style vocal competitions and crowned their own “Campus SuperStars.” An Israeli group brought the blues home during a performance for Hillel of Memphis. Hillels remembered 9 the life of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl by creating concerts in his memory. The Chasidic Jewish rapper “IN JEWISH LIFE, ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT Matisyahu made the rounds of Hillels and ended the year with a ALL. FROM OUR JEWISH WOMEN’S special concert for New York-area students at MTV studios. GROUP TO MEN’S FULL-CONTACT TALMUD, There’s more than fun behind these meaningful Jewish experiences: FROM OUR CHILDREN’S LITERACY They help to inspire every Jewish student to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life. “Hillel is the first time I found my PROJECT TO RELIEF FOR HURRICANE own Judaism,” said University of Pittsburgh junior Elan Strait. KATRINA, FROM OUR KLEZMER BAND “When I got to college I expected to avoid Jewish things. But when I got to Hillel I found a place where everything was initiated and TO ISRAEL TRIPS, HILLEL GIVES run by students. Hillel is a place where I can make Judaism my own.” STUDENTS EXCITING WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR JUDAISM.”

Jeffrey A. Summit Executive Director Tufts University Hillel How does Hillel foster global Jewish peoplehood?

“HILLEL IN BUENOS AIRES PROVIDES asha Olinykova grew up in Kiev, the capital of the newly independent state of Ukraine in the former Soviet Union. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS S Half a world away, Evelyn Goldfinger’s family endured FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES AND economic upheaval in Buenos Aires, Argentina. PARTS OF THE CITY TO COME The young women live in different climates, write in different TOGETHER, SOCIALIZE, NETWORK, alphabets and are immersed in different cultures, but when they met at Hillel’s Charles Schusterman International Student Leaders EXPLORE THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY Assembly they found a common language. AND BUILD THEIR OWN “We have Hillel that unites students all over the world,” 10 JEWISH COMMUNITY.” Olinykova said. “We have the same songs, prayers and Shabbat. The spirits and purposes of life are the same.” Gabriel Trajtenberg Executive Director Hillel helps Jewish students around the world create communities in Hillel Argentina which they can grow as people and as Jews, whether they live in North America, the former Soviet Union, South America or Israel.

Hillel also brings students together across borders so that they could learn from one another and appreciate the interdependence of the Jewish people. Last year, Hillel students from Israel, North America and the former Soviet Union participated in the ninth annual Passover Project, an initiative that provides seders to 20,000 Jews across the former Soviet Union. Students from the United States traveled to South America to do tzedek work. Uruguay Hillel hosted a Berlitz Spanish-language course for English speakers. Israeli students joined with New York students to plan joint projects through the UJA-Federation of New York. Hillel students participated in the World Union of Jewish Students Congress and are working to create a U.S. branch of the international student group.

Hillel in Israel is bridging the gaps between secular and religious, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, new immigrants and sabras. Hillel is working with immigrant students from the former Soviet Union, South America and Ethiopia to learn about Jewish culture and to 11 prepare for conversion through a new program called SO-LY: Student Olim Learn Yahadut. “HILLEL DOES AMAZING THINGS FOR Hillel works with the American Jewish Joint Distribution STUDENTS IN THE FORMER SOVIET Committee (JDC) and local community leaders in the former Soviet Union to provide Jewish education for those with little or UNION. NOT ONLY DOES IT HELP US TO no background. Last year, Hillel and the JDC provided 61 Siberian LEARN ABOUT OUR JEWISH HERITAGE, Jews ages 12-20 with a bar/bat mitzvah celebration. BUT IT HELPS US TO CONNECT After the ceremony, an elderly man who was celebrating his WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TO CREATE great-grandson’s bar mitzvah told the ceremony organizer that he had celebrated his own bar mitzvah in but his son and OUR OWN COMMUNITY OF his grandson never had the opportunity. He was overjoyed for his YOUNG JEWS. I LOVE HILLEL.” great-grandson. “We’ve restarted the tradition,” he said proudly.

Katya Zikun Student Minsk, Belarus How does Hillel support Israel on campus?

“HILLEL IS ABOUT PERSONAL hen the Palestine Solidarity Movement — a group that supports divestment from Israel — announced that it would RELATIONSHIPS THAT NOT ONLY W hold its annual meeting at Duke University, Hillel students NURTURE YOUNG MINDS TO EXPLORE saw the opportunity to oppose global terrorism. The Freeman Center for Jewish Life at Duke worked with a number of campus THEIR OWN RELATIONSHIP TO ISRAEL, groups to create Students Against Terror, which organized a rally BUT WHEN NEEDED, TO STAND UP AND and concert denouncing terrorism. The rally featured a diverse line-up of speakers, including survivors of terror attacks in Israel, RESPOND PROACTIVELY TO ISRAEL’S Sudan, New York and Lebanon. The event ended with a concert by DETRACTORS ON CAMPUS.” the group Sister Hazel. 12 “This will surely be remembered as the biggest event of the fall Aaron Weil Executive Director semester, and we think it really brought the Duke community Pittsburgh Hillel together for a very worthy cause,” said David Gastwirth, one of the students who organized the concert.

