Hillel StoriesAnnual Report 2009

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HillelHILLEL’S MISSION IS TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF

JEWISH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE

STUDENTS SO THAT THEY MAY ENRICH

THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE WORLD.

Jews tell stories.

From the words of the patriarch Abraham to the books of Abigail Pogrebin,

Jews tell stories to educate, enlighten and entertain. They have communicated

profound lessons across the ages and around the globe. They have sustained us in times

of trial and grounded us in times of elation.

Hillel tells stories too.

Hillel stories begin when one student tells another about his or her Jewish experience. They

continue when a Hillel professional shares insights from the riches of Jewish civilization. When

students embrace their identity and create their own Jewish experiences they add to our

collective story.

This annual report tells Hillel’s story through the words of students and Hillel professionals.

Readers are encouraged to go online to www.hillel.org/Annual to see a multimedia version of

this report.

This year Hillel continued to contribute to the Jewish story despite a global economic

downturn that disrupted individual lives and shook Jewish organizations. As we celebrated

our 85th anniversary, we recalled how Hillel overcame previous periods of turmoil to emerge

a stronger organization. And in this time of uncertainty, Hillel provided a source of strength

for many students whose families were hurt and futures clouded.

We move forward into a new year filled with hope. We will continue to expand our offerings

to students, improve our services to local Hillels and strengthen our professionals in North

America and around the world.

Working with students, professionals and lay leaders, Hillel will contribute new chapters to

the Jewish story.

Randall Kaplan, Chairman Beatrice S. Mandel, Chair

International Board of Governors Board of Directors

Edgar M. Bronfman, Founding Chairman Wayne L. Firestone, President

International Board of Governors

Hillel pursues its mission by:

creating a pluralistic, welcoming and inclusive environment;

fostering student growth and the balance in being distinctively Jewish

and universally human;

advancing tzedek (social justice), Jewish learning and spirituality;

embracing Israel and global Jewish peoplehood;

delivering excellence, innovation, accountability and results.

HILLEL’S VISION IS TO INSPIRE EVERY JEWISH

STUDENT TO MAKE AN ENDURING COMMITMENT

TO JEWISH LIFE.

On the Cover: University of Washington Hillel’s Rabbi Jacob Fine studies with Campus Entrepreneurs Intern Emily Levine at Hillel’s Engagement Institute, 2009.Photo credit: Eric Bern Photo credit: Eric Bern

When Marisa Johnson first arrived on the campus of Northwestern University, she was

disappointed with Hillel and spent some of the loneliest holidays of her life without a Jewish

home away from home.

 She grew up as a self-described “secular Jew” in Santa Barbara, California, and did not connect

with high school Jewish youth groups. “My first impression of Northwestern Hillel was that it was

a glorified youth group — great for other students, but not my cup of tea,” recalls the Middle

East history and international studies major.

 But a Hillel professional convinced her to take a chance on the Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative

(CEI), a program that provides student interns with training, a stipend and modest funding to

engage other uninvolved Jewish students, pursue their own initiatives, and create their own

meaningful Jewish experiences on campus. “Participating in CEI was my first glimpse at Hillel’s

true mission,” she says.

 “Three years later, my perspective has shifted entirely. I’ve discovered that Hillel views the

‘imperfect fit’ as an opportunity. Hillel encourages Jewish life on campus with students as

partners in the venture, not merely recipients. Nothing is set in stone: If you have an idea

for some aspect of Jewish life that is missing on your campus, Hillel encourages you to

create it yourself. Hillel has spurred me to create my own Jewish life on campus

and to become a leader in the process.”

 In 2009, 170 CEI student interns like Marisa worked on 17 campuses.

Each intern was responsible for engaging 60 students, helping them to find

resources to deepen their Jewish identity, such as participation in Hillel

immersion experience trips or learning with a Senior Jewish Educator.

CEIers have created unique opportunities for students to explore their

interests in a Jewish context, everything from an art initiative, to working

with the Make a Wish Foundation, to an alternative break to Ecuador. A

similar Peer Network Engagement Internship (PNEI), located on 19 campuses,

enables three to five student interns on campus to build relationships with 30

uninvolved peers. Last year Hillel engaged 10,207 students through the CEI and

PNEI programs. Begun in 2006, in the next five years Hillel seeks to spread CEI to

75 campuses with a projected impact on 240,000 students.

 

Student peer engagement interns come from a variety of backgrounds. At University of

California, Los Angeles, Sandra Ghatan is beginning her first year in the program. Sandra was

born in Vienna, Austria, in 1987 while her parents were fleeing Iran for the safety and

freedom of the United States.

 “In my generation of young American Jews, I see a huge lack of enthusiasm regarding Judaism,”

she explains. “I have always been passionate about helping Jews become more involved in Jewish

life but I haven’t really had the resources to pursue it before. As a CEI intern, I feel that if I help

even one person become more connected to God and Judaism, I have done my job.” 

 

 

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CAMPUS ENTREPRENEURS

Marisa Johnson

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HILLEL ENCOURAGES JEWISH LIFE

ON CAMPUS WITH STUDENTS AS

PARTNERS IN THE VENTURE, NOT

MERELY RECIPIENTS. NOTHING IS

SET IN STONE: IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA

FOR SOME ASPECT OF JEWISH LIFE

THAT IS MISSING ON YOUR CAMPUS,

HILLEL ENCOURAGES YOU TO

CREATE IT YOURSELF. HILLEL HAS

SPURRED ME TO CREATE MY OWN

JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUS AND TO

BECOME A LEADER IN THE PROCESS.

Senior Jewish Educator

Rabbi Joel Nickerson works

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SINCE I STARTED GOING TO HILLEL,

MY LIFE HAS CHANGED. I TRY TO

ATTEND ALL THE JEWISH LEARNING

ACTIVITIES AT HILLEL AND TO

PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE JEWISH

HOLIDAYS BECAUSE THIS IS

SOMETHING I DID NOT GET

GROWING UP. ONE OF MY MOST

MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES WAS

AN ODESSA HILLEL TRIP TO OUR

SISTER-CITY COMMUNITY OF

BALTIMORE. BUT I BELIEVE

THAT MY MOST MEMORABLE

EXPERIENCE WITH HILLEL

IS STILL AHEAD.

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Born under the Communist regime and raised in an independent, post-Soviet Ukraine, Jewish

identity was not part of Andrey Gorozhankin’s life. That changed after he participated in a

Taglit-Birthright Israel: Hillel trip.

 “I was intrigued and wanted to learn more about Jewish culture, traditions and way of life –

so I decided to come to Hillel,” he says. “Since I started going to Hillel, my life has changed.

I try to attend all the Jewish learning activities at Hillel and to participate in all the Jewish

holidays because this is something I did not get growing up.”

 Andrey, a student leader in Odessa Hillel, is one of thousands of young people outside North

America who turn to Hillel for Jewish inspiration and celebration. Hillel has groups across the

vast lands of the former Soviet Union (FSU), Israel, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and a nascent

unit in Paraguay.

 “Hillel is an amazing organization that does something special for young people,” Andrey

explains. “Students make great friends at Hillel. They develop their own Jewish identity. They

connect to the Jewish people and they learn how to be leaders in their own communities. In the

FSU — especially where Jewish communities are still very young — we need to continue to invest

in the young leaders who will lead them in the future.”

 One of the ways Hillel helps build Jewish leadership is by exposing students to communities

abroad through partnerships with the Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Jewish Joint

Distribution Committee, the Federation movement and others. One of Andrey’s “most

unforgettable” experiences was a trip to Odessa’s sister city, Baltimore, in February, sponsored

by THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. He visited the city’s Hillels and

other Jewish institutions, met with community leaders and socialized with other young people.

And, as a vocalist since the age of 7, he even entertained residents of a Jewish senior citizens’

residence, many from the former Soviet Union.

Andrey has grown enormously through his Hillel involvement. He takes pride in being voted

“prime minister of Israel” at a mock Knesset session during a Hillel conference. His eyes remain

focused on the future: “I believe that my most memorable experience with Hillel is still ahead.”

  

 View a video of the trip to Baltimore

by Odessa Hillel students

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Andrey Gorozhankin

In 2009, Hillel sponsored its first Alternative

Break for students from across Latin America.

Tufts University sophomore Larissa Gibbs is a veteran community service volunteer, but she found her

2009 Hillel Alternative Break trip to Tampa with 70 students from the University of Kansas, University

of Maryland and Tufts to be particularly rewarding. For the first time, she was rehabilitating an existing

home and could meet the person she was assisting.

“It was nice to be able to put a face to a home,” she says. “Seeing the owner’s reaction and knowing

that she appreciates us made me feel more connected to the work that we’re doing. It’s not necessary

to see the direct effects of service work but it’s always really fulfilling when you get to see the results

right away.”

Larissa is on the Tufts women’s rugby team and is a member of the school’s umbrella community service

organization, the Leonard Carmichael Society. But working with fellow Jewish students on service

programs is special to her: “When I come together with other Jews I feel a sense of belonging

and comfort. It is great to be able to be a part of a group of people that is committed

to helping others without enforcing a system of beliefs on anyone.”

Immersive, social justice-oriented programs such as this enable Hillel to

reinforce students’ Jewish identity and to expose uninvolved students to the

breadth of their Jewish civilization. These transformative opportunities are

a core Hillel strategy for giving students meaningful Jewish experiences.

