Kedma gets students moving through the fall semester
By: Angel Gingras
@GingrasAngel
For Mitzpeh
On Sep. 7, Kedma hosted a virtual Zumba event to bring the community together and support a local charity.
As the fall semester kicks off, classes are not the only thing to move online since the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Many organizations around campus are working to get staff and students ...
Hillel adjusts prayer service options amid university coronavirus regulations
By Char Freedberg
News editor
@CfreeOfficial
With the coronavirus lingering and changing this university in many ways, this university’s Hillel still grapples with the question that students are asking themselves: how will Jewish prayer services be handled this year?
The High Holidays are rapidly approaching, so this question seems ...
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, transcribed by Rabbi Yitzchak Farhi of Jerusalem in his 19th-century text, “Sweeter than Honey.”
Dr. ...
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 season.
Rabbi Jill Levy, director of the D.C. day camp, Assistant Director Sharon Rosenberg Safra ...
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 table covered with every sweet imaginable—pies, cookies, candy, whipped cream and hot chocolate...
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 their Jewish community through bowling, pool, air hockey and ice cream.
Kedma is the Orthodox ...
The big send-off: seniors celebrate with drinks, food at Hillel’s beer garden
By Ambriah Underwood
For Mitzpeh
@Mitzpeh
The impending graduation of students at this university was a bittersweet topic for seniors participating in Thursday’s beer garden event held at the Rosenbloom Hillel Center.
As the second part of three gatherings slated to kickstart Maryland Hillel’s annual senior sendoff, the Senior Beer ...
NHBT teams feel bracket pressure as Sunday’s semi-finals loom large
By Savannah Williams
For Mitzpeh
@SavannahUMD
Jewish basketball players from around the country were feeling the heat as the competition dialed up for bracket games in the National Hillel Basketball Tournament.
The matches, which ran from 9 p.m. Saturday to 12:30 a.m. Sunday, spread through an otherwise quiet corner of campus, taking over ...
Many ways to celebrate Passover on campus, including a chocolate Seder
By Haleigh Whisted
Staff writer
@HaleighWhisted
This university’s Jewish community is hosting many events during the eight days of Passover this year, from March 30 through April 7.
Passover is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the freedom of Israelites in Egypt during the ancient times. The name of the holiday comes from the “pass...