Hillel’s pro-Israel education and advocacy is intended to give students a different view of the Jewish state than they see in the news and to prevent groups from promoting anti-Israel policies on campus. In 2005, Hillel helped prevent groups at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan from passing measures that would have called on the universities to divest from Israel. The University of Wisconsin also reversed its policy preventing students from studying in Israel, becoming the first major public university to reinstate its study-abroad program. Wisconsin’s move came after the Israel on Campus Coalition, a partnership between Hillel and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, launched its “Let Our Students Go!” campaign to promote study abroad in Israel. Hillel promotes pro-Israel education on campus through Grinspoon Israel Advocacy Interns, 43 students who lead their campuses in creating pro-Israel activities. Hillels can apply for AVI CHAI grants to fund Israel activities on campus. Duke University student Maital Guttman obtained an AVI CHAI grant in 2005 to film a documentary about young Israelis preparing to enter the Israel Defense Forces. The movie has been well received on campuses across North America. “It really stirred people, I think, to really challenge themselves and question what images they saw of Israel,” said Guttman. 13 Young Israelis are also visiting campuses to discuss their country with students through programs such as Israel at Heart. In 2005, Hillel and the Jewish Agency for Israel placed 21 recent Israeli college graduates on campuses as Israel Fellows. “You can say, “HILLEL GAVE ME THE TOOLS TO ‘Everyone hates us’ and give up, or you can do something about EXPLORE LIFE FOR ISRAELIS MY OWN it,” said Leah Biteolin, the Israel Fellow at the University of Western Ontario. AGE AND THEN TO SHARE THIS WITH OTHER STUDENTS. IT ENABLED ME TO Israel Fellows helped students plan many of the Israel festivals that took place on campuses in 2005. At the University of Texas, FIND MY OWN VOICE TO ARTICULATE Austin, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Illinois, Urbana- ISRAEL AND ALSO HELPED ME FIND A Champaign and dozens of other campuses, students celebrated Israel with music, food and activities. Student Norman Gilboord CAREER PATH IN DOCUMENTARY WORK!” enjoyed the University of Texas Hillel IsraelFest, which showed a different side of Israel. “Israel is about democracy, culture, Maital Guttman history, peace,” he said. “The news media want controversy, they Student don’t show the positive side. Every country deserves to show the Duke University whole picture.” The Year in Review

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Hillel Board Chairman Hillels sponsor bone- Hillel sends 400-student Hillels at the University of New Hillel centers open Jewish students pursue Randall Kaplan “drafts” marrow screening drives delegation to United Maryland, College Park at Stanford University social justice at 2005 baseball’s Shawn Green to during Sukkot. Jewish Communities and Indiana University and University of Florida. Charlotte B. and Jack J. the Hillel team for General Assembly. compete for dreidel- Spitzer B’nai B’rith Hillel refusing to play ball on The Freeman Center for spinning record. 200 student activists Forum on Public Policy. Rosh Hashana. Jewish Life at Duke Hillels promote travel to Israel on Hillel University works with voter educa- Greater Miami Hillel missions. Second Annual Russian Hillel partners with campus groups to sponsor tion and Foundation dedicates H2G, Shabbaton in Illinois helps Professional Leaders concert against terror. registration Hillel Second Generation, Hillel student presidents participants deal with Project to recruit young for local and a new community-based attend World Union of identity and assimilation. people to work in Jewish Hillels sponsor events for national elections. Hillel. Jewish Students Congress. communal organizations. Daniel Pearl Music Day. Hillel activists join call Six students join Hillel More than 400 Hillel Hillel sends 2,100 students for action in Darfur at Israel on Campus Coalition Tens of thousands of Board of Directors. professionals join together to Israel as part of the national student conference. launches “Let Our Students students participate in for 2004 International Taglit—birthright israel Go!” cam- Hillel High Holiday Three Hillels receive Professional Staff program. Hillel mourns the passing paign to services. accreditation. Conference. Eight Hillel of philanthropist David lower professionals were Hillels raise money for Bittker, z”l, the first university Students mark National honored with the Richard tsunami survivors in South chairman of the Hillel barriers to Hunger and Homelessness M. Joel Exemplar of Asia. Board of Directors. study in Awareness Week at Hillel. Excellence Award. Lay leaders forge regional Israel. Rutgers student, North Middlebury Hillel celebrates ties at first Western Hillels Carolina Hillel named 50th anniversary. Lay Leadership Institute. Tzedek Exemplars of Excellence. March April May June July August

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Jewish students participate Hillel honors International More than 1,000 students Israel on Campus Coalition Hillel International Board Students “elevate” their in alternative-break Board of Governors participate in Taglit — honors top pro-Israel of Governors member Ira leadership skills at 2005 programs. Chairman Edgar M. birthright israel: Hillel advocates at semi-annual Lipman donates Torah to Charles Schusterman Bronfman. program. consultation. University of Maryland, International Student Lay leaders build on their College Park Hillel. Leaders Assembly. strengths at Midwestern Jewish students participate Hillel lay leaders from Hillel International Hillels Lay Leadership in STANDFast to call North America visit President Avraham Infeld Hillel co-sponsors bar Eight student activists at Institute. attention to crisis in Ukraine. receives Samuel Rothberg mitzvah ceremony for 61 Hillels in the U.S., Russia Sudan. Prize in Jewish education young people in Siberia. and Israel received the Hillel lay leaders visit The Florence and Chafetz from the Hebrew Philip H. and Susan Rudd Jewish communities in Hillels in Indiana, Georgia Hillel House at Boston University of Jerusalem. Hillel creates new Human Cohen Student Exemplar Argentina and Uruguay. crown “Campus University opens. Resources Department to of Excellence: Shai Berdugo, SuperStars.” Hillel accredits 11 better recruit, train and Northeastern Illinois Univ.; Buenos Aires Jewish Hillels offer seders to Jews foundations. retain professionals. Rebecca Cyr, Univ. of New community celebrates Oklahoma, Muhlenberg in the former Soviet Union Hampshire; Andy Green, opening of second Hillel Hillels capture prizes in through Pesach Project. Hillel activists earn New Hillel directors share Univ. of California, LA; Emily Haimowitz, Univ. of Pittsburgh; in Argentina. Hillel/WorldManna.org recognition at AIPAC Policy passion for Jewish life at Ilya Hinsky, Moscow State challenge to stop global Conference. New Professionals Industrial Univ.; Tafat Malka, hunger. Institute. Tel Aviv Univ.; Noa Michaeli, Univ. of South Florida; and David Steinberg, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago.