In addition to Taglit-Birthright Israel trips, which brought 4,000 students

to Israel, in 2009 Hillel offered over 130 Alternative Breaks within

North America and abroad, often in partnership with groups such as the

American Jewish World Service and the American Jewish Joint Distribution

Committee. Thanks to Hillel, which organized over 70 percent of

Alternative Break experiences, and its partners, more than 2,300 students

engaged in social justice work and Jewish learning during their college break.

Among these trips were programs in the hurricane-damaged communities of

the Gulf Coast, where Hillel’s 3,100 students have contributed more than $1

million in volunteer service over the last four years. The Jewish Farm School

partnership hosted 75 students on an Organic Farm Alternative Break. In addition,

Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center provided more than 40

Alternative Break grants totaling $135,000 to Hillels to support 700 students on

Alternative Breaks. Students traveled to Latin America to participate in Alternative

Breaks hosted by Hillels in Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Local Hillels also organized

their own Alternative Breaks to places such as Cuba, Guatemala and San Francisco.

Hillel is more than Alternative Breaks and community service to Larissa. “I most enjoy spending the

holidays at Hillel,” she explains. “The services and meals that Hillel offers are invaluable to us while

we are away from home and allow me to stay in touch with my Judaism. Hillel can create meaningful

relationships among Jewish students by sponsoring trips, like the one to Tampa, and events on campus

where Jewish students can come together over common interests and the desire to serve the

community.”

 

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IMMERSION EXPERIENCES

Larissa Gibbs

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HILLEL CAN CREATE MEANINGFUL

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG JEWISH

STUDENTS BY SPONSORING TRIPS

AND EVENTS ON CAMPUS WHERE

JEWISH STUDENTS CAN COME

TOGETHER OVER COMMON

INTERESTS AND THE DESIRE

TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

Hillel’s immersive experiences

include trips to Israel such as

Hillel of Silicon Valley’s

Taglit-Birthright Israel:

Hillel program.

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STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALS

I THINK ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS

OF BACKGROUND, ARE SEARCHING

FOR MEANING AND A CONNECTION TO

SOMETHING LARGER THAN OURSELVES.

JUDAISM HAS A UNIQUELY MEANINGFUL

APPROACH TO ANSWERING THESE

QUESTIONS. HILLEL PROVIDES THE

CONTEXT FOR CONNECTING

STUDENTS WITH OUR RICH

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Hillel at Colgate University in rural Upstate New York is more than the Jewish community on campus:

It’s the only Jewish community for 30 miles in any direction. If the role of Hillel executive director is

important on another campus, it’s all the more important at Colgate.

Rabbi David Levy relishes his job as Hillel director and campus chaplain at this private university whose

2,700 undergraduates include just 400 Jewish students. “What is amazing about working with a smaller

Jewish population is that the community takes nothing for granted, we really need each other to thrive.

This goes for the students, the faculty and the community as well,” he explains. “This means closer

interactions between Jewish people of all ages and backgrounds working together to create the wonderful

Jewish community we enjoy at Colgate.”

Last year Colgate Hillel was included in the first group of seven schools to participate in Hillel’s Small and

Mighty Campuses of Excellence, a program designed to help a select group of smaller campuses more fully

engage their Jewish students. Hillel professionals participated in special training conferences and received

Alternative Break grants for their campuses. This was but one of many programs provided by Hillel to invest

in the success of Hillel foundations and to hire, train and retain high quality Hillel professionals.

Unlike many organizations, Hillel does not require local affiliates to pay dues to the international body.

Instead, Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center provides grants and training opportunities

to local Hillels and their staff. In 2009, Hillel gave $9.6 million in grants and allocations to campuses —

the same amount as the year before, despite the global recession. In addition, Hillel provided high-level,

person-to-person coaching to sharpen the skills of executive directors and inaugurated the Accelerate

program to help assistant directors learn the skills they need to advance their career and lead a Hillel.

Colgate’s Rabbi Levy believes that the key to forging meaningful relationships with students is taking the

time to learn about what really makes them tick: “Once you have that information you can begin to relate to

each student where they are. If we hope to help students take the next steps in their Jewish journeys, we

need to know where they are today.”

This approach worked with Sara, a student who did not have a Jewish education. On arriving at Colgate she

became involved in the Jewish community, learned Hebrew and participated in a Hillel Alternative Break.

Rabbi Levy is now helping her to celebrate her bat mitzvah this December on campus and on a

Taglit-Birthright Israel trip.

“I think all people, regardless of background, are searching for meaning and a connection to something

larger than ourselves,” Rabbi Levy says. “Judaism has a uniquely meaningful approach to answering these

questions. Hillel provides the context for connecting students with our rich tradition.” 

Videos of the Jewish calendar prepared by Rabbi Levy’s students at www.hillel.org/Annual

 

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Rabbi David Levy

Ohio State University Hillel Director

Joseph Kohane (right) meets with

University of Oklahoma Hillel Director

Keren Ayalon and University of Southern

California Hillel Director Michael Jeser

at the 2009 New Directors Institute.

Photo credit: Andrew Daddio/Colgate

Boyanna Grubeshich became a Jewish educator the hard way: As a refugee from war-torn

Croatia she sought a meaningful Jewish identity and found it in Hillel.

 Boyanna fled Croatia’s ethnic violence with her family at the age of 12 in 1995. She spent her

elementary school and high school years in the Goldstein Youth Village in Israel, a residential

school for new immigrants and others. While she was in university after her army service,

Boyanna worked with European Jewish children in summer camps in Hungary.

 “Every summer at camp I met young Jews and discussed questions of identity, ethical issues

and community building,” she explains. “I would come back to Israel and feel that I had no

way to continue my summer experience. But during my second year at Tel Aviv University I

participated in a Hillel social justice program. I found lots of individuals just like me who were

concerned about their Jewish identity and Israeli society. I became a student leader and created

my own programs. At Hillel I found my community.”

 Today, Boyanna is the Jewish Agency Israel Fellow at Baruch College Hillel, one of 21 recent

graduates from Israeli universities who work with Jewish students on North and South American

campuses to create their own communities.

 Israel was central to Boyanna’s Jewish journey and it is central to Hillel. Last year, Hillel

sent 4,000 students to Israel through the Taglit-Birthright Israel program and on a trip

for business and law students. Hillel’s nine centers in Israel offer programs

for Israeli and study-abroad students and supported residents along the border with

Gaza who were subjected to terrorist bombing. When Israel mounted its defensive

action in Gaza, Hillel activists in North America spoke up for Israel on campus and

continued pro-active education activities. Jewish Agency for Israel Fellows like

Boyanna helped students to find their voice and their Jewish identity.

 Why do these young Israelis work on American campuses? Boyanna has her own

unique reason. “Because I come from a multicultural background and because I

moved from one place to another I had to discover who I am. I think that most of

the people in the post-modern world try to understand what’s their story, what’s

their identity,” she explains. “By helping others raise these questions I get to answer

my own.”

  

  

 

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To watch how students at Sapir College Hillel helped

their neighbors in Arad during the terrorist bombing,

visit www.hillel.org/Annual

 

ISRAEL

Boyanna Grubeshich

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BECAUSE I COME FROM A

MULTICULTURAL BACKGROUND

AND BECAUSE I MOVED FROM ONE

PLACE TO ANOTHER I HAD TO

DISCOVER WHO I AM. I THINK

THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN

THE POST-MODERN WORLD TRY TO

UNDERSTAND WHAT’S THEIR STORY,

WHAT’S THEIR IDENTITY. BY HELPING

OTHERS RAISE THESE QUESTIONS

I GET TO ANSWER MY OWN.

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A student talks about how Senior Jewish Educator

Devora Brustin helped her to understand the

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Senior Jewish EducatorS

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ULTIMATELY THE WORK OF THE

SENIOR JEWISH EDUCATOR IS TO

CREATE A CULTURAL SHIFT SO THAT

THE WHOLE JEWISH COMMUNITY

ON CAMPUS COMES TO SEE THAT

JUDAISM IS NOT JUST A SOCIAL

CLUB, BUT THAT IT IS ALSO AN

ONGOING, PROFOUND CONVERSATION

ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT

QUESTIONS OF SELF, AND GOD,

AND THE WORLD – AND THAT

EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND ABLE

TO JOIN THIS CONVERSATION.

Rabbi David Kasher had a brilliant idea during his first semester as a Senior Jewish Educator (SJE) at the

University of California, Berkeley: “Yoga and Torah,” a session of body-stretching followed by spiritual

exploration. “Very cool. Very Bay Area. Perfect,” he thought. He was wrong. The students never showed up.

 It was a false start on Rabbi Kasher’s road to success.

 Hillel’s Senior Jewish Educators program places innovative teacher-mentors steeped in Jewish learning on

campuses to develop meaningful relationships with at least 180 Jewish students each and to infuse Jewish

content throughout the Hillel enterprise. Funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation, the program grew from five to

ten campuses from 2008 to 2009.

