In the News
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The Forward: My fellow Orthodox rabbis need to take a stronger stance against guns
By Rabbi Seth Winberg. Our emergency plans will only go so far to save lives. What would really make a difference is immediately reducing the number of guns in our country.
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Hillel Intl. Blog: Creating a Home for Myself and Others at Hillel
By Samantha Brody ‘24, President 2022. Samantha Brody, a Hillel International Student Cabinet member and student leader at Brandeis Hillel, is championing inclusion and accessibility for all Jewish students, no matter their observance level or experience.
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Brandeis - The Jewish Experience: Hillel's Purim Party: The Brandeis Breakfast Club
Hundreds of students, staff and faculty attended Hillel's Purim party this year held in the Levin Ballroom. Photos by Mike Lovett
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The Justice: Chabad House, Hillel resume in-person Purim events after a two year hiatus
By Ariella Weiss ‘24. The Brandeis Jewish community celebrated the holiday Purim from March 16-17. Image by Mike Lovett
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Brandeis - The Jewish Experience: How Hillel Helped Me Discover My Judaism
By Emma Lichtenstein '22 - I've often felt like Judaism exists in an unforgiving dichotomy: you're too Jewish or not Jewish enough.
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Brandeis - The Jewish Experience: Toward a More Inclusive Orthodox Judaism
Growing up, Reena Zuckerman '23 loved to read from the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. She did it the first time at her bat mitzvah and continues still today.
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Brandeis - The Jewish Experience: A Very Hillel Hanukkah
Hanukkah came early this year, which meant students were celebrating in the run-up to the finals.
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Brandeis - The Jewish Experience: What's it Like to be a Student at Brandeis Hillel?
For Brandeis Hillel Rabbi Seth Winberg, it's all about Shabbat.
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BrandeisNOW: Student launches kosher delivery service for front-line workers
Team JewBer relies on dedicated volunteers to deliver donated meals to the front doors of Jewish Medical Professionals around the Boston area. Ana Sazonov is pictured above with JewBer volunteer Benzi Miller, an ICU Nurse at Boston Medical Center.
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The Jerusalem Post: Killing a terrorist who is no longer a threat?
By Seth Winberg
Our ancient rabbis posited a society in which capital punishment was only a theoretical possibility. They understood the terrible cost of becoming accustomed to bloodshed.
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The Boston Globe: A justice system that creates orphans
By Seth Winberg
Last week, after seeing reports of families being separated at the US-Mexico border, I felt called to go to the border myself. I traveled to McAllen, Texas, to a respite center of the Rio Grande Valley’s Catholic Charities
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JTA: You don’t need Zoom or Skype to say Kaddish without a minyan. Here’s a healthier option for the community.
By Seth Winberg
Like so many others, I am feeling the spiritual loss and pain of our current inability to learn Torah and pray together in person. Many mourners are devoted to the customary recitation of Kaddish for a deceased close relative and struggling with how to do so in the absence of a minyan.