Hillels around the world sponsor Fresh Fests to welcome first-year students to campus. Who sustains Hillel’s important work around the world?

illel’s continued success is made possible by the the organization in expanding within North America and partnership and support of a growing number of overseas. Last year, 10 new members joined the board, H philanthropists, lay leaders, charitable foundations including representatives from Canada and the and organizations who are committed to our vision for a republics of the former Soviet Union. Members of the stronger Jewish future. These valued partners have Board of Governors are leaders of the business and enabled Hillels to provide an extraordinary variety of philanthropic communities who support Hillel’s work initiatives designed to inspire college students to find internationally and locally. meaning and joy in their Jewish identity, to promote tzedek (social justice) and to advocate for Israel. On April 6, 2005, the community’s leadership gathered 16 at the Pierre Hotel in New York City to pay tribute to Last year, Hillel helped to meet the changing needs the chairman of Hillel’s International Board of Governors, of students, in part, through the Renaissance Society, Edgar M. Bronfman, for his longstanding leadership in a group of individuals who provide unrestricted gifts the global Jewish community and for championing a to help sustain the organization. This society grew renaissance of Jewish life through Hillel. The gala substantially under the leadership of Development raised $1.4 million, a record for such a Hillel event. Chair Chuck Newman, a former chairman of our Board of Directors. Hillel greatly appreciates the ongoing support of the United Jewish Communities, the members of the In 2005, Hillel mourned the loss of our beloved David National Funding Councils and hundreds of Jewish Bittker, z”l, the first chairman of Hillel’s Board of federations across North America. A significant number Directors and a philanthropist who provided continuing of these federations provide support for Hillel’s support for student leadership development programs. international operations as well as for Hillels in their David’s legacy continues through the work of the young communities. Hillel is proud to be a beneficiary of people he helped to train. federation campaigns and encourages students, lay leaders and campus professionals to support their Philanthropists contributed substantially to Jewish federations. student communities last year through the construction of five new facilities. More than a dozen additional Hillel is thankful for the generosity of our valued capital campaigns are currently underway to construct partners around the world. Through their support, or renovate buildings. Hillel will continue to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students and create a Hillel’s growing International Board of Governors has led stronger, more vibrant Jewish future. ENDOWMENT FUNDS THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Hillel is fortunate to have the financial The Renaissance Society recognizes Judy and support of philanthropic visionaries philanthropists whose commitment to National Funding Councils of the United who have made endowed gifts. These Hillel represents their leadership role Jewish Communities donors have assured Hillel’s future by in fostering a renaissance of Jewish life generously providing Hillel with the on campuses around the world. STUDENT LIFE ability to initiate and continue bold Members of the Renaissance Society Berman Fellowship at the University and innovative programs, both locally provide vital annual support for Hillel, of Michigan and globally. allowing Hillel to provide its Regional Mandell L. Berman Centers, Campus Hillel Foundations, Arline and David L. Bittker Fellowship The Ann Loeb Bronfman Fund Program Centers and Affiliates with Arline and David L. z’’l* Bittker The Edgar M. Bronfman Endowment the tools, resources and professional Bronfman Fellowship The Jacob Burns Endowment in Ethics guidance necessary for engaging and Bronfman Youth Fellowship in Israel 17 Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for empowering Jewish students. Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Foundation Jewish Learning Institutes for Engagement Training The Irving and Sarah Pitt Institute for and Engagement Grants Student Leadership RENAISSANCE INITIATIVES Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family The Estate of Sylvia S. Simmons Foundation, Inc. The Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Endowment During the past year, Hillel has Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Lynne B Harrison benefited from gifts of $25,000 or Corps Estate of Lester Rosenblatt more that support specific areas of Judy and Michael Steinhardt The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg student programming, professional Foundation, Inc. development and organizational CONFERENCES, GRANTS AND PROGRAMS excellence. The Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Student Exemplars of Excellence HILLEL’S CHARLES AND LYNN Award SCHUSTERMAN INTERNATIONAL Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen CENTER Frank and Claire Darmstaedter Hillel GENERAL SUPPORT Holocaust Education Program Edgar M. Bronfman Estates of Frank and Claire Darmstaedter, Tobee and Leonard Kaplan through UJA—Federation of New York Grinspoon Quick Turn-Around Grants Hochberg Israel Engagement Fellow HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG TZEDEK The Harold Grinspoon Foundation Sue and Larry Hochberg HILLEL INITIATIVE Hillel Pardes Summer Learning The Israel on Campus Coalition Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, Inc. Institute A partnership of the Charles and Lynn Nathan Cummings Family Foundation Edith B. Everett Schusterman Family Foundation and MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger Lynne B Harrison Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg The Koret Hillel Student Internship Campus Life, in cooperation with a Foundation, Inc. Program global network of organizations The Koret Foundation committed to promoting Israel Charles Schusterman International education and advocacy on campus. CAMPUS ADVANCEMENT Student Leaders Assembly The Russell Berrie Foundation Kaplan Campus Transformation Fund The Charles and Lynn Schusterman The Marcus Foundation Anonymous Family Foundation The Howard and Geraldine Polinger The Feldman Foundation 18 Hillel’s Soref — Brandeis-Bardin Family Foundation Rita and Stanley Kaplan Collegiate Institute The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Malcolm M. Rosenberg The Samuel and Helene Soref Charitable Family Foundation Toleo Foundation, Tobee and Leonard Foundation, Benjamin F. Breslauer Israel Fellows Program Kaplan and James Breslauer, Trustees Anonymous Support for Hillel at Cornell and Drew Judy and Michael Steinhardt Taglit — birthright israel Universities, Dickinson College and Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer B’nai The Jewish Agency for Israel University of Pennsylvania B’rith Hillel Forum on Public Policy Robert Kogod The Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Charlotte B. and Jack J. z”l* Spitzer Ellen and H. Irwin Levy Fund Steinhardt Scholars Program Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Support for Hillels in Northern Judy and Michael Steinhardt Foundation, Inc. California Gary Winnick David B. Gold Foundation ISRAEL ON CAMPUS Student Leadership Missions to Israel Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund General Support American Israel Education Foundation Soref Initiative for Emerging Campuses The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Michael Jesselson The Samuel and Helene Soref Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Jewish Agency for Israel Foundation, Benjamin F. Breslauer AVI CHAI Israel Advocacy Grants Judy and Michael Steinhardt and James Breslauer, Trustees AVI CHAI Foundation The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Grinspoon Israel Advocacy Interns Foundation, Inc. The Harold Grinspoon Foundation Ruth Ziegler INTERNATIONAL HILLEL IN LATIN AMERICA NEW VENTURES FUND Anonymous EDGAR M. BRONFMAN GLOBAL STUDENT Edgar M. Bronfman Each member of the New Ventures Fund EXCHANGE FUND Eduardo S. Elsztain has made a