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The Marcus Foundation announced a three-year, $27 million investment in Hillel International’s professional and student leadership development. This gift will support training, career development programs, and initiatives designed to strengthen the skills and retention of campus professionals who engage and support Jewish students. The investment builds on the Marcus Foundation’s longstanding partnership with Hillel, continuing a “transformational relationship with the foundation,” according to Hillel International President and CEO Adam Lehman.

Arizona State University Hillel received a $10 million gift from the Levine Family Foundation to support construction of a new Jewish student center. The donation marks the largest gift in the organization’s history and advances an ongoing effort to expand space for Jewish student life, programming, and community at Arizona State University.

In a recent opinion piece, Rabbi Seth Winberg, executive director of Hillel at Brandeis, argues that growing support among some Jewish-American young adults for a binational Israeli-Palestinian state reflects a range of views rather than a rejection of Zionism. He cites data showing that many Jewish young adults remain connected to their Jewish identity and Israel while expressing uncertainty about traditional political frameworks and the future of the conflict.

Three Hillel professionals shared how relationships with colleagues across the Hillel movement are shaping their careers and strengthening the way they support students. After being connected as thought partners four years ago, the group built a network for collaboration, feedback, and shared learning that helped them navigate challenges and develop new approaches to campus engagement. Their experiences show how investing in Hillel professionals creates stronger support systems for Jewish students and campus communities.

The California Faculty Association is backing legislation to repeal a 2024 state law that requires public universities to enforce time, place, and manner limits on campus protests These limits prohibit violence, harassment, intimidation, and discrimination. Jewish advocacy groups supported the original law in response to concerns about campus antisemitism and student safety during protests related to the Hamas-Israel war. Dozens of local Jewish organizations have submitted a joint opposition letter against the new bill.

The Hillel at the University of Arizona appointed Shoshi Lipschultz as its next executive director. Lipschultz, an Arizona native and University of Arizona alum, returns to Tucson with more than 20 years of experience in Jewish communal leadership, including campus engagement work at York University in Toronto. She said her early experience with Hillel at the University of Arizona shaped her path in Jewish professional leadership.