Word: hillels
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...many Blacks cluster together for meals, according to BSA member Leah Johnson '87. "There are a lot of Jewish students in my house, but they don't all sit together at meals. They know they have one place to go for fellowship," says Johnson, referring to Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel, which she likens to a Third World Center...
After the speeches, the write-a-thon moved tothe Hillel on Mt. Auburn St. for a small receptionopen to the public. The reception was followed byanother letter-writing session which lasted untilmidnight...
RABBI NEIL KOMINSKY '66 is Reform Rabbinic Advisor at the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel. His views are his own and do not represent a statement of organizational policy...
Among the several worshipping, studying and socializing sub-community at Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel are a number of gay and lesbian students. The degree to which they identify themselves publically varies from considerable openness to invisibility. They do not come to Hillel because they are gay; they come because they are Jewish. At the same time, at least some of those with whom I have had occasion to speak about the subject feel the importance of bringing their whole selves through the door with them. It is hard to feel spiritually comfortable unless you feel genuinely accepted...
...same time that a number of Jewish gay and lesbian students find their way to Hillel, it must be acknowledged that there are in all likelihood many more such students whose assumptions about a negative reception preclude their even walking through the door. It was in part a response to this concern that the Hillel staff sponsored two programs focused on issues of importance to the gay community this spring. Doing so was not an easy decision. There are, after all, within our community those who find it in good conscience impossible to accept homosexuality as a moral option. There...