commitment of $10,000 to Lynne B Harrison $24,999 to Hillel this year. HILLEL IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION The Jewish Agency for Israel Anonymous Ben & Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, Inc. Anonymous American Jewish Joint Distribution The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Joan Beren Committee Family Foundation Blue Square Israel Blavatnik Family Charitable Foundation United Jewish Federation of Metro West Lanie and Tom Blumberg The Samuel Bronfman Foundation (New Jersey) Amy and Robert Bressman Pamela and Stanley Chais The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Harvey R. Chaplin Perl Golgorer Benevolent Society Foundation, Inc. Abby and David Cohen Moshe Kantor Ryna and Melvin S. Cohen 19 The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Columbia University Family Foundation CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Kathi Belfer Cypres Frederick R. Shvetz Rebecca Davis Trust UJA—Federation of New York Each member of the Chairman’s Circle Nathalie and Charles De Gunzburg has made a commitment of $25,000 or Terry and Jean De Gunzburg HILLEL IN ISRAEL more to Hillel this year. Tova and Barry Effron General Support Melvin Epstein Adam Bronfman Anonymous Jerald S. Friedman Hillel at Ben-Gurion University of the Abramson Family Foundation Philip M. Friedmann Family Negev Citigroup Susan and Michael Gelman The Samuel and Helen Soref Charitable Davenport and Company LLC GF Capital Foundation, Benjamin F. Breslauer Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP Barbara and Mel Goldsmith and James Breslauer, Trustees Evelyn and Shmuel Katz Steve Greenberg Hillel at the Hebrew University of Joan and George Kessel Jewish Federation of Kansas City Jerusalem Henry Kravis Jewish Federation of North Jersey The Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Ratner, Miller, Shafran Families & Forest Jewish Federation of Greater Charitable Funds City Enterprises Indianapolis Ellin Mitchell Hillel Program at Tel Rosalie and Jim Shane Jewish Federation of South Palm Aviv University Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Beach County Jan Mitchell UIA Federations Canada Sherry and Larry Kalish Judy and Michael Steinhardt Warner Music Group Ariel and Jorge Kaplan Shelly and Michael Kassen LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Philip Milstein Harvey Krueger Jack Nash Sheila and Bill Lambert Each member of the Leadership Council Mark Nathanson Robert P. Lang has made a commitment of $5,000 to Charles and Jan Nirenberg Charna Larkin $9,999 to Hillel this year. Morris W. Offit Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation Julie Wise Oreck and Marshall Oreck Eleanor and Mort Lowenthal A.N.I. Associates, Inc. L. A. Pincus Fund Frederic Mack Elisa and Robert Bildner Lester J. Rosenberg Lee Mazer Joan A. Binkow Pat and E. John Rosenwald Karen and Neil Moss Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Lawrence Ruben Sharon and Chuck Newman Matthew Bronfman Michael Rubinoff Perlman Family Foundation Kelly and Sam Bronfman Jack Saltz Jodi J. Schwartz and Steven F. Richman Mirrel Davis Trust Morton Owen Schapiro 20 Audrey and Martin Rieger Charles Dimston Albert and Diane Shapiro Lenore Ruben Alisa and Daniel Doctoroff Elene and Herbert J. Solomon Michael Rukin Gail and Alfred Engelberg Carol and Arthur Spinner Paul Sade Herman Goldman Foundation Arthur O. Sulzberger Nina and Julian Sandler William Goldring David Taub Ronald Sedley Samuel N. Goldstein Universal Studios Judy and Barry Silverman Greensboro Jewish Federation Vivendi Universal Paul E. Singer Toba and Earl Greinetz John S. Weinberg Alan Slifka S & K Grumbacher Foundation Michael Weiser Karen and Robert Spitalnick Leonard Grunstein Violet Werner David Steinhardt Anita and William Heller Carol B. Wise Jeffrey Tieman Trust Roger Hertog Wolfensohn Family Foundation United Jewish Federation of San Diego Avraham Infeld World Jewish Congress County Tom Israel Aaron Ziegelman Universal Music Group Jewish Federation of Broward County Uzi Zucker Yoreinu Foundation Jewish Federation of the North Shore Roy J. Zuckerberg Jim Joseph Foundation Thomas L. Kempner RENAISSANCE FUND Louis Kroll and Geoffrey Kroll Marilyn and Arnold Lampert Each member of the Renaissance Fund Goldie Lang has made a commitment of $1,000 to Lenore and Harold Larkin $4,999 to Hillel this year. Judy and Bernard Levin Richard S. Lund Anonymous David Mandelbaum Robert Abrams Trisha and Rabbi Frederic Margulies Adams Hussey and Associates Carol and Andrew Milstein Steven Adelsberg Richard Ader Bea Bloch Maureen and Marshall Cogan The Alperin/Hirsch Family Foundation Camellia and J. Gerson Bloch Claire J. Cohen Amarr Garage Doors Marjorie Boas-Levins Howard Cohen Jo and Norman Amer Julia and Norman Bobrow Paul J. Cohen Carol and Herbert Amster Jeanette and Frederic Bogart Shelley Cohen Debbie and Michael Amster Lawrence Brandes Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Sanford Antignas Lotte and Ludwig Bravmann Aryee Bushi Colton Apollonian Foundation Michele Breslauer and Jeffrey I. Abrams Julie F. and Peter D. Cummings Harlene and Henry Appelman Ronnie L. Bretholtz Clive Cummis Shari and Stephen Ashman Muriel and Bert Brodsky Family Da’at Travel Services Augusta Jewish Federation Foundation Renee and Ezra Dabah Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Marleen and Martin Brody Judy Darsky Foundation, Inc. Marian and Edward E. A. Bromberg David and Gilbert, LLP Ruth M. and William B. Barry Shirlee and Bernard Brown Rita and Salomon Dayan 21 Sanford L. Batkin Bert S. Brown The Helen Matchett De Mario Kerrin Behrend Jane and Scott Brown Foundation, Inc. Diane and Arthur Belfer Brown University Hillel Elsa Denburg Elinor and Norman Belfer Jill Laurie Goodman and Melvin Jules Adele Dresner Michael Belman Bukiet Georgiana and Donald Duber Jack A. Belz Sanford P. and Irene Burnstein Nancy and Marc Duber Henri Bengualid Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dunn Robert Beren Sharon and David Butler Janine and Jevin Eagle Helene and Adolph Berger Marilyn Butler Robert Edelstein Seymour Berger Marcia and Austin Cable Rita and Martin Edelston Richard D. Bergman Sandra F. and Stewart Cahn Tiby and Arthur Eilen Henrietta and Jerome Berko Cannon Family Foundation Julius Eisen Berkshire Insitute for Music & Arts/ Sandy Cardin Lisa and Mitchell Eisen Gann Academy Champaign-Urbana Jewish Federation Karen Lehmann-Eisner and David Eisner Rose and Ed Berman Leona Chanin Emory University Carol and Gary Berman Phyllis and Leon Charash Gerald S. Engel Kenneth Bialkin Beth and Paul J. Cherner Lois and Richard England Bryan Bier Stanley M. Chesley Laurie Bilger and Eli Epstein Marjorie Bissinger Rose and Michael Choffnes Maxine and Marty Epstein Shirley Blaine City University of New York Rafael Feferman Nancy and Maury Fertig Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Green Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven Sheila and Milton Fine Richard D. Green Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando Cheryl Fishbein and Philip Schatten Phyllis Greenman Jewish Federation of Nashville and Shirley and Miles Fiterman Ronnie and Richard M. Grosbard Middle Tennessee Seymour “Zoom” Fleisher Amy Grossman Jewish Federation of New Orleans Barbara and Irving H. Franklin Jonathan Grossman Jewish Federation of Portland Feliks I. Frenkel Phyllis and Joseph Gurwin Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley Bob Friedland Ivan Halaj Jewish Federation of South Jersey Robert A. Friedlander Martin L. Halbfinger Jewish Funders Network Chaya and Howard Tzvi Friedman Andras Hamori Marvin Josephson Ann and Robert L. Fromer Maury Harris David Kahan Lita and Mitchell Fromstein Jane and Paul Harris Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kamins Eva and Leo Gans Arnold Hartman The Kandell Fund 22 Paula Blumenfeld and Joseph Gantz Harvard University Hillel Mr. and Mrs. David P. Kaplan Sarita Gantz Rita Dee Hassenfeld Edwin Kaplan Philip Garoon and Family Foundation Larry Hauptman Morris J & Betty Kaplun Foundation, Inc. Edmund Geller William Hecht Candice and Stuart Karu Irving Gerstein Lee Meyerhoff Hendler Kathleen and Robert Kaswell Judith Cohn Gilberg and David Gilberg Judy and Stuart Hershon Gary Katz Laurie and Stephen Girsky Arthur Hertzberg Renee and Robert Katz Eric Glover