 Senior Jewish Educators work closely with fellow Hillel professionals and Campus Entrepreneurs to provide

Jewish depth for students who are exploring their Jewish identity. Their techniques vary from campus to

campus, student to student. Among the activities: at the University of Texas SJE Devora Brustin worked

with students to create a Jewish art group that capped the year with an exhibit in the Hillel building; at New

York University, Rabbi Dan Smokler conducted discussions on Judaism and daily life; and, at the University of

California, Los Angeles, Rabbi Brett Krichiver gave guest lectures at the university’s School of Theatre, Film

and Television.

 Getting to 180 relationships seemed like a steep climb to Berkeley SJE Kasher after his disastrous yoga

experience. “I’ve learned that part of the job of the SJE is learning when to let go,” he says.

 He let go, but he didn’t let up. Kasher built his network of students gradually. He created a weekly

“Philosopher’s Club.” He taught a Jewish identity class in a fraternity. He participated in a Taglit-Birthright

Israel trip. He traveled with students to a political convention and explained the Jewish approaches to social

justice. He was invited to give credit-bearing courses in the university. Within the year his weekly teaching

schedule and his roster of students filled.

 His 180th student turned out to be the president of the Jewish Student Union who asked him to add depth to

weekly Shabbat dinners. Rabbi Kasher takes pride in reaching 180: “My relationship with her symbolized an

achievement not just of the number goal, but of a crossing over into a wider kind of impact: My work with

unengaged students on campus was successful enough to actually begin trickling back and having an impact

on the cultural consciousness at Hillel itself. Ultimately the work of the Senior Jewish Educator is to create

a cultural shift so that the whole Jewish community on campus comes to see that Judaism is not just a social

club, but that it is also an ongoing, profound conversation about the most important questions of Self, and

God, and the World – and that everyone is welcome and able to join this conversation.”

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Eight outstanding Hillel professionals receive the Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence Award: Keri Copans, assistant director, Hillel at the University of California, San Diego; Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, university chaplain, The Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at New York University; Dan Yagudin, senior program director, Hillel at University of Miami; Rabbi Mychal Copeland, campus rabbi, Stanford University Hillel; Dan Libenson, executive director, University of Chicago Hillel; Lauren Estes, assistant director, Tufts University Hillel; Yonatan Barkan, Israel fellow, Hillel at University of California, Davis; and, posthumously, Darin Diner, z”l, executive director, Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach.

University of Kansas Hillel (below) is one of five Hillel groups to receiveHillel Vision & Value Awards for their successful work in pursuing Hillel’s core goals at the December Professional Staff Conference. Kansas Hillel receives the Great Place to Work Award for its creative, entrepreneurial, and proactive efforts to find and keep great staff. Hillel at Sapir College in Sderot, Israel, and Hillels in Latin America receiveThe Joseph Meyerhoff Award for Meaningful Jewish Experiences by demonstrating how a single initiative or the integration of multiple experiences increased the number of students on their campuses having meaningful Jewish experiences. Franklin & Marshall Hillel and Northwestern University Hillel receive the Vision and Values Award for Indispensible Campus Partnership. Meanwhile, Tufts University Hillel receives the Vision and Values Award for Development through creativity, innovation, and perseverance in dramatically expanding and diversifying its sources of funding.

yearin review

Former Hillel Board of Directors Chairman Randall Kaplan of Greensboro, N.C. (above left), has been named to succeed Edgar M. Bronfman as chairman of Hillel’s International Board of Governors. Kaplan will take responsibility for the operation and growth of the Board. As founding chairman, Bronfman will continue his leadership by visiting Hillel campuses and serving as an ambassador for the global Hillel enterprise.

“I am honored to take on this great responsibility,” says Kaplan. “Edgar is a catalyst for Hillel’s renaissance. Along with his founding co-chairs, Lynn Schusterman and Michael Steinhardt, his ongoing leadership has created a vibrant, dynamic Hillel that is enriching the lives of tens of thousands ofJewish college students around the world. With his continued guidance and participation, I look forward to building on this considerable foundation.”

“I am quite proud of what Hillel has become in the last 15 years,” says Bronfman. “Randall is one of the best examples of the new generation of leaders that Hillel has to offer our community, and I am confident that he will lead the Board of Governors to great achievement.”

Hillel’s International Board of Governors comprises more than 60 prominent business leaders and philanthropists from around the world who are involved in Hillel as benefactors and volunteers. The men and women who are on the Board often support local Hillel foundations and other large-scale Hillel initiatives.

RANDALL KAPLAN SUCCEEDS EDGAR M. BRONFMAN

JulyHillel at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign — the birthplace of the Hillel movement — opens a new building, the Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life.

AugustHillel hosts Engagement Institutes at Camp Ramah Darom in Georgia and the Brandeis Bardin Institute in California.

Hillel Latin America holds its first Student Leaders Assembly in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The Assembly drew together 90 students from seven cities in five countries for three days of learning, leadership development and networking.

SeptemberHillel sends student observers to the U.S. Republican and Democratic presidential nominating conventions.

OctoberHillel creates PDX Hillel to serve students at Portland State University, Reed, and Lewis & Clark Colleges in Portland, Oregon.

NovemberHundreds of Israeli Hillel activists join UJA GA delegates in Jerusalem.

Israeli President Shimon Peres (above) joins with hundreds of Hillel supporters to dedicate the Edgar M. Bronfman Hillel Israel Center on the campus of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

DecemberFollowing a campaign by the Israel on Campus Coalition, Hillel at University of California, Davis, Israel Fellow Yonatan Barkan and others, the University of California system announces it will reopen its study abroad programs in Israel.

Franklin & Marshall Hillel dedicates its Klehr Center for Jewish Life, November.

Virginia Tech students and Executive Director Sue Kurtz (top right) at Hillel’s Engagement Institute.

Honoree Dr Lynne B Harrison celebrates with her family.

JanuaryHillel activists around the world educate their campuses about Israel’s operation in Gaza. Meanwhile, Hillel in Israel provides support for communities subjected to terrorist bombing.

Hillel sends students to official U.S. presidential inaugural events.

February Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is named among the top 25 non-profits in Washington, D.C., by the Washington Business Journal.

Hillel launches an initiative to engage Jewish students studying abroad in London and Buenos Aires.

Pro- and anti-Israel students demonstrate at York University in Ontario, Canada (above). In a separate incident, anti-Israel students block the office of York Hillel.

MarchHillel mourns the passing of Board of Directors Chairman Julian Sandler.

Hillel sponsors Alternative Break trips around the world.

Hillels of Northeastern Oklahoma, based at the University of Tulsa, established.

AprilRabbi Daniel Libenson, executive director of the Newberger Hillel Center at the University of Chicago, is named one of five individuals to receive the prestigious AVI CHAI Fellowship for 2009.

Three Hillel students attend the UN Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, to monitor events and protest anti-Israel initiatives.

Hillel elects Beatrice S. Mandel of Los Angeles chair of the Board of Directors.

MayAt its annual Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., AIPAC honors Jenna Mitzner, the Jewish student life coordina-tor at the University of Central Florida Hillel, with one of its four “Ally of the Year” awards.

JuneHillel, AEPi and City Year cooperate to create an alternative break program in Los Angeles.

Hillel marks is 85th anniversary with a virtual gala connecting Hillel groups around the world.

Hillel marked its 85th anniversary with a year of festivities that culminated in an innovative “virtual gala” with participants around the world.

Led by Diane Wohl, a member of Hillel’s International Board of Governors and Board of Directors, the celebration began with a special historical exhibit in the Washington, D.C., headquarters and a luncheon honoring B’nai B’rith’s role in Hillel’s development. The exhibit traveled to Jerusalem for the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities in November and to Hillel’s Professional Staff Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, in December. Scholars were delighted by a series of original historical Hillel documents made available for the first time on Hillel’s Web site. Renowned historian Jonathan Sarna assessed Hillel’s record and wrote: “Hillel’s mission is more urgent than ever.”

The U.S. Congress agreed, and passed Resolution 493 recognizing Hillel as “an important partner to universities by providing resources, programs and other forms of support to the entire campus community.” Hillel used the occasion to present its 85th Birthday Founders Award to Dr Lynne B Harrison, a member of Hillel’s International Board of Governors and Board of Directors.

Dr Harrison was honored for advancing the vision of Hillel’s pioneers by supporting opportunities to engage and empower Jewish students. In honor of the occasion, Dr Harrison created an endowment to provide training for Hillel program professionals.

In June, Hillel supporters around the globe sponsored Hillel’s 85th Anniversary Parties in their homes. The celebrations came together twice for special messages that were broadcast live over the Internet from Washington, D.C. Hillel thanks those individuals who sponsored anniversary celebrations. To view a video of the broadcast, visit www.hillel.org/85th

Hillel lost one of its finest leaders this year with the sudden passing of Julian Sandler, the beloved chairman of the Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Board of Directors, who succumbed to cancer at age 64.

During his 15 years of involvement, Sandler brought commitment, wisdom and vision to Hillel. As a member of the International Board of Governors, treasurer and vice chair of the Board of Directors, and chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, he guided Hillel’s growth and assured a brighter future for Jewish students worldwide.

In one of his final acts, Sandler established The Julian Sandler Endowment for Executive Leadership Development which supports Hillel’s training, executive leadership development, mentoring, coaching and evaluation program for its most promising new Hillel directors. This endowment reflects the devotion of Julian and his wife Nina to Hillel’s work in inspiring Jewish students to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life.

