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Trinity College Hillel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hillel Director Lisa Kassow, second from left, and Program Manager Amy Zylberman, right, join co-presidents Emily Kaufman \u201918, John Levy and Gail Rothenberg Scholar, and Sofia Safran \u201918, the Reverend John Curry Gay Scholar.
Photo by John Marinelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the 70 years since Trinity College Hillel was established, its original mission\u2014to provide religious programming to the Jewish men of the college\u2014has evolved. Today\u2019s organization, based since 2002 in the Zachs Hillel House made possible through the philanthropy of Henry Zachs \u201956 and others including Alan Mendelson \u201969, chair of the Trinity Hillel Advisory Board, aims to be well integrated into campus life and to provide ongoing creative Shabbat and holiday observances. \u201cWe attempt to provide a broadly based program that builds on students\u2019 interests through a Jewish lens,\u201d says Trinity Hillel Director Lisa Kassow. \u201cSome of those interests are particular to Jewish concerns and some are more universal \u2026 in the realm of social action or tikkun olam<\/em> (repairing the world) or with a focus on Israeli society and the arts, Holocaust education, Jewish culture, and most recently, mindfulness and yoga.\u201d A programmatic example that brings together social action and Jewish experience is the Annual Pink Shabbat for Breast Cancer Awareness, which just celebrated its 12th year. Among events marking Trinity Hillel\u2019s 70th anniversary is a gala for parents, alumni, and friends in New York City and a young alumni gathering with children at the Brooklyn, New York, home of Rabbi Sara \u201904 and Isaac Luria \u201905. Another is a private screening of Who Will Write Our History?<\/em>, the documentary based on a book by Samuel Kassow \u201966, Charles H. Northam Professor of History and Kassow\u2019s husband. Kassow notes that Jewish values and ethics drive all interactions at Hillel. \u201cAlthough we have been engaged in the work of building coalitions for many years, we are now living in a fractured and deeply divisive time,\u201d she says. \u201cIt is important to communicate to students, their families, and the Trinity community that we stand by the values of communal responsibility, respectful dialogue, and relationship building. Two thousand years ago, Hillel the Elder, for whom this organization is named, said, \u2018Do not separate yourself from the community.\u2019 I take that to heart.\u201d                       <\/p>\n

For more about Trinity College Hillel, please visit http:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/StudentLife\/SpiritualReligiousLife\/Hillel\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: \u201cTrinity Treasure\u201d highlights a person, place, or thing on campus that is just what the name implies: a Trinity treasure. Do you have an idea for what to showcase? Please send your suggestions to <\/em>sonya.adams@trincoll.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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