About Dartmouth Hillel
Dartmouth Hillel is into building a vibrant
Jewish community; one which is dedicated to improving the quality of Jewish
life on campus and in the Upper Valley. We try to offer a wide array of
opportunities and programs for a wide range of Jewish interests.
Some of the programming is obviously geared towards religious purposes. For
example, students lead Friday night services every week which is followed by
a popular home-cooked Friday night dinner. Also, we provide services for all
of the major holidays, including a tremendous Passover Seder that on average
sees 200+ people each year. We try to base religious programming on
accommodating a variety of forms of Judaism, Conservative, Reform and
Orthodox.
 Havdallah in the woods |
 Friday Night Services in a nearby cabin |
A significant part of our programming focuses on social activities. Some of these programs include weekends at cabins, our past "Ski Shabbatons" (we invited other Hillels throughout the Northeast area for a weekend of skiing, services and comic relief), movie nights, bowling, our annual Hillel Golf Outing, and intramural sports teams.
A Hunger Banquet educating people about the uneven distribution of wealth in the world |
Hillel's 2nd Annual Golf Outing |
Additionally, Dartmouth Hillel provides many educational opportunities as we frequently bring speakers to lecture on a variety of issues. One of the major highlights was having former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak come speak at the Roth Center (Center for Jewish Life).
Dinner with Al-Nur, the Muslim group on campus |
Ehud Barak came to visit the Roth Center |
More recently, Dartmouth Hillel has made an extremely concerted effort to promote community service. In past years, we ran two tremendous service trips. One of the trips was a trip to El Salvador with a few other Hillels in the U.S. as an alternative spring break. Plus, in conjunction with the Tucker Foundation at Dartmouth, a group of students have traveled yearly to Belarus (including Sopotskin) to restore a Jewish cemetery that had been desecrated during the Holocaust. Dartmouth Hillel thus endeavors to provide different outlets for students.
Alternative Spring Break trip to El Salvador |
Cross Cultural Service Project to Sopotskin, Belarus |