Harriet and Michael Hessdorf Peter Kaufman Sidney V. Gold Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hieken Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kaufman Shira and Rob Goldberg The Hillels of Illinois Roberta Kaylie Frank and Anna Goldman Foundation Larry Hiss Carolyn and Stephan Kayne Merle and Marshall Goldman C. Lorraine and Martin Hoffinger Roman Kent Aaron Goldman Alyse and Philip Holstein Barbara Reed and Michael G. Kesler Meryl and David Gordon Angela and Ellis Horvitz Ruth Peyser and Gerald Kestenbaum Alan Gover Laura T. Huang Wilbur Kim Shirley and Milton Gralla Adele and Mel Ilberman Barbara and Dennis Kirschbaum Eugene Grant Dorian S. Goldman and Marvin Israelow Beth S. and Seth A. Klarman Glenn Jacobs Philip E. Klein Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jacobs Dolores and James Kleinman Bernard H. Jaffee Fred Klingenstein Joan Jakubovitz Chaim Kohanchi Susan Behrend Jerison and Jonathan Stuart Kolbert Jerison Sherry Krakauer and family Jewish Community Federation of Canton Dorothy Kravetz Jewish Federation of Collier County Bert Kreisberg Jewish Federation of Fort Worth & Herbert Kronish Tarrant County Vivianne and Robert Kurzweil Ronald and Mary Ann Lachman Karen and Alexander Mauskop Marlene and Robert Post Foundation Stacey and Isidore Mayrock Jewel and Allen Prince William K. Langfan Ed McDonnel Bernard Pucker Sherry Lansing Warren Melamed Stephanie and David Pulver Robert Lappin Linda and Stephen Melcer Loretta and Gary Rabiner Michael Laufer Herman Merinoff Arthur Radin Lawn Manor Beth Jacob Congregation Stan Merkin Dana and Yossi Raucher Lisa and Michael Leffell Sydelle and Arthur Meyer The Morton and Beverly Rechler Family Ira Leibowitz Lillian and Andrew Jay Meyers Foundation Marvin Lender Suzanne and Joseph Michaan Stephen R. Reiner Fran and Robert Lent Dan Michaels Joel Reinstein Victor Leschkowitz Sydell and Arnold Miller Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Norman Rich Anne Claire Lester Foundation, Inc. Harvey L. Miller Marcia Riesman Richard Leventhal Norman Miller Anita B. Robbins 23 Gail and Barry Levin Philip Miller Elliot C. Rosch John A. Levin Carolyn Schiff and Noah Millman Linda and Harold Rosenson Joy and Michael Levin Tuvia Milsztein Michael A. Rosenbaum Mildred and Abby Levine John D. Mintz Goldie and David Rosenberg Gladys Cole Levine and Albert Levine Arlene and Mayer Mitchell Lewis H. Rosenberg Marjorie and Jack Levins Stanford Morris Richard Rosenberg Shari and Harold Levy Cherna and Irv Moskowitz Jon Rosenblatt Maxine Myers Olive Rosenfield Stacey and Mark Levy Nelco Sewing Machine Sales Corp. James A. Rosenstein Mr. and Mrs. Eric Lidow Rosalind and Sanford Neuman Charlotte and David Rosensweig Erna and Sam Liebovich James Nobil Nurite Notarius-Rosin and Craig Rosin The Lindemann Foundation Novo1 Grace and Martin Rosman Dottie Lipson Eve Coulson and Nelson Obus Eric F. Ross Lopatin Family Foundation Henry D. Ostberg Alan Rosskamm Lowitz Foundation James A. Ostiller The Maks and Lea Rothstein Foundation Pamela and Joseph G. Lubeck The Park Avenue Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Rotter Caroline Fromm Lurie and Brian L. Lurie Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Mr. and Mrs. Bernard R. Ruben Bente and Daniel Lyons Education Carol and Jay Rubin Sondra and David Mack Miriam and Gideon Pell Debbie and Jeff Rubin Ruth Mack Jeanne Phillips and Walter Harris Fred Rubin Madison Jewish Community Council Sheldon Pike David Safir Beatrice Mandel Anita A. Pinkus Marshal L. Salant Gay and Morris Mandon Margie and Maurice Plough Kevin Salter Margolin, Winer, and Evens LLP Esther and Gary Polland Samuel M. Maslansky Emily and Harvey Poppel Lee and Robert W. Matanky Mr. and Mrs. Murray Popper Helen A. Mattin Sidney L. Port Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Savikovsky Stanley J. Silverstein Sharon Ungerleider Frederica K. Saxon Denis Simon United Jewish Council of Toledo Rowland and Sylvia Schaefer Family Charles Singer United Jewish Fund and Council of St. Foundation, Inc S. Fred Singer Paul Rochelle Chaiken and Edward Scharfman Melvin N. Sirner Philip Wachs Jane and Colin Scher Susan and Mike Skalka Susan and Charles Wachsstock Meredith and David Schizer Jean and Jack Skodnek Weaver Family Foundation Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Sylvia Slifka Caryn and Steven Wechsler Arnold Schumsky Lynn Shapiro Snyder and Jeffrey M. John L. Weinberg Mildred and Sherwood Schwartz Snyder Lee Weinblatt Ori Schwartzburg Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Sondheimer Edward A. Weinstein James Schwarz Judy Zendell and Isaac R. Souede Daniel Weiss Elinor and Sheldon Seevak Hazel and David Spatz Molly and Howard Weiss 24 The Seinfeld Family Foundation Linda and Edward Spilka Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP Mark Seitelman Susan Stearns Henny Wenkart Gerry Seligsohn Anne and David J. Steirman Mr. and Mrs. David Werblowsky William L. Serog Andrew Sternlieb Diane and Michael Werner Nathan and Fannye Shafran Foundation Bluma B. Stoller Westchester Jewish Center Robert Y. Shasha Keith D. Stoltz Foundation Anne and Art Wichman Sylvia and Lewis Sheketoff Maxwell Strawbridge Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilkenfeld Robert Shlachter Alfred Sundel Marian and Irving Wiseman Beth Kaplan and Bruce Sholk SunTrust Bank Michael Witlin Rose L. Shure SUNY Stony Brook Hillel Max Zankel Foundation Karen and Hal Sider Roselyne C. Swig The Zelnick/Belzberg Charitable Trust Art Siegel Brian L. Tanenbaum Larry Zicklin Phyllis and Herbert Siegel Louis Taratoot Harriet M. and Jerome Zimmerman Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Henry Taub Myron Zimmerman Seth M. Siegel Joel Tauber Jane and Ron Zimmerman Rhonda and Robert Silver Larry Taylor Seymour Zises Marcia and Peter Silverman Arielle Nathan Teitelbaum and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Zusman Aton U. Teitelbaum Sandra and Gene Zwillinger Ellen and David Teitelbaum James Tisch Donald Tober IN-KIND GIFTS Suzanne and Herb Tobin Sylvia and Morris Trachten LEGAL SERVICES Esther and Ted Treitel Hillel expresses its deep appreciation to Sol Tuch David J. Butler, Esq. and the law firm of UCLA Hillel Swidler LLP for services as counsel to Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. HERITAGE SOCIETY Alfred Golden Herbert Silinsky Barbara and Mel Goldsmith Elene and Herbert J. Solomon Hillel recognizes the foresight of Matilda Goodman Irving H. Steinberg those individuals who have provided David Handeli Bluma B. Stoller for future generations of Jewish Phyllis Handelsman Paul J. Sude college students through their Lynne B Harrison Alexander M. Tanger financial and estate plans, including Alice S. Honig Jaqueline Wahl bequests, gift annuities, charitable Eleanor and Aaron Ignal Carol B. Wise trusts, life insurance and retirement Jeffrey E. Jarrett Edward Woll plan beneficiary designations and other Tobee and Leonard Kaplan Marc Zwillinger structured gift plans. Members who Jeanne G. Kaskey have informed Hillel of their Evelyn M. Katz commitments in the past year are Murray Koppelman BEQUESTS noted in italic type. Wynne S. Korr and Donald Brieland 25 Dorothy H. Kravetz In the past year, Hillel received gifts Anonymous Harry Le Vine, Jr. of $5,000 or more from the estates of Kathryn Heaton Andrews Ruth Leder the following individuals. May their Joel S. Beren Barry J. Levin memories be a blessing. Dorothy and Howard Berger Donald I. Levin Estelle Berman Judy and Bernard S. Levin Claire T. and Phillip R. Moselle Mandell L. Berman J. Nina Lieberman Charlotte Sahr Rose and Edward Berman Eugene Lipowitz Sol Weisman Arline and David L. z’’l* Bittker Fannie Milgram I. Irving Weissler Bert S. Brown Rose Mor Melville and Helen Engel Wolf Anna Burton Neil M. Moss Sandra F. and Stewart Cahn Warner Bein Oberndoerfer Pamela and Stanley Chais Julie Wise Oreck Paul J. Cherner Bonnie Orkow Jeff Cohen Louis Osofsky Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Martin Patt Carol and Michael Dean Marilyn Heiman Phillips Paul H. Einhorn Bernard Rose Laurel and Robert Eisner Marjorie R. Rozman Samuel Engler Michael B. Rukin Marian and Eugene I. Fischer Julian Sandler Eran Gasko Lila Schultz Irving Gerstein Otto Senz Herta Gertler Jean Sellinger David Goldberg Bruce P. Sholk and Beth J. Linda and Arnold Goldberg Kaplan

