Tufts Hillel

Tufts Fellowship Class General Interest Meeting
2022-11-09 12:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
The Rwanda Fellowship program offers an in-depth analysis of Rwandan history, culture, genocide, and reconstruction as impacted by external colonial powers and internal political and ethnic dynamics.

We will learn from an accomplished array of speakers, including first-hand survivors and renowned researchers of the Rwandan genocide, through a community-focused ex-college class that is 2 SHUs and will meet in person on Tuesdays 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm.

This Fellowship’s class component is followed by a subsidized 10-day trip to Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda, where fellows are fully immersed in the culture of Rwanda through the lens of reconciliation and care exemplified by the Rwandan people.

Link to Application Form Here.

Erev Ramah T-Shirt Day
2022-11-09 17:00 - 18:00 | Tufts Hillel-Upstairs Lobby, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Missing your summer at camp? Come join your fellow Ramahniks at Tufts Hillel and celebrate Ramah T-Shirt Day!

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Shabbat Dinner Sign-up
2022-11-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-02 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Join us for Shabbat dinner at Hillel! To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up below by Wednesday at 10:00am.

Shabbat dinner is provided compliments of Hillel. If you are on an unlimited meal plan, or have the resources to do so, please allow us to subsidize your meal by using a meal swipe.

Get the Tea on Course Registration
2022-11-15 19:15 - 20:00
Join us to give advice or listen and learn about potential courses for next semester! Everyone is invited!

Hillel Coffeehouse
2022-11-15 20:00 - 22:00
Come hang out in Hillel and listen to good music from your peers!

All are welcome!

Sophomore Bingo Night
2022-11-16 19:00 - 20:00
Come to Hillel to win fun prizes and chat with fellow sophomores!

First-Year Cozy Shabbat Sign Up
2022-11-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Calling all First-Years! Come to Shabbat this week in your comfiest clothes and stay after for board games! This is a special Shabbat planned just for you!

Please sign up below to help us accommodate you for dinner by Wednesday at 10:00 am.

Shabbat dinner is provided compliments of Hillel. If you are on an unlimited meal plan or have the resources to do so, please allow us to subsidize your meal by using a meal swipe.

Making Judaism your own: a conversation about being Jewish in a secular world
2022-11-19 12:00 - 13:30 | Tufts Hillel Building, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Join us at Hillel for a delicious lunch and a conversation about how you practice Judaism! We will discuss how Judaism has changed for us throughout our lives and how we’ve made Judaism our own.

Sign Up for Lunch!

Antisemitism & How to be an Upstander
2022-11-29 18:00 - 19:30
Discussion and training with the ADL about combating antisemitism and how to be an upstander on a college campus. Dinner included.

All are welcome!

Cookies and Conversation
2022-11-29 20:00 - 21:00
Struggling to get involved in Hillel as a junior? Have feedback about Hillel improvements you’d like to see? Come hang out with your friendly neighborhood junior rep! Come to Hillel from 8-9 on November 29th to eat an assortment of cookies and discuss ways for Hillel to improve your experience at Tufts!

World Cup Watch Party
2022-11-30 14:00 - 16:00
¡Fútbol fans! Join us to watch Argentina play Poland and Mexico play Saudi Arabia! Cheer on your favorite players, eat some yummy snacks, and enjoy the company 🙂

Join us for a fun time!

Cummings Speaker Series: Liliane Pari Umuhoza
2022-11-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
In Person at Tufts Hillel

Every other week this fall, sit down with someone whose life has been impacted by genocide, from survivors to their children to those who commit themselves to preventing future genocides.

Dinner will be served!

About Liliane Pari Umuhoza:

Liliane is a human rights advocate. She was born and raised in Rwanda and graduated from Juniata College, in Pennsylvania with a B.A in Peace and Conflict studies. Liliane uses her life experience of surviving the Genocide against the Tutsi and her work with non-profits to promote peace and summon global dialogue and actions against human right abuses. She is the founder of ” Women Genocide Survivors Retreat ” a program supporting women survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and works as a project officer for Foundation Rwanda in Kigali. Liliane has spoken at events related to peace-building, human rights, and women empowerment at universities, the UN, the Embassy of Rwanda in Washington DC, the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, and many others.

Tufts x Harvard Hillel Mixer
2022-12-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Harvard Hillel, 52 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Come mingle and mix with Tufts and Harvard Jews at Harvard Hillel! We will be meeting outside Pax at 7:15 pm so we can walk to the T station as a group.

Come meet other Jewish college students!

Saturday Morning Services
2022-12-03 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for Saturday morning services and lunch! Lunch will include board games and schmoozing 🙂

Sign up here to lead services or read Torah!

Reform Community Bagel Brunch
2022-12-04 12:00 - 14:00 | Tufts Hillel Library, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Join the Tufts Reform Community for a pre-finals bagel brunch to destress and meet new people. All are welcome!

Helping Hands at Hillel
2022-12-06 20:00 - 21:00
All are welcome to join us at Hillel to assemble care packages for local homeless folks as we go into the holiday season! Snacks will be provided.

Feel free to bring additional donations of new hygiene items and necessities.

JQUEST Lunch + Discuss with Ari Kristan!
2022-12-07 12:00 - 13:15
Calling all queer Jewish students to discuss the queer Jewish life with JQUEST Founder Ari Kristan! Ari graduated from Tufts in 2003 and now works as a litigator and advisor on discrimination, diversify, and inclusion.

