Taglit-Birthright Israel: UVa Hillel Trip Blog

Follow 40 UVa students as they experience Israel for the first time. Click here to keep up with our adventures and hear first hand from UVa students about their experience.

Hillel at UVa is going to Miami

This March, Hillel at UVa will be traveling to sunny Miami to do both direct service with children. In addition, we will have the opportunity to relax on the beach and explore vibrant cultural centers like Little Havana. If you are interested in deepening your commitment to social justice, expanding your Jewish identity, and having an exciting spring break, please e-mail Ally Dreiman at here.

Jewish Social Justice Council wins Student Organization of the Month

For their work on the Sleepout for the Homeless, the Jewish Social Justice Council (JSJC) has been honored by Student Council by being named the Student Organization of the month. Based on the Jewish tradition of celebrating Sukkot by sleeping outside in temporary dwellings, JSJC created the Sleepout to recognize those in our community for whom sleeping outside is not an occasion to celebrate. For the Sleepout, JSJC brought together multiple groups on Grounds and in the Charlottesville community to raise awareness and money for the cause of homelessness. This year they raised over $4,000 dollars!

Although this organization has members who are University of Virginia students and may have University employees associated or engaged in its activities and affairs, the organization is not a part of or an agency of the University. It is a separate and independent organization which is responsible for and manages its own activities and affairs. The University does not direct, supervise or control the organization and is not responsible for the organization’s contracts, acts or omissions.