Often synonymous with Jewish life on campus, Hillel has been a gathering point for Jewish students across hundreds of campuses in the United States for decades. The past year tested the organization like never before, as it confronted challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic along with a rise in anti-Semitism.
CEO of Hillel International, Adam Lehman said the pandemic has forced Hillel to rethink its programming and the services it offers both to adapt to the new reality of remote learning and to provide for the well-being, both physically and mentally, of the young adults it serves.
âWe have really used the challenges of the pandemic, which were many, to reinvent our work and to rethink what it means to be there for students,â Lehman said.