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Come to the Kosher kitchen in the Pasquerilla Center to learn about Keshet (Jewish LGBTQIA+) and it’s values. Have bagels and connect with one another!

Shabbat this week will be led by Jacob Kane, first-year student and member of the ritual life committee. Services begin at 6 pm in Room 118. The D’var Torah will be given by Rebecca Zinn, incorporating themes from the Torah portion Mishpatim. The Torah portion covers the laws for the Jews. Dinner will start at… read more

Cafe Ivrit is the best place for Hebrew speakers and non-speakers of any level to practice learning a new language! Grab a latte and join us around the coffee table! 

Join us for dinner (6 PM) and services (7 PM) to bring in the weekend.

Visited Israel with Penn State Hillel? Look out for reunion details from your group!

Welcome back social for Jewish Studies. An opportunity to meet with JST faculty and students to reconnect as we enter the new school year.

Join Penn State Hillel and Jewish Studies for a meaningful trip to the US Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Travel cost and Museum tickets included!

In order to fulfill our mission of bringing people together to bake and sell challah in effort to raise funds and awareness for social justice causes by: Giving Globally: Chapters donate half the proceeds to support national or global organizations fighting hunger. We partner with MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger to raise funds for… read more

Join us for a letter writing party to the Lone Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces. Who are the Lone Soldiers? Lone Soldiers are serviceman or woman without immediate family in Israel. Lone soldiers serve in regular units and receive various forms of support from the IDF, Israeli government ministries and other organizations. Read more about them… read more

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Join IAC for Israeli games (Taki, Sheshbesh, Set, and more) and of course FOOD in the sukkah! We’ll have an interesting discussion about hospitality in Israel.

Hillel is partnering with Penn State’s Rebuild – U to have one big service shabbat! The service will be spent discussing Judaism and service, and Tikkun Olam! We will also be wrapping presents for State College’s Toys for Tots. We are encouraging everyone to bring a gift to wrap, but it is not required!

During spring break this semester, 12 students will be traveling to Roatan, Honduras for Penn State Hillel’s alternative spring break. We are fundraising for our project “Steps to Roatan” that we need supplies to complete. Panera Bread will donate 20% of sales during the specified time when the customer presents a flyer.  

Inge will be sharing her story April 2 at 7pm in Eisenhower Auditorium Doors open at 6:30PM Inge Auerbacher was born in Kippenheim, Germany. At age 7 she was deported to Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia. She is most well known for her book I Am A Star and for sharing her story internationally. Ticket information Tickets are FREE… read more

About: In the great depths of the archive, six hours of interview footage was discovered of one of modern history’s greatest leaders, David Ben-Gurion. It is 1968 and he is 82 years old, five years before his death. He lives in his secluded home in the desert, removed from all political discourse, which allows him a… read more

This week, we will be playing with old school fortune tellers, with a Hebrew twist! Do you remember that origami game, where you fold a paper, make choices on colors/numbers, and have a secret message within? Come join IAC and learn YOUR future with us b’ivrit!

Penn State Hillel will be participating in Centre Gives on May 7th and May 8th. To support Penn State Hillel  click here!