“Julian had a gift for blending his keen analytical abilities with his genuine warmth and humor. He believed in the critical importance of transmitting Yiddishkeit from genera-tion to generation and modeled what it means to be a proud, knowledge-able and committed Jew,” said Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone.

JULIAN SANDLER, z”l

Diane Wohl.

The Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh joined the celebration.

Hillel’s Arthur and Rochelle Belfer building was the focus of a global Webcast.

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*Zichrono L’bracha, may his memory be a blessing

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GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT _____________________________

HILLEL IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF ITS INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND OTHER PHILANTHROPISTS TO HILLEL’S CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, CONSULTATIVE RESOURCES, PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE, AND STRATEGIC INFUSIONS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HILLEL’S GLOBAL NETWORK OF REGIONAL CENTERS, CAMPUS HILLEL FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAM CENTERS, AND AFFILIATES.

Edgar M. Bronfman The Samuel Bronfman FoundationNational Federation/Agency Alliance of United Jewish CommunitiesCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

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ENRICHING LIVES, INSPIRING COMMITMENT _____________________________

IN THE PAST YEAR, HILLEL HAS BENEFITED FROM GIFTS OF $25,000 OR MORE TO SUPPORT SPECIFIC AREAS OF STUDENT LIFE, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, ENABLING HILLEL TO WORK MEANINGFULLY TOWARD DELIVERING A STRONGER JEWISH FUTURE.

n FOSTERING STUDENT GROWTH THROUGH MEANINGFUL JEWISH EXPERIENCES

Hillel is committed to doubling the num-ber of Jewish students who are involved in Jewish life and who have meaningful Jewish experiences.

Student Peer Networks and Senior Jewish EducatorsHillel’s national student networks, the Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative (CEI) and the Peer Network Engagement Internship, harness the power of social networking, viral marketing, and social entrepreneurship to reach thousands of uninvolved Jewish students on campuses across North America. Leveraging the power of immersive Jewish experiences such as Taglit-Birthright Israel and Alternative Breaks, these networks have developed meaningful Jewish relationships with 12,000 previously uninvolved Jewish students. Hillel’s Senior Jewish Educators initiative places highly-trained Jewish educators to work in tandem with CEI to offer in-depth Jewish educational content to students on campus.

Taglit-Birthright Israel FoundationCrown Family PhilanthropiesThe Gottesman FundLynne B HarrisonJim Joseph FoundationDavid and Inez Myers FoundationThe Thomas Spiegel Family Foundation

Bronfman Strategic Engagement GrantsThe Samuel Bronfman Foundation

Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish ExperienceHillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Experience infuses Jewish education throughout the Hillel enterprise, providing students, Hillel professionals, and the campus community with a variety of resources to promote and encourage Jewish living and learning. Hillel is grateful to the Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds for endowing the Center’s activities.

Hillel’s SOREF Initiative for Emerging CampusesHillel’s Soref Initiative enables students and local college and university communities to engage in Jewish life on campuses with smaller Jewish populations. The Soref Initiative provides guidance, financial assistance, online resources, and a communication network for Jewish students, faculty advisors and university professionals on hundreds of campuses throughout North America.

Samuel and Helene Soref Foundation, Benjamin F. Breslauer and Irma G. Breslauer, TrusteesJoseph S. Steinberg

InternshipsHILLEL’S COLLEGIATE LEADERSHIP INTERNSHIP PROGRAM UJA-Federation of New York

THE KORET HILLEL STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Koret Foundation

PARTNERS AND INVESTORS Hillel Israel Chairman Joseph Ciechanover (left) and Hillel Founding Chairman Edgar M. Bronfman confer with Israeli university presidents in Jerusalem, November 2008. Hillel International Board of Governors Co-Chair Michael Steinhardt (left) chats with Richard M. Joel, Yeshiva University president and former Hillel president, at an event sponsored by The Samuel Bronfman Foundation in May 2009.

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is grateful to the tens of thousands of individuals, philanthropic foundations, Jewish Federations and other funding partners whose ongoing support sustains the entire Hillel enterprise. We are pleased to recognize those who made significant contributions to Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center during the past fiscal year (July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009) to enable Hillel to implement its vision that every Jewish student make an enduring commitment to Jewish life.

In 1923, visionary community leaders, educators and philanthropists in Champaign-Urbana and Chicago, Illinois, created an organization they called “Hillel” to provide Jewish college students at the University of Illinois with the organization they needed and deserved. The Hillel movement continues to thrive because of the leadership provided by its International Board of Governors and support of farsighted philanthropists, Jewish Federations and partners in communities around the globe.

Last year, during a grave economic crisis, Hillel provided millions of dollars in grants and services to 251 affiliated foundations, program centers and Jewish student organizations that serve students at 513 campuses throughout the United States, Canada, Israel, Latin America and the republics of the former Soviet Union (FSU).

In 2009, Hillel helped tens of thousands of Jewish students find their own voices and create their own Jewish stories. Thanks to the continued leadership support of the Jim Joseph Foundation and other foundations and individual philanthropists, Hillel expanded its Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative (CEI) and Peer Network Engagement Internship (PNEI) programs to nearly 50 campuses, recruiting and training hundreds of previously uninvolved Jewish students who leveraged their own social networks to engage thousands of their uninvolved peers. Working in conjunction with ten new Senior Jewish Educators, students were able to explore their Jewish heritage. Hillel was the leading provider of meaningful service-learning experiences for Jewish students, enabling them to engage in tikkun olam — repairing the world — in settings from Los Angeles to Tampa, and maintaining its multi-year commitment to rebuild hurricane-devastated communities in the Gulf of Mexico.

With philanthropic support from the Edgar M. Bronfman Global Exchange Fund and others, Hillel brought hundreds of students, including business and law

students from 10 different countries, on a leadership mission to Israel. Dozens of Jewish students from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay joined Hillel’s first pan-Latin America Alternative Break. Hillel in Tblisi responded to the hostilities in Georgia by providing a safe place for students to meet. Our partnership with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation enabled our work to thrive in Russia, Ukraine and the other countries of the former Soviet Union.

Recognizing that Hillel professionals function as critical catalysts for Jewish life on campus, Nina and Julian z”l Sandler, Hillel’s late chairman, established the Julian Sandler Endowment for Executive Leadership Development to support an array of training programs for new Hillel directors. Led by Hillel International Board of Governors member Diane Wohl, Hillel’s 85th Anniversary Celebration enabled Hillel to revisit its past, and to honor leader Dr Lynne B Harrison with our 85th Birthday Renaissance Award, as Hillel supporters around the globe hosted birthday parties in their homes.

Hillel’s partnership with the UJA-Federation of New York has provided unprecedented levels of service to students throughout the state and globally. The National Federation/Agency Alliance of the United Jewish Communities and federations across the country continue to be critical partners for the Hillel enterprise. Under the leadership of Development Chair Stephen M. Greenberg, many new investors have joined Hillel’s Renaissance Society, a group of individuals who provide unrestricted gifts to help sustain the organization. Growing numbers of individuals are securing the Jewish future through a planned gift to Hillel’s Heritage Society. Hillel expresses its profound gratitude to the many individuals who make our work possible.

Hillel conferred its Founders Award on Ed and Rose Berman (left) and its Renaissance Award on Leonard and Tobee Kaplan for their outstanding support for Hillel’s work. The awards were presented by Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone at an event at the home of Charna Larkin in Delray Beach, Florida, March 2009.

*Zichrono L’bracha, may his memory be a blessing

n TZEDEK-SOCIAL JUSTICE

Hillel is grateful to the philanthropists who provided support for the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Tzedek Hillel initiative, an international public service effort dedicated to transforming life on campus and in the community, framed by the Jewish imperatives of tzedakah (righteousness), gemilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness), and tikkun olam (repairing the world).

Jacob and Hilda Blaustein FoundationConference On Jewish Material Claims Against GermanyCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

Alternative BreaksHillel is the leading provider of Alternative Spring Break trips for Jewish college students. In the past year, Hillel has sent thousands of students on both domestic and international service- learning trips, where they have volunteered in communities from Tel Aviv to New Orleans to Montevideo. Hillel is grateful to those whose generosity made these quintessential expressions of tikkun olam (repairing the world) possible.

Blooming Prairie Foundation Renee B. Fisher Foundation, Inc.Sol Goldman Charitable TrustCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family FoundationThe Seinfeld Family FoundationUJA-Federation of New York

n EMBRACING ISRAEL AND GLOBAL JEWISH PEOPLEHOOD

Hillel is dedicated to ensuring that Jewish students have the resources needed to develop a strong love for and understanding of the centrality of Israel to the Jewish narrative, and to providing students around the world with meaning-ful opportunities to interact with one another, thereby strengthening our global Jewish people.

International Student Missions and Alternative BreaksHillel’s Student Leadership Missions and Alternative Breaks bring together hundreds of student activists each year to hone their leadership skills, provide volunteer service to communities in need, and strengthen their bonds to Israel and the Jewish people. This past year Hillel brought business and law students from 10 different countries on a leadership mission to Israel and conducted its first-ever pan-Latin America Alternative Break, bringing together students from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to refurbish a school in a remote Argentinean village.