*Zichronam L’bracha, may their memory be a blessing JEWISH FEDERATION SUPPORT Florida New York Greater Miami Jewish Federation Jewish Community Federation of In addition to federation support for Jacksonville Jewish Federation Greater Rochester local Hillels, Hillel receives $1.8 million Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Jewish Federation of Greater Orange from the federations in the United Sarasota-Manatee Jewish Federation County States that make up the National UJA—Federation of Jewish Funding Councils (NFC) of the United Georgia Philanthropies of New York Jewish Communities. Hillel also receives Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta United Jewish Federation of contributions from individual Northeastern New York federations, which are listed separately Illinois in the appropriate giving categories. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Ohio Hillel gratefully acknowledges the Chicago Columbus Jewish Federation following NFC communities: Jewish Federation of Springfield Jewish Community Federation of 26 Cleveland Arizona Kentucky Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix Jewish Community Federation of Pennsylvania Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona Louisville Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia California Maryland United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh Jewish Community Federation of The Associated: Jewish Community San Francisco Federation of Baltimore Rhode Island Jewish Federation of Greater Jewish Federation of Rhode Island Los Angeles Massachusetts Jewish Federation of Greater Long Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Tennessee Beach & West Orange County Greater Boston Memphis Jewish Federation

Colorado Michigan Texas Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas Detroit Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Connecticut Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford Minnesota Virginia UJA Federation of Greenwich Minneapolis Jewish Federation United Jewish Federation of Tidewater

