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Many Jewish students know little about off-campus kosher options

 By Laina Sara Miller For Mitzpeh @Mitzpeh Kosher observance varies among Jews, and Maryland Hillel provides day-to-day kosher meals for the kosher-observant students on campus. Students who do keep kosher, however, are virtually unaware of ...
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Coffee Language House unites students of different cultures through food, foreign languages

 By Nicole D’Costa For Mitzpeh @ndcosta622 Every Monday, members of the Language House have coffee conversations where they gather to speak their representative languages and enjoy snacks from different cultures. Each week, a different culture ...
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At Immigration Shabbat, students share approaches to social justice, immigration policy

 By Maya Rosenberg For Mitzpeh @mayarosenberg_ For those who celebrate Shabbat, Friday nights are filled with a routine of prayer, celebrating the end of the week and most importantly, food. However, Hillel’s Immigration Justice Shabbat ...
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Professor from Israel leads discussion of “The Rabbi and the Sufi Sheikh”

 By Laina Sara Miller For Mitzpeh @Mitzpeh A Sephardic law and ethics professor from Bar-Ilan University came to this university last Monday to discuss his discovery and translation of an 18th-century story about a Rabbi and a Sheikh, transcri...
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Camp Ramah searches Hillel for new hires

 By Tori Bergel Staff writer @BergelTori Camp Ramah in New England and their D.C. Day Camp conglomerate kicked off hiring season on Thursday, Nov. 14 with a stop at this university’s Hillel center to recruit new staff members for the 2020 ...
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It’s that time of year again…. Friendsgiving season

 By Hannah Davidson For Mitzpeh @Mitzpeh At Maryland Hillel’s second annual Friendsgiving Holiday Fundraiser, there were three large trays of pasta, a panini-making station and salads of every kind along one wall. Along the opposite side was a ...
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Kedma’s ‘TerpZone Takeover’ brings Orthodox Jewish community together

 By Krissy Harris For Mitzpeh @KrissyPrances21 The weekend’s chilly temperatures didn’t stop Kedma students from coming out for the TerpZone Takeover on Saturday night. Over 100 students showed up for the event to enjoy social time with ...
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Birthright Israel celebration connects students at Hillel through music, food and Dead Sea salt scrubs

 By Krissy Harris For Mitzpeh @KrissyPrances21 The multi-purpose room at Maryland Hillel was abuzz Wednesday night for the Birthright Israel celebration, full of students who will be attending an upcoming Birthright Israel trip and Birthri...
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Rabbi Bashevkin talks about sin at Hillel’s parent weekend

 By Mohan Xu For Mitzpeh @XuMohan1 Maryland Hillel held “Shabbat with Rabbi Bashevkin” during parents' weekend in Hillel's multi-purpose room Saturday afternoon. Bashevkin is a scholar in residence at this university. Before ...
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HRCT party brings Jewish students together around food, friends

 By Mohan Xu For Mitzpeh @XuMohan1  Hillel’s Reshaping Community Togetherness initiative (HRCT), a Jewish organization founded last semester by students Talya Gordon and Jesse Vaknin, held its debut party of the semester last Saturday night ...
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