Rene-Pierre AzriaJacob and Hilda Blaustein FoundationThe Edgar M. Bronfman Global Exchange FundSherry and Larry KalishMZ FoundationCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family FoundationUJA-Federation of New York

General Assembly in IsraelIn November 2008, over 250 Israeli university students participated in the United Jewish Communities General Assembly in Israel. Hillel is grateful to the philanthropists who provided this opportunity to these future leaders of our Jewish communities.

The Samuel Bronfman FoundationSusan and Michael Gelman

Campus Israel FellowsIn partnership with the Jewish Agency for Israel, the Campus Israel Fellows program places young Israelis on strategically selected college campuses across North America, where they serve as effective peer ambassadors who bring Israel to life through innovative programs and personal interactions with students on campus.

Taglit-Birthright Israel FoundationJane and Alan CornellSue and Larry HochbergMASA Israel JourneysAdam MilsteinMZ FoundationLester J. RosenbergUnited Jewish Communities

Israel at 60 Celebration FundLegacy Heritage Fund Limited

The Israel on Campus CoalitionThe Israel on Campus Coalition is a partnership of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, in cooperation with a global network of organizations committed to promoting Israel education and advocacy on campus.

AnonymousAVI CHAI - A Philanthropic FoundationRichard and Rhoda Goldman FundRobert and Esther Heller Jewish Funders NetworkKlarman Family FoundationLegacy Heritage Fund Limited The Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable FundsMort MeyersonEstate of Arthur MorganCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation

GRINSPOON ISRAEL ADVOCACY INTERNS The Harold Grinspoon Foundation MZ Foundation

n HILLEL OVERSEAS

Hillel is pleased to recognize its partners who made designated gifts in support of Hillel’s efforts to provide meaningful Jewish experiences to students in the former Soviet Union, South America, and Israel.

Hillel in the Former Soviet UnionThe Alvin and Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer Foundation, Inc.Joseph F. FarivarJudy and Abel FriedmanJewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoDavid and Inez Myers FoundationJulian z”l and Nina SandlerCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family FoundationRosalie and Jim ShaneHarry and Jeannette Weinberg FoundationDiane and Howard Wohl

Hillels in IsraelAnonymousThe Russell Berrie FoundationElizabeth and Jim BreslauerSandy and Stephen K. BreslauerAmy and Robert BressmanThe Samuel Bronfman FoundationAbby Joseph Cohen and David CohenThe Harold Grinspoon FoundationEleanor and Mort LowenthalInge and Hal MarcusThe Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable FundsJan PitcherMay and Samuel Rudin Family FoundationJulian z”l and Nina SandlerRosalie and Jim ShaneAlan B. Slifka FoundationSamuel and Helene Soref FoundationJeffrey Tieman TrustDiane and Howard WohlYoreinu Foundation

Hillel in South AmericaCarlos AbadiThe Samuel Bronfman FoundationEvelyn DouekMarcel EisenbergEduardo ElsztainLynne B HarrisonJewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Clarisse and Jose KremnitzerJoshua LandesIlana and Roberto LipszteinTrisha and Frederic Margulies

Sharon and Daniel RoitmanHoward RosenbloomJulian z”l and Nina SandlerDeborah and Marcelo SpectorJudy and Michael SteinhardtRoberto P. Weisz

n PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTHillel employs over 800 professionals worldwide who foster meaningful interactions with tens of thousands of Jewish students each year at a critical time in their lives. Hillel is grateful to those investors who have supported its efforts to attract, train and retain the most talented professionals to serve as educators, community builders, and entrepreneurial leaders in carrying out Hillel’s mission.

The Bronfman FellowshipEdgar M. Bronfman

The Berman Fellowship at the University of MichiganMandell L. Berman

Next Level Coaching InitiativeThe Picower Foundation

Summer Engagement Training InstituteThe Gottesman FundSue and Larry HochbergAbraham A. Mitchell FundJulian Sandler Endowment for Executive Leadership DevelopmentThe Israel, Rose, Henry and Robert Wiener Charitable Foundation

n PURSUING ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATIONHillel thanks its partners who have made substantial investments to enhance Hillel’s infrastructure and promote organizational excellence throughout the Hillel system, and on specific campuses and regions, as indicated below.

Campus SupportRichard and Rhoda Goldman Fund (Northern California)

The Marjorie M. and Irwin Nat Pincus Fund (Cornell and Drew Universities, Dickinson College and the University of Pennsylvania)

Jewish Community Federations of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma Counties (Northern California)

Greater Miami Jewish FederationJewish Federation of Broward CountyJewish Federation of Palm BeachJewish Federation of South Palm Beach (Florida)

UJA-Federation of New York (New York Metropolitan Area)

The Capital Inspiration Challenge GrantAnonymous

Joining together at the May 2009 85th Anniversary Event honoring Dr Lynne B Harrison were Hillel International Board of Governors Co-Chair Lynn Schusterman (left), Dr Harrison, Hillel Board of Directors Chair Beatrice S. Mandel, and Hillel International Board of Governors and Board of Directors member Edith B. Everett.

Hillel Board of Directors Co-Chair Diane Wohl, Board of Directors member Sandra Cahn and Feliks Frankel at an event sponsored by The Samuel Bronfman Foundation in May 2009.

Judy and Michael AdlerRuth AlbertStanford and Joan Alexander FoundationIke AlhadeffLucille and Daniel AmsterLorraine and Jerome ArestyJeremy Bandler and Clare GoldwaterRuth and Shelly BauskDiane BelferBarbara and Mark BellGary BelskyLinda and Roger E. BenjaminAlfred BergMarjorie and Barry BergHelene and Ady BergerCindy and David BergerElaine M. BerkeHenrietta and Jerome BerkoRose and Ed BermanCarol and Gary BermanNancy Berman and Alan BlochElayne BernsteinJay H. and Jill BernsteinThe Bialer Family FoundationMoshe and Tammy BilitzkyBirmingham Jewish FederationSusan and George BirnbaumLaurie Blitzer and Sam LevineCamelia and J. Gerson BlochCaroline L. BloomfieldJeanette and Frederic BogartMartin and Barbara BolnickElise and Gil Bonwitt Ross, Wendy, Lisa and Amy BornDebbie and Richard BornStephen BorrusNick BottaDavid and Bonnie BrandLotte and Ludwig BravmannFrank and Nancy BrennerMike and Wendy BrennerThe Brodsky FoundationMarian and Edward BrombergJane and Scott BrownBarbara and David BurstinSadie Jane CahnRoberta and William CampbellNorman CantorJane and Dennis CarltonJoann and William CassellChampaign-Urbana Jewish Federation Paul J. ChernerJack Chester FoundationHarold ChoPamela and Michael ChozenLarry J. CobenBernice and Albert B. Cohen Family Charitable TrustClaire J. CohenIrma Shaler CohenLuci Belnick and Jeffrey CohenNaomi z”l and Jesse Cohen

Robert CohenDebra and Steven CohenHelene and Tim CohenTobias CohenRuth and Robert CohnBarbara and Jerry CookBeth CousensRonald L. DanielsSonia and Carlos de HaimeSarah and Paul Densen Charitable FoundationJoshua DonfeldPeter DoughertyFrieda and Melvin DowLee DranikoffRuthann and Kenneth EcksteinGail and Robert EdelsteinGlenn EichenHal EisMarilyn and Joseph EisenbergJudith and Alan EisenmanJoseph EislerKaren Lehmann-Eisner and David EisnerMartin EliasLois and Richard EnglandMaxine and Marty EpsteinEstate of Rose EnglanderEthan FalkoveHinda and Eugene FarberFlorence and Joseph FeldmanToby and Morris z”l FellPhilip FeltmanNancy and Maury FertigFibus Family FoundationBeth and Alex FingerSheila and Bruce FirestoneEllen and Gary FischerSeymour FleisherElizabeth FlisserFort Wayne Jewish FederationKarin and Jonathan FraadeIrving H. FranklinGerald FreedmanAllan H. FriedAvi FriedmanMarvin and Cookie FriedmanMiriam FriendMatthew S. FurmanDeborah and Aryeh FurstEva and Leo GansLori and Lawrence GaronPhilip Garoon and FamilyEran GaskoJune Baumgardner Gelbart FoundationEdmund A. Geller

David A. GemunderBarbara Leslie Gerber and Seymour KrasnerGerson Family Foundation, Inc. Muriel and Irving V. GersteinJudith Cohn Gilberg and David GilbergLucille GladstoneKaren and Henry GlanternikRuth and Jack Glantz Family Foundation Sol GlasnerSteven and Melanie GlassJoan Holland and Eli GlassmanPhil GlassmanCary GlasteinMartin and Billie GoldAaron GoldbergRay and Ellen GoldbergShira and Rob GoldbergElizabeth Goldberg Charitable Foundation Jay GoldmanMerle and Marshall GoldmanJocelyn and Robert GoldmanSandra and Paul GoldnerAlfred G. GoldsteinNeil and Joyce GoldsteinLawrence J. GonzerMeryl and David GordonNita Gordon TrustCassandra and Sheldon GottliebBarnard J. GottsteinTamara GottsteinCamille E. GranatoHolly and Michael GrebelAndrew GreenGreensboro Jewish FederationToba and Earl GreinetzRoslyn and Frank GrobmanOstgrodd FoundationSheila Grossman Family FoundationJan and Andrew GrovemanManfred GruenspechtBruce and Marni GutkinEmalie and Arthur GuttermanElliot HandlerJane and Paul Harris

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THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY________________________________

THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY RECOGNIZES PHILANTHROPISTS WHOSE COMMITMENT TO HILLEL REPRESENTS THEIR LEADER-SHIP ROLE IN FOSTERING A RENAISSANCE OF JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUSES AROUND THE WORLD. MEMBERS OF THE RENAIS-SANCE SOCIETY PROVIDE VITAL ANNUAL UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT TO ENABLE HILLEL TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION OF ENRICHING THE LIVES OF JEWISH STUDENTS SO THEY THAT THEY MAY ENRICH THE WORLD. HILLEL IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE GIFTS MADE DURING THE 2008 - 2009 ACADEMIC YEAR, AND REGRETS ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS.

n CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLEEach member of the Chairman’s Circle made a commitment of $25,000 or more to Hillel during the 2008-2009 academic year.

