JFarm- Growing food for the community
By Joe Atmonavage
As you walk up to the University of Maryland Hillel building, the first thing you notice is a colorful mural painted on the fence board and a garden enclosed by another bright fence.
This is the home of JFarm, a Jewish ...
JSU does Jewish Geography: Food Edition
Rachel DeSantis
For one night only, Maryland Terps didn’t need a passport to travel around the world.
The Jewish Student Union’s Jewish Geography: Food Edition, held on March 12, took students’ taste buds on a trip as it celebrated ...
Mitzpeh Matchmaker: Carly Smith and David Daniel
By Amanda Eisenberg
Carly Smith, a junior secondary education in history major from Severna Park, Md., went on a blind date with senior David Daniel, an electrical engineering major from Philadelphia. I only told them where and when to meet, ...
Jew You Should Know: Talia Richman
By Amanda Eisenberg
Most newspapers don’t publish stories written by a freshman. Most newspapers don’t even hire freshmen. Talia ‘Tali’ Richman, 18, managed to do both.
“I feel like I have a lot to prove,” the journalism major ...
WMUC hosts first all-Hebrew radio show
By Matthew Beinart
Maryland’s campus radio station, WMUC 88.1 FM, recently ushered in a new class of DJs, including one student who uses his Israeli background to host the first ever all-Hebrew show.
Ofir Buchnik, a math and integrated ...
UMD Hillel to Participate in Good Deeds Day
By Jaclyn Turner
Seven years ago, Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, Shari Arison thought of a day about giving back to the community and working to do good. Arison, with the help of NGO Ruach Tova, created Good Deeds Day, based on the ...
Spring break in the Mississippi Delta
By Eli Davis
University of Maryland students participated in a Hillel-sponsored alternative spring break trip to the Mississippi Delta that focused on how agriculture, poverty, education and food insecurity affects the area.
Dena Lehmann, a ...
Challah For Hunger – Raising Money and Awareness
By Jamie Weissman
There are billions of people in the world, and many of them struggle to put food on the table each day. That is where Challah For Hunger comes in.
Challah For Hunger is a national organization that was started in 2004 by ...
D.C. Jewish Community Center Has Much to Offer
By Karina Shedrofsky
Located only 25 minutes away, but almost unheard of to the Jewish students of the University of Maryland, is the Washington, D.C. Jewish Community Center, a real hub for Jewish cultural, educational, and community service ...