Delaware Missouri Washington Jewish Federation of Delaware Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Jewish Federation of St. Louis District of Columbia Wisconsin Jewish Federation of Greater New Jersey Milwaukee Jewish Federation Washington Ocean County Jewish Federation UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey Credits HILLEL: THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH We thank the following Hillels for their contributions to the 2005 CAMPUS LIFE — UNITED STATES Annual Report. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES: 2004-2005 Cover: (All photos from the left) University of Virginia Hillel; Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University; Hillel at the University of Connecticut. Inside cover: Houston Hillel; Charles Schusterman International Student Leaders Assembly; Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer B’nai INCOME B’rith Hillel Forum on Public Policy. Page two: Stanford Hillel; Hillel at the Contributions and Grants $ 33,986,646 27 University of Southern California; Texas Hillel. Page three: Gallaudet Hillel; Jewish Federations 17,064,479 University of Virginia Hillel; Syracuse Hillel. Page three top right, Johns Program Fees 7,185,940 Hopkins Hillel. Page four: Brown Hillel; Schusterman Leaders Assembly; Investment Income 1,368,577 University of Kansas Hillel; West Point Hillel; University of Illinois, Urbana- Other Income 885,897 Champaign Hillel; Michigan State University Hillel. Page six: NYU Hillel, credit, TOTAL INCOME 60,491,539 Max Orenstein; University of Oregon Hillel; University of Michigan Hillel; Page seven: University of Michigan Hillel; University of Michigan Hillel; Freeman TOTAL EXPENDITURES 59,752,842 Center for Jewish Life, Duke University. Page seven top right: Hillel of New Orleans at Johns Hopkins University. Page eight: North Carolina Hillel; EXCESS OR (DEFICIT) University of Michigan Hillel. Page nine: Beach Hillel (Long Beach, Calif.); of Revenues over Expenditures 738,697 JConnect, University of Washington Hillel; University of Wisconsin Hillel. Page nine top right: Tufts University Hillel. Page 10: Hillel Argentina; Hillel Rio de Janeiro; Hillel Argentina. Page 11: Hillel in Russia; Hillel in Russia; Hillel in Russia. Page 11 top right: Minsk Hillel. Page 12: Pittsburgh Hillel; Israel on Campus Coalition Consultation; FCJL/Duke Hillel. Page 13: Hillel at Columbia Note: The above figures are projected and University/Barnard College; Beach Hillel; Hillel of Greater Philadelphia. Page unaudited. 13 top right: FCJL/Duke Hillel. Page 17: Western Hillels Lay Leadership Institute; Gala Honoring Edgar M. Bronfman; Edgar M. Bronfman Gala; Edgar M. Bronfman Gala. Page 18: Renaissance Institute, Schusterman Leaders Assembly; Renaissance Institute; Hillel Lay Leadership Mission to Uruguay; Schusterman Leaders Assembly. Page 19: Hillel in the former Soviet Union. Page 20: Edgar M. Bronfman Gala. Page 21: Midwestern Hillels Lay Leadership Institute; Western Hillels Lay Leadership Institute; Schusterman Leaders Assembly; Edgar M. Bronfman Gala; Hillel Lay Leadership Institute; Hillel in the former Soviet Union. Page 24: Edgar M. Bronfman Gala. Page 25: Hillel Lay Leadership Institute. Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Board of Directors 2005-06