AnonymousTom and Lanie BlumbergCrown Family PhilanthropiesAnita and William HellerJewish Community Federations of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma CountiesJewish Federation of Greater PhiladelphiaTobee and Leonard KaplanCharna LarkinTrisha and Frederic MarguliesRosalie and Jim ShanePaul E. SingerUIA Federations Canada

n PRESIDENT’S COUNCILEach member of the President’s Council made a commitment of $10,000 to $24,999 to Hillel during the 2008-2009 academic year.

Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity The Jeffrey A. Altman FoundationJoan BerenAmy and Robert BressmanSandra F. and Stewart CahnCongregation Emanu-El of the City of New YorkJoan DavisMirrel Davis TrustRebecca Davis TrustMiriam and David DonohoTova and Barry EffronMelvin EpsteinRafael FefermanPaula and Jerry GottesmanSandy and Stephen M. GreenbergLouis and Barbara z”l GrossMartin GrossDebra Harrison and Mark MullerJudith Harrison and Stephan GrossRobert and Esther HellerDouglas A. HirschSara Hurand and Elie WeissJewish Federation of Greater IndianapolisJewish Federation of South Palm Beach CountySherry and Larry KalishShelly and Michael KassenEllie and Mark LainerHarry and Sadie Lasky FoundationLester and Judith Lieberman Phyllis and Norman Lipsett FoundationEleanor and Mort LowenthalMarjorie and Edward MarloweCarol and Paul MillerSandra and Stephen MussSharon and Chuck NewmanLinda Riefberg and Lee PerlmanTina and Steve PriceLeslie and Russ RobinsonSharon and Daniel RoitmanEric F. RossRobin A. and Steven J. RotterPaul SadeMara and Ricky Sandler Curtis SchenkerJodi J. Schwartz and Steven F. RichmanTracy and Evan SegalSusan B. StearnsTemple Sholom of West EssexSharon Margolin UngerleiderUnited Jewish Federation of San Diego CountyMichael WeissSandy and Tim Wuliger

n LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Each member of the Leadership Council made a commitment of $5,000 to $9,999 to Hillel during the 2008-2009 academic year.

Jane and Norman Alpert Alpha Epsilon Phi SororityJames and Sylvia BassinSharon and David ButlerRyna and Melvin S. CohenPhilip H. Cohen and Susan Rudd CohenAlisa and Daniel DoctoroffNancy and Marc DuberLisa and Mitchell EisenRosalyn and Irwin EngelmanSheila and Milton FineStephanie K. and Wayne L. FirestoneFeliks FrenkelDarrell FriedmanJanie and Donald FriendLee M. HendlerGary HirschbergDalia and Morton JarashowJewish Federation of Greater New OrleansJewish Federation of Nashville & Middle TNB&R Knapp FoundationSheila and Bill LambertDaniel and Nina LibeskindBarry LowitzAbe MalehBeatrice S. MandelRob MedwayKaren and Neil MossJan and Charles NirenbergCarolyn and Stephen OppenheimerJoe and Suzanne OrleyAndrew RechtschafferJeffrey RosenJudy and Jack RosenbergJoan and Jack SaltzLewis M. SchottThe Sherman Family FoundationBruce P. Sholk and Beth J. KaplanSigma Alpha Mu FoundationOvadia R. SimhaStephanie and Andy SkloverBarry SternlichtLewis E. TopperUnited Jewish Council of Greater ToledoCarol B. WiseLinda and Louis Wolff

n RENAISSANCE FUNDEach member of the Renaissance Fund made a commitment of $1,000 to $4,999 to Hillel during the 2008 - 2009 academic year.

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Hillel Board of Directors member Andrew Sklover (left) with Board Secretary David M. Cohen, May 2009.

Gary Cohn at the dedication of the Cohn Jewish Student Center of Kent State Hillel, September 2009. The Cohn Center was named for Gary’s parents, Victor and Ellen Cohn.

Gene RachmanskySimon and Virginia Ramo David RaphaelJoyce and Michael RappeportLouise RatnerHelen RauchYossi and Dana RaucherThe Morton and Beverly Rechler Family FoundationNorman and Syril ReitmanHoward and Barbara RichRita and Fred RichmanAudrey RiegerMarcia RiesmanRobert Gore RifkindLois and Sidney RobbinsElaine and Bernard RobertsDonna and Andy RobinsCharlotte and Morris RobinsonSusan and Freddy RobinsonNatalie RobinsonMarian and David RockerBert and Norton RocklerLarry RogersElliott C. RoschMichele M. and Stan RosenJill and Michael A. RosenbaumRudolph RosenbaumLewis H. RosenbergRebecca and Richard RosenbergJon RosenblattPeter RosenblumBetty and David RosenstockCharlotte and David RosensweigLillian RosenthalGrace and Martin RosmanDan RosskammBarbara and Robert RoswellStanley RothLenore RubenTerry M. RubensteinMichael RukinRaina and Howard RuskinDavid SafirAbraham SalamanBarry SavitsMarty ScharfScott SchleyArlene and Harold Schnitzer

Else and David SchnurSally and Barry SchwartzVicki Wheelock and Gerald SchwartzElaine and Jay SchwartzErica and Robert SchwartzMildred and Sherwood SchwartzOri SchwartzburgSharon and James SchwarzElinor SeevakVinit SethiRobert M. ShackBarbara and Daniel ShapiraVirginia and Norton SharpeStephen E. ShavitzSusan and Scott ShayDganit and David ShefetMara and Robert ShlachterRose L. ShureHerbert SiegelRobert G. SiegelSeth Siegel and Rachel RinglerBarbara and Richard SilvermanKeith SingerS. Fred SingerNaomi and Abraham SinnreichCaryl and Robert SiskinAlan B. Slifka FoundationMarvin SlottElene and Herbert J. SolomonCarita SommerJerry and Emily Spiegel Family FoundationLinda and Edward SpilkaSharon SteinElissa and Jeffrey SteinerAnne and David J. SteirmanJacob StrumwasserAlfred SundelSun Trust BankMarilee and Sam SusiRoselyne C. SwigSylvia and Jaime SznajderPatricia TagerScott I. TashmanHenry and Marilyn Taub FoundationArielle Nathan Teitelbaum and Aton U. TeitelbaumDavid TeppermanSuzanne and Herb TobinRita and Sol Toscher Memorial Fund

Steven TowbinShirley and Morris TrachtenThe Noman and Carol Traeger FoundationGabriel TrajtenbergRebecca Rona and Rick TutleCandy UihleinAlex UmanskyUnited Jewish Community of Broward CountyUJA and United Jewish Federation of Johnstown PAUJA Federation of Westport, Weston, Wilton and NorwalkMarc and Mindy UtayThe Wagner Family FoundationJohn J. Walzer IIIAndrew Mash WaranchBernice McNulty and Martin WarechSeymour WatermanBoaz WeinsteinGail and Barry WeissThe Selma Lee and Daniel Weiss Charitable FundJeremy H. WeisstubHenny WenkartWestchester Reform TempleJulie Wise Oreck and Marshall OreckMarian and Irving WisemanGeraldyne WitkinBonnie and Michael WitlinAmy R. WolfGeraldine and Hubert WolffRita and Harold WolfsonDeborah and David YaffeJonathan YalmokasYoungstown Area Jewish FederationJudy and Mark YudofShana and Louis Howard YusterJudith and Henry ZachsRony ZaromThe Rose & Isadore Zeman FoundationCarole and Larry ZicklinRuth ZieglerMark A. ZilermannLinda and Paul ZlotoffLois ZollerE. L. Zucker Family FoundationEllen and Leonard Zuckerman

Arnold HartmanPaul B. HaskelRita Dee HassenfeldIna and Lewis HeafitzFlorence HechtGregory A. HerschSusan M. HeymanTerry and Harvey HiekenPaul HilalHirsch Family Philanthropic FundVera and Charles HirshSandra HittmanC. Lorraine and Martin HoffingerSarah and Leo HorowitzFrancine and Robert ImmermanShelley D. and Jonathan G. IsaacsonMarina and Andrew JacobsonJoan L. and Julius H. Jacobson IIJewish Federation of CincinnatiJewish Federation of Collier CountyJewish Federation of Fort Worth & Tarrant CountyJewish Federation of Greater Kansas CityJewish Federation of Greater OrlandoJewish Federation of Greater PortlandJewish Federation of OmahaJewish Federation of Southern New JerseyEsther and Richard M. JoelLeon JolsonLynne KaiserThe Kandell FundEdwin KaplanJerome A. Kaplan and Deena L. Kaplan Family FoundationGertrude and Elmer KaplinJoan KasnerJudy and David KatzDavid I. KatzLenore and Gary KatzJeffrey KaufmanVictor KaufmanWilma and Howard KayeKaren and Bob KeatsBarbara Reed and Michael KeslerJoan and George KesselR. Blake Kessler Michael and Linda KestonPearl and Ralph Kier