All are welcome, lunch will be provided!!

Chanukarnival!
2022-12-08 20:30
Tufts Hillel and Chabad are hosting the most amazing pre-Chanukah event of the year – the Chanukarnival! Join us in the Hillel building for carnival games and snacks with a fun Jewish spin. There will be latkes, dreidels, and prizes galore!

All are welcome!

Judith, Wonder Woman of Hanukkah: A Conversation and Call to Action
2022-12-09 14:00 - 15:15 | Tufts Hillel Building, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Join us to discover how the rabbis put a female heroine at the center of the Hanukkah story and discuss her relevance for us today. We’ll eat sufganiyot (donuts) and talk about current events such as the protests in Iran and Roe v. Wade, two current events that beg the question: who are the wonder women of today, and how can we be one of them? RSVP below!

Sweat and Recharge with Hillel
2022-12-11 12:00 - 12:30 | Tufts Hillel-Upstairs Lobby, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Join Meira for a workout class at Hillel. Recharge from the week with some fun music and snacks! Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect.

Gone for Vacation!
2022-12-23 08:00 - 2023-01-02 23:30 | Tufts Hillel Building, 220 Packard Ave, Medford, MA, 02155
Hillel is closed for winter break. We’ll be back after the New Year with limited hours until the semester starts! Starting Jan 3rd we’re open 10-4 pm, but closed Fridays until Jan 17th.

Please email us rather than come to the Hillel building.

Gesher: Building Bridges Fellowship
2023-01-18 20:00 - 2023-02-10 21:30
Apply now!

Applications due by Wednesday, January 24 at 12:00 pm (noon).

The course will begin on Wednesday, February 7, 2024 at 8:00 pm. Fellowship meetings will be weekly on Wednesday at 8:00 pm.

What is Gesher?

Since October 7th, we’ve felt many things—grief, mourning, anger, fear, confusion. One thing has been missing: dialogue. Gesher: Building Bridges is a new Tufts Hillel initiative aimed at bridging the divides within the Jewish community.

Gesher fellows will study diverse perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a focus on seeing the other and building bridges, particularly amid the ongoing war. We will delve into important themes, including identity, diaspora, humanization, and challenging hate. This is a student-led fellowship designed for all students—Jewish and allies alike—committed to shared learning, open to new experiences, and respectful toward diverse voices.

As a fellows you will have the opportunity to explore your own views in a challenging, tolerant, and respectful environment. The fellowship will feature a highly subsidized trip over Patriots’ Day Weekend to hear insightful speakers and come together in pursuit of collective healing.

Dates and logistical details:

Weekly seminars over 10 weeks beginning 2/7/24

Wednesdays at 8:00pm.

Immersive travel experience over over Patriots’ Day Weekend

Apply now!

Bring a Buddy Shabbat! Sign-up
2023-01-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Welcome back to campus! There’s no better way to be welcomed back than to welcome your friends back!- Bring a buddy to Shabbat dinner this week and share the joy of Shabbat at Hillel. Come for candle lighting and services (Conservative or Reform) at 6PM or dinner at 7PM

You can RSVP your friend in the form below by adding them as a guest! If you bring a friend you not only get a delicious meal, and quality time with a friend, but also a free sticker!

Shabbat at Hillel:

Join us for Shabbat dinner at Hillel! To help us accommodate you for dinner please sign up below by Wednesday at 10:00am.

Shabbat dinner is provided compliments of Hillel. If you are on an unlimited meal plan, or have the resources to do so, please allow us to subsidize your meal by using a meal swipe.

Grow! A Rosh Chodesh Self-Care Event
2023-01-23 19:00 - 20:15 | Tufts Women’s Center, 55 Talbot Avenue (next to lower Campus Center, Medford, 02155
Join us at the Tufts Women’s Center for a night of reflection, meditation and self care, as we celebrate the beginning of the month of Shevat, a month focused on growth!

Please RSVP HERE!

Hot Cocoa & Catch Up
2023-01-26 16:30 - 17:30 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Haven’t been to Hillel in a while? Want to catch up with friends or get more involved? Come to Hillel for a Hot Cocoa Bar and cozy vibes! Dairy-free options will be served as well.

Visions of Peace: Israel-Palestine
2023-01-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Visions of Peace: Israel-Palestine, is an ExCollege course offered at Tufts by Tufts Hillel and aims to teach students about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and its more recent developments and peace talks. This class encourages dialogue and coexistence in the region while discussing the past and potential peace plans between Palestinians and Israelis. Taking this class allows you to know more about the conflict and to hear from inspiring speakers who advocate for Palestinian-Israeli coexistence through grassroots organizing, education, and other exciting initiatives.

EXP-066: Visions of Peace: Israel/Palestine.

Sign Up via SIS

Israel Book Club
2023-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Tufts Hillel, 220 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155, United States
Students and faculty members will meet weekly to discuss readings from Aaron J Hahn Tapper and Mira Sucharov’s book “Social Justice and Israel/Palestine: Foundational and Contemporary Debates.” We will allot time during the meetings for participants to read the texts that we will be discussing, so no outside reading is necessary.

All reading materials will be provided, and discussions will be run so that weekly attendance is not necessary to participate. Feel free to join us whenever you can!

All are welcome! Lunch will be served each week.
