Columbia/Barnard Hillel
Columbia/Barnard Hillel is, by far, the largest student activities group at Columbia University.[1] It caters to the Jewish population at the undergraduate and graduate schools of Columbia University, Barnard College, and the Jewish Theological Seminary. There are over 50 groups, which may be focused on religion, social life, education, culture, Israel, and social justice[2] It is located at the Robert Kraft Center for Jewish Life in a building made out of Jerusalem stone adjacent to the Columbia and Barnard campuses.
During the Columbia University protests of 1968 the predecessor organization to the Hillel was headed by Rabbi A. Bruce Goldman. He was dismissed by the independent board of directors of the Jewish organization for participating in the demonstration and takeover of Campus buildings.[3][4] During the protests Goldman was "battered to semi-consciousness" and had to be taken to the hospital.[5]
The Kraft Center offers a variety of educational courses catering to the Jewish community, including a daily Talmud class, currently taught by Itamar Rosensweig.
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References
- ↑ DePillis, Lydia SGB Approves Two New Student Groups Columbia Daily Spectator. April 6, 2006, accessed May 2, 2007.
The SGB board considers presentations from prospective new groups at its weekly meetings and issues a recommendation to the general body, which makes the final decision. Each of the 89 political and religious groups in the general body has one vote (competitive and cultural groups are represented by SGB's sister organization, the Activities Board at Columbia), with the exception of Hillel, which has five.
- ↑ Columbia/Barnard Hillel, accessed May 2, 2007.
- ↑ Michael E. Staub, Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America 2002
- ↑ Up Against the Ivy Wall: A History of the Columbia Crisis by Jerry L. Avorn, p. 228
- ↑ The Battle for Morningside Heights: Why Students Rebel, by Roger Kahn, 1970, p. 214.