Barbara A. Raimondo and Dennis M. KirschbaumAngelica and Michael KlebanoffDolores and James KleinmanLori and Steven KlinghofferAlan J. Kluger and Amy DeanMatt KnauerMatthew KnopmanEvyan and Robert L. KoenigLisa and Victor KohnJane and Howard KramerMarc B. KramerLeiba KrantzbergBarbara and Michael KurmanRonald and Mary Ann Lachman FoundationMarilyn and Arnold LampertGoldie LangJudith and Herschel LangenthalWilliam K. LangfanOscar LaskoLois LautenbergMichael LebovitzLarry LehrnerPaula and Neal LenarskyMark LevenfusGail and Barry LevinMildred and Abby LevineDolores and Hans LevyMerrill LevyThe Lewart Family Charitable TrustPearl and Seymour LewinAlan and Joni LichtinElaine and Jerry LiebermanAlan LiebmanLimited Brands FoundationNorman and Nancy LipoffDorothy Lipson The Litman Foundation Alexander LloydAaron and Beth LongSimon LopataSondra and Max LorigSteve and Dedee LovellPamela and Joseph G. LubeckPaula LustbaderMadison Jewish Community CouncilRichard and Rosmary MaikisDaniel Mandelbaum

Bernice ManocherianLionel MargolickSamuel M. MaslanskyClaire and Robert MazerMichael J. McClernonCynthia and Stan MerkinAnthony E. Meyer Family FoundationStanley and Janet MeyersSam MichaelsNathan B. MillerNorman H. Miller Norman Miller Family FoundationWilliam B. and Gail MillerMaxine MiltenbergerAndrew MitchellArlene MitchellMaida MittmanJosh and Beth MondryIsaac MoradiThe Morris Family Foundation, Inc. Sydney and Stanford MorrisMichele and David MorseThe Moskowitz Family FoundationFiona Mudge-WeismanMaxine MyersNelco Foundation, Inc.Rosalind and Sanford NeumanNurite Notarius-Rosin and Craig A. RosinEve Coulson and Nelson ObusNancy and Morris OffitBeverly OlenderAlissa and Abe OssipJames A. OstillerLazar M. PalnickHeather and Joseph PapermanSanket PatelAmy PerlinMarian PerlingArlene and Albert M. PerlsteinNadine and Sidney PertnoyJohn PetryDavid PincusPincus Paul Charitable TrustAnita A. PinkusBrian PotashStephen PozezQueens Village Jewish Center, Inc.Alexander Rabinovich

Hillel International Board of Governors member Howard Rosenbloom chats with Board of Directors member Karen Moss at a Hillel 85th Anniversary event, May 2009.

At March 2009 event in Delray Beach, Florida were Ralph and Pearl Kier (from the left),Cookie Friedman, Stan Rassler and Ellie Rassler.

Hillel President Wayne L. Firestone meets with students at the dedication of Milwaukee Hillel’s Joseph and Vera Zilber Hillel Student Center, August 2009.

IN-KIND GIFTSHillel expresses its deep appreciation for legal services to Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.

David J. Butler, Esq. and the law firm of Bingham McCutchen, LLPGreg Homer, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPIrwin P. Raij, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

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ENDOWMENT FUNDS _____________________________

HILLEL IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF PHILANTHROPIC VISIONARIES WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED ENDOWMENTS OF $250,000 OR MORE AT HILLEL’S CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER. THESE DONORS ARE BUILDING A STRONGER JEWISH FUTURE BY GENEROUSLY PROVIDING HILLEL WITH THE ABILITY TO INITIATE AND CONTINUE BOLD AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY.

The Ann Loeb Bronfman FundThe Edgar M. Bronfman EndowmentThe Jacob Burns Endowment in EthicsHillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish ExperienceThe Irving and Sarah Pitt Fund for Student LeadershipThe Julian Sandler Endowment for Executive Leadership DevelopmentThe Estate of Sylvia S. SimmonsThe Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Endowment

HERITAGE SOCIETYHillel recognizes the foresight of those individuals who have provided for future generations of Jewish college students through their financial and estate plans, including bequests, gift annuities, charitable trusts, life insurance, and retirement plan beneficiary designations and other structured gift plans.

Anonymous Kathryn Heaton AndrewsHannah L. AurbachLinda and Joel BerenDorothy and Howard BergerRose and Ed BermanEstelle BermanMandell L. Berman Arline and David z”l BittkerHenry BrassBert S. BrownAnna BurtonSandra F. and Stewart CahnDiane CastlePamela and Stanley ChaisPaul J. ChernerJeff CohenPhilip H. Cohen and Susan Rudd CohenCarol and Michael DeanEllen R. Dunkin and Joseph MichaeliPaul H. EinhornLaurel and Robert EisnerSamuel EnglerRafael FefermanIda FeryszkaMarian and Eugene I. FischerJacob FishkinEran GaskoMuriel and Irving V. GersteinHerta GertlerMarvin GlyderLinda and Arnold GoldbergLillian and David GoldbergBarbara and Mel GoldsmithMatilda GoodmanRudy R. GreeneDavid HandeliPhyllis HandelsmanViola HarrisLynne B HarrisonAlice S. HonigEleanor and Aaron IgnalDalia and Morton JarashowJeffrey E. JarrettEsther and Richard M. JoelTobee and Leonard KaplanJeanne G. KaskeyEvelyn M. KatzMurray KoppelmanWynne S. Korr and Donald Brieland

Dorothy and Sam z”l KravetzHarry Le Vine, Jr.Judy and Bud LevinDonald I. LevinJ. Nina LiebermanEugene LipowitzHarry LowensteinFannie MilgramAlfred A. MillerRose MorKaren and Neil MossWarren Bein OberndoerferJulie Wise Oreck and Marshall OreckBonnie OrkowLouis OsofskyMartin PattMarilyn Heiman PhillipsMarjorie R. RozmanSydell RosenDavid M. RothMichael RukinJulian z”l and Nina SandlerLila SchultzJean SellingerBruce P. Sholk and Beth J. KaplanHerbert SilinskyElene and Herbert J. SolomonIrving H. SteinbergBluma B. StollerPaul J. SudeBrenda and Alexander TangerLeonard TureffSharon Margolin UngerleiderJacqueline WahlCarol B. WiseDiane and Howard WohlEdward WollJerome I. ZaksMarc Zwillinger

BEQUESTSIn the past year, Hillel received gifts of $5,000 or more from the estates of the following individuals. May their memories be a blessing.

David G. AbrahamRita ChipkinEzra DelsonAlbert K. FarberHerbert KronishMiriam LevyHerbert RosenOtto SenzHerbert Weiner Ziporah Winer

INCOMEContributions and Grants 20,076,417 51,279,658Jewish Federations 1,796,605 17,196,605Program Fees 5,922,517 10,892,000Investment Income 392,617 2,378,737Other Income 164,923 3,414,923Total Income 28,353,079 85,161,923

EXPENDITURESOperating Expenditures 19,996,570 78,582,227Allocations & Grants to Local Hillels 8,640,280 8,640,280Total Expenditures 28,636,850 87,222,507

EXCESS OR (DEFICIT) OF (283,771) (2,060,584) REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES

* Note: The above figures are projected and unaudited. September 18, 2009

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JEWISH FEDERATION SUPPORT_______________________________________________________

Hillel is proud of its longstanding relationship with the Federation movement locally and across North America. Hillel is grateful for the guidance and support of local Federations for Hillels in their geographic areas. Those relation-ships are acknowledged in the annual reports of local Hillels.

At the North American level, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is a recipient of funds from the National

Federation/Agency Alliance through its supporting federations and United Jewish Communities. Created in 2007, the National Federation/Agency Alliance is a partnership of 37 local Jewish Federations that provides significant funding and support to nine national Jewish agencies, including Hillel, under the auspices of the United Jewish Communities.

The nine national agencies engage in critical work to build capacity; they advance the agenda and complement the work of the Federations and their local agencies in the United States and internationally. Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center also receives contributions from individual Federations, which are listed separately in this annual report in the appropriate giving categories.

