Word: hillel
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...Jews or stereotype them as terrorists and lunatics. My point was simply that a double standard exists. I understand that my point may have been ambiguous and unclear. It may have been easy to misinterpret my intentions. If so, I apologize to anyone who was offended. I thank the Hillel and other individuals for bringing this to my attention. Rita...
...with their time, and then you can judge for yourselves whether they fit the term "fundamentalists." One friend of mine spends countless hours a week volunteering for the local ambulance corps in his town. Another guy, while he was here in college, used to take the leftover food from Hillel to the local homeless shelter. I know several Orthodox Jews who spend their summers working for next to nothing at summer camps for retarded children. The list does not stop there...
...letter submitted by the leaders of Hillel rightly expressed outrage at this isolated incident and made it clear that acts like Friedman's would not be tolerated by the vast majority of Jews in Israel and abroad. Despite similar statements issued by the Israeli government and by Jewish organizations around the world, the author of another letter published the same day, presumably representing the Arab point of view, found it necessary to express his dismay at the entire situation, especially as it reflected on the Israeli side...
...would like to support and encourage the Interethnic Day of Service which took place this past December 8. Organized by Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel and the Minority Student Alliance, approximately 45 students of diverse ethnic backgrounds headed to different locations in Cambridge and Boston to serve the community by performing such tasks as painting homeless shelters and preparing food for a soup kitchen...
...Interethnic Day of Service should be continued and made into a regular practice. By working together, Hillel, the MSA and other participants, including the South Asian Association, the Black Students Association, the Harvard Phillipine Forum, the Japan Society, the Society of Arab Students, the Chinese Students Association and the Asian American Association have strengthened bonds and communication between groups and helped worthy causes in the Boston area. We endorse this cooperation, and encourage more, since direct interaction with other ethnic groups is the best method of learning about race relations. It would, however, be nice if we did not need...