OFFICERS JODI J. SCHWARTZ, New York, NY SHULI KARKOWSKY, University of Maryland, CAROL SMOKLER, Boca Raton, FL College Park RANDALL KAPLAN BLUMA B. STOLLER, Boston, MA MICHAEL KASSEN, Westport, CT Chairman, Greensboro, NC DIANE WOHL, Mill Neck, NY JOSEPH KOHANE, Ohio State University JULIAN SANDLER Vice-Chair/Chair Designate, Dix Hills, NY Hillel ADAM BRONFMAN MEMBERS BARRY J. LEVIN, Philadelphia, PA Vice-Chair, Paradise Valley, AZ NORMAN LIPOFF, Miami, FL SANDY BAKLOR, Palm Beach, FL DAVID M. COHEN FRED MARGULIES, Chicago, IL LAURIE BLITZER, New York, NY Vice-Chair, New York, NY SARA MORRIS, Washington University in STEVEN P. BLONDER, Chicago, IL LEE M. HENDLER St. Louis THOMAS A. BLUMBERG, New York, NY 28 Vice-Chair, Baltimore, MD JULIE WISE ORECK, New Orleans, LA MARION BLUMENTHAL, New York, NY ANNA SOLOMON-SCHWARTZ ZACKARY PEIKON, Boston University Vice-Chair, Harvard University ALISON BRESKIN, San Diego State University MICHELE ROSEN, Seattle, WA CAROL B. WISE MICHELE BRESLAUER, Los Angeles, CA KEITH ROSENBLOOM, New York, NY Vice-Chair, New Orleans, LA AMY BRESSMAN, New York, NY BARBARA ROSWELL, Baltimore, MD WILLIAM HELLER EDWARD E. A. BROMBERG, Boston, MA LENORE RUBEN, New York, NY Treasurer, Cleveland, OH SANDY CAHN, New York, NY JANE SCHER MORTON OWEN SCHAPIRO, Williamstown, MA PAUL J. CHERNER, Chicago, IL Secretary, San Diego, CA JAMES H. SHANE, Boston, MA JOSEPH CIECHANOVER, Tel Aviv, Israel AVRAHAM INFELD BARBARA SHAPIRA, Pittsburgh, PA HERSCHEL CUTLER, Washington, DC President, Washington, DC ROBERT SHLACHTER, Portland, OR MARCELO CYNOVICH, Montevideo, Uruguay EDGAR M. BRONFMAN BRUCE SHOLK, Baltimore, MD GARY DIAMOND, University of Western Ex-Officio, New York, NY PETER SILVERMAN, Toledo, OH Ontario, Canada MOISHE SMITH, Ottawa, ON, Canada JEVIN EAGLE, Boston, MA PAST CHAIRS NEIL SPEARS, University of California, BARRY EFFRON, White Plains, NY San Diego NEIL M. MOSS, Columbus, OH DAVID EINHORN, New York, NY MARC STERNFELD, New York, NY CHUCK NEWMAN, Ann Arbor, MI DEDE FEINBERG, Washington, DC PERRY TEICHER, University of Michigan MICHAEL B. RUKIN, Boston, MA CHAIKI FELDMAN, Englewood, NJ LOIS ZOLLER, Chicago, IL ZACHARY B. GALIN, Northwestern University EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MICHAEL GELMAN, Washington, DC ROBIN GREENSPUN, Las Vegas, NV B’NAI B’RITH HILLEL COMMISSION PHILIP H. COHEN, New York, NY LISA EISEN, Washington, DC MARGO HAMBURGER-FOX, St. Louis Hillel at BRUCE A. COANE, Chair EDITH B. EVERETT, New York, NY Washington University JOEL S. KAPLAN, President, B’nai B’rith MICHAEL GRANOFF, Tenafly, NJ SARA E. HURAND, Cleveland, OH International LYNNE B HARRISON, MetroWest, NJ ALLAN J. JACOBS, Chicago, IL DANIEL MARIASCHIN, Executive Vice MORT LOWENTHAL, Stamford, CT DANIELLE JOSEPHS, Rutgers University President, B’nai B’rith International BEA MANDEL, Los Angeles, CA ARIELLA KAPLOWITZ, University of KAREN MOSS, Columbus, OH Maryland, Baltimore County Hillel’s International Board of Governors

The International Board of ADAM BRONFMAN HOWARD JONAS PETER MAY Governors advocates for Paradise Valley, AZ Riverdale, NY New York, NY Hillel Jewish campus life. CHARLES R. BRONFMAN JOSEPH KANFER ABRAHAM A. MITCHELL The Board of Governors New York, NY Akron, OH Mobile, AL provides counsel and STEPHEN R. BRONFMAN MOSHE KANTOR JAN MITCHELL advice to Hillel’s Board Montreal, Quebec Moscow, Russia New York, NY of Directors, which has STANLEY CHAIS EDWARD H. KAPLAN ABE POLLIN the responsibility of over- New York, NY Washington, DC Washington, DC seeing Hillel’s day-to-day DAVID EINHORN LEONARD KAPLAN FELIX POSEN operations. Each member New York, NY Greensboro, NC London, United Kingdom of the Board of Governors EDUARDO S. ELSZTAIN RANDALL KAPLAN HOWARD ROSENBLOOM provides leadership and Buenos Aires, Argentina Greensboro, NC Baltimore, MD a minimum of $50,000 in ISRAEL ENGLANDER ELLIE MEYERHOFF KATZ KEITH ROSENBLOOM annual support. The New York, NY Fort Lauderdale, FL New York, NY members who have joined this year are noted EDITH B. EVERETT ARLENE I. KAUFMAN STACY H. SCHUSTERMAN in bold type. New York, NY Palm Beach, FL Tulsa, OK DAVID AND CAROL FEINBERG IVAN AND LISA KAUFMAN MARK R. SHENKMAN New York, NY Great Neck, NY Greenwich, CT EDGAR M. BRONFMAN ZIEL AND CHAIKI FELDMAN ROBERT KOGOD CAROL SMOKLER Englewood, NJ Washington, DC Boca Raton, FL Chairman, New York, NY ABEL FRIEDMAN MURRAY KOPPELMAN JEFF SWARTZ LYNN SCHUSTERMAN Chicago, IL New York, NY Boston, MA Co-Chair, Tulsa, OK ROBERT GOLDBERG MYRA AND ROBERT K. KRAFT LEONARD TANNENBAUM MICHAEL STEINHARDT Cleveland, OH Boston, MA White Plains, NY Co-Chair, New York, NY RICHARD GOLDMAN MICHAEL AND ANDREA LEEDS DAVID TEPPER San Francisco, CA Syosset, NY Chatham, NJ S. DANIEL ABRAHAM DAVID GOLDSMITH REUBEN LEIBOWITZ ISAAC THAU Palm Beach, FL New York, NY New York, NY Vancouver, British Columbia HARVEY BEKER MARTIN GRANOFF JERRY LEVIN LESLIE H. WEXNER New York, NY Saddle River, NJ Boca Raton, FL New Albany, OH MANDELL L. BERMAN MICHAEL GRANOFF GUSTAVE K. LIPMAN GARY WINNICK Southfield, MI Tenafly, NJ New York, NY Beverly Hills, CA DAVID L. BITTKER z”l HAROLD GRINSPOON AND HOWARD LORBER DIANE WOHL Warren, MI DIANE TRODERMAN New York, NY Mill Neck, NY ALEXANDER BLAVATNIK Longmeadow, MA JOSEPH LOW MORDEHAI WOSK New York, NY LYNNE B HARRISON Purchase, NY Vancouver, British Columbia Metrowest, NJ

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