Allied Jewish Federation of ColoradoColumbus Jewish FederationCombined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonGreater Miami Jewish FederationJacksonville Jewish FederationJewish Community Federation of ClevelandJewish Community Federation of LouisvilleJewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma CountiesJewish Federation of DelawareJewish Federation of Greater AtlantaJewish Federation of Greater Dallas

Jewish Federation of Greater HoustonJewish Federation of Greater Long Beach & West Orange CountyJewish Federation of Greater Los AngelesJewish Federation of Greater Orange County (New York)Jewish Federation of Greater SeattleJewish Federation of Greater WashingtonJewish Federation of Metropolitan ChicagoJewish Federation of Metropolitan DetroitJewish Federation of Ocean CountyJewish Federation of Palm Beach CountyJewish Federation of Rhode IslandJewish Federation of Southern ArizonaJewish Federation of St. Louis

Memphis Jewish FederationMilwaukee Jewish FederationMinneapolis Jewish FederationSarasota-Manatee Jewish FederationSpringfield Jewish Federation (Illinois)The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of BaltimoreUJA Federation of GreenwichUJA Federation of Northern New JerseyUJA-Federation of New YorkUnited Jewish Communities of MetroWestUnited Jewish Federation of Northeastern New YorkUnited Jewish Federation of PittsburghUnited Jewish Federation of Tidewater

Charles and Lynn SchustermanInternational Center

Alex Pascal, Board of Directors member Amy Born and Wayne L. Firestone at Hillel’s 85th Anniversary Birthday Party, Washington, D.C., June 2009.

Schusterman International Center & local Hillels worldwide

Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Schusterman International Center, US, Canada, Israel, FSU and Latin America Hillels CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES 2008-09

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Officers

BEATRICE S. MANDELChair, Los Angeles, CAAMY A. B. BRESSMANVice-Chair, New York, NYSTEPHEN M. GREENBERGVice-Chair, New York, NYLYNNE B HARRISON Vice-Chair, MetroWest, NJADAM KORNETSKY Vice-Chair, Tufts UniversityCAROL SMOKLER Vice-Chair, Boca Raton, FLDIANE WOHL Vice-Chair, Mill Neck, NYJAMES SHANE Treasurer, Boston, MA BRUCE SHOLK Assistant Treasurer, Baltimore, MDDAVID M. COHEN Secretary, New York, NYWAYNE L. FIRESTONE President, Washington, DCEDGAR M. BRONFMAN Ex-Officio, New York, NYRANDALL KAPLANEx-Officio, Greensboro, NC

Past Chairs JULIAN SANDLER, z”l Immediate Past Chair, Dix Hills, NYDAVID L BITTKER, z”l, Detroit, MIRANDALL KAPLAN, Greensboro, NCNEIL M. MOSS, Columbus, OHCHUCK NEWMAN, Ann Arbor, MIMICHAEL B. RUKIN, Boston, MA

Executive Committee

LAURIE BLITZER, New York, NYTHOMAS BLUMBERG, New York, NYSANDRA CAHN, New York, NYPAUL CHERNER, Chicago, ILPHILIP H. COHEN, Miami Beach, FLMARCELO CYNOVICH, Montevideo, UruguayLEE DRANIKOFF, Short Hills, NJEDITH B. EVERETT, New York, NYWILLIAM HELLER, Cleveland, OHBARRY J. LEVIN, Philadelphia, PAMORT LOWENTHAL, Stamford, CTKAREN MOSS, Columbus, OHDANA RAUCHER, New York, NYANDREW SKLOVER, White Plains, NYJEFFREY SUMMIT, Tufts HillelCAROL B. WISE, New Orleans, LA

Members

LAWRENCE S. BACOW, Boston, MASANDY BAKLOR, Palm Beach, FLHARRY BAUMGARTEN, The George Washington UniversityMICHELLE BLUMENBERG, University of Arizona HillelANDREW S. BORANS, Indianapolis, IN AMY BORN, Washington, DCPHILLIP BRODSKY, Boston, MAEDWARD E. A. BROMBERG, Orlando, FLMARSHALL BROOKS, Philadelphia, PADANIEL BURACK, Harrison, NYJOSEPH CIECHANOVER, Tel Aviv, IsraelBRUCE COANE, Houston, TXNANCY DUBER, Washington, DCBARRY EFFRON, White Plains, NYDAVID EINHORN, New York, NYIRIS FEINBERG, Atlanta, GADANIEL FERMAN, York UniversityHANNAH FISHER-ARFER, Portland State UniversityDAVID GEDZELMAN, New York, NYJANE GELLMAN, Milwaukee, WICASSANDRA GOTTLIEB, Baltimore, MDALEX HALBERSTEIN, Aventura, FLWALTER HARRISON, Hartford, CT

GARY HIRSCHBERG, Chicago, ILARI ISRAEL, University of Maryland HillelSARAH BATYA JOSELOW, Harvard UniversityDEBORAH KALLICK, Los Angeles, CADAVID KARSENTI, Northwestern UniversityMICHAEL KASSEN, Westport, CTLEIBA KRANTZBERG, Ottawa, ONMARK LAINER, Los Angeles, CASCOTT LEFTON, Texas A&M UniversityDANIELLE LESHAW, Hillel at Ohio UniversityDAVID LEVY, Colgate University Jewish UnionNORMAN LIPOFF, Miami, FLFREDERICK MARGULIES, Glencoe, ILEDWARD MARLOWE, Delray Beach, FLROBERT W. MATANKY, Chicago, ILMARLA MEYERS, Hillel of Greater PhiladelphiaLARRY MONETA, Durham, NCSTEPHEN OPPENHEIMER, Atlanta, GAJULIE WISE ORECK, New Orleans, LAJOSEPH PAPERMAN, Montreal, QCLEE PERLMAN, New York, NYSIDNEY PERTNOY, Miami, FLBRETTE PEYTON, New York, NYSARAH RAPOPORT, Brown UniversityRUSS ROBINSON, Houston, TXKEITH ROSENBLOOM, New York, NYBARBARA ROSWELL, Baltimore, MD LINDSEY RYB, Kent State UniversityNINA SANDLER, Dix Hills, NYMORTON OWEN SCHAPIRO, Chicago, ILROBERT SHLACHTER, Portland, ORJORDAN SILLS, San Francisco, CAJENNA SILVERMAN, University of MarylandADAM SIMON, Washington, DCEDGAR SNYDER, Pittsburgh, PAANDY STERNLIEB, New York, NYBLUMA STOLLER, Boston, MASUSAN TURNBULL, Bethesda, MDSHARON MARGOLIN UNGERLEIDER, Eugene, ORCAREY WOLCHOK, New York, NYDAVID YAFFE, Washington, DCJUDY YUDOF, Oakland, CALOUIS HOWARD YUSTER, Los Angeles, CALOIS ZOLLER, Chicago, IL

HILLEL: THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFEBOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009/2010

Hillel’s International Board of Governors advocates for Jewish campus life. The Board of Governors provide counsel and advice to Hillel’s Board of Directors, which has the responsibility of overseeing Hillel’s day-to-day operations. Each member of the Board of Governors provides leadership and a minimum of $50,000 in annual support to Hillel’s Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center.

RANDALL KAPLAN Chairman, Greensboro, NC

EDGAR M. BRONFMAN Founding Chairman, New York, NY

LYNN SCHUSTERMAN Founding Co-Chair, Tulsa, OK

MICHAEL STEINHARDT Founding Co-Chair, New York, NY

CARLOS ABADIBuenos Aires, ArgentinaS. DANIEL ABRAHAMPalm Beach, FL WILLIAM A. ACKMANNew York, NYHARVEY BEKERNew York, NYROBERT M. BEREN Palm Beach, FLMANDELL L. BERMANSouthfield, MIALEXANDER BLAVATNIKNew York, NYADAM BRONFMANParadise Valley, AZCHARLES R. BRONFMANNew York, NYDANIEL A. BURACKHarrison, NY

ABBY JOSEPH COHEN AND DAVID M. COHENHollis Hills, NYDAVID EINHORNNew York, NYEDUARDO S. ELSZTAINBuenos Aires, ArgentinaEDITH B. EVERETTNew York, NYABEL FRIEDMANChicago, ILMICHAEL C. GELMANWashington, DCROBERT GOLDBERG Cleveland, OHJANE H. GOLDMANNew York, NYDAVID S. GOTTESMAN New York, NYMICHAEL GRANOFFTenafly, NJROBIN GREENSPUNHenderson, NVHAROLD GRINSPOON AND DIANE TRODERMANLongmeadow, MALYNNE B HARRISONMetroWest, NJHOWARD JONASRiverdale, NYJOSEPH KANFER Akron, OHEDWARD H. KAPLANWashington, DCELLIE MEYERHOFF KATZFort Lauderdale, FLARLENE I. KAUFMANPalm Beach, FLROBERT KOGODWashington, DCHARVEY M. KRUEGER New York, NYREUBEN LEIBOWITZNew York, NY JERRY LEVIN New York, NYGUSTAVE K. LIPMAN New York, NY

HOWARD LORBER New York, NYPETER MAYNew York, NYABE MITCHELLMobile, ALABE POLLINWashington, DCHOWARD ROSENBLOOMBaltimore, MDKEITH ROSENBLOOMNew York, NYJULIAN z”l AND NINA SANDLERDix Hills, NYSTACY H. SCHUSTERMANTulsa, OKMARK R. SHENKMAN Greenwich, CTVICTORIA SIMMS Beverly Hills, CA CAROL SMOKLERBoca Raton, FL HELENE SPIEGEL Beverly Hills, CA DAVID TEPPER Short Hills, NJISAAC THAU Vancouver, British ColumbiaLESLIE H. WEXNERNew Albany, OHMARK AND JANE WILF Short Hills, NJGARY WINNICKBeverly Hills, CADIANE WOHLMill Neck, NYCAREY WOLCHOKNew York, NYMORDEHAI WOSK Vancouver, British Columbia

HILLEL’S INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2009