Welcome to Oberlin College Hillel

Oberlin Hillel strives to create a vibrant Jewish community for students on campus. Hillel is a student-centered, pluralistic Jewish space that welcomes people of all movement and secular backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, and all approaches to Israel.

The Cleveland Hillel Foundation provides the college with a a Social Justice Springboard Fellow who encourages and facilitate Jewish activities at Oberlin.

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Our Mission

Hillel strives to foster a vibrant Jewish community, meaning that students feel included and energized around their Jewish identity and practice. Hillel creates a student-centered, pluralistic, and egalitarian Jewish community that welcomes people of all movement and secular backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, and all approaches to Israel. Hillel is invested in providing diverse religious and cultural programming to Oberlin’s Jewish community.

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Visiting for Parents and Family Weekend? Come meet Oberlin Hillel staff on Saturday, between 2-4pm, in Wilder 327 to hear how Hillel is supporting students and visit together!

Rabbi David Seidenberg offers a talk on Judaism and Indigenousness on Monday November 11 at 4:30pm in the Talcott Hall lounge.

We want to see you this Friday at Shabbat! Celebrate and enjoy a meal with your parents and family weekend guests. And, Saturday morning we’re offering services with Mark Jaffee too! 11/8 at 5:30pm, dinner at 6:30pm, in Talcott hall.

Bagel Brunch returns for November! 🥯 ✨Join us on Wednesday, November 6, between 12:15pm and 1:30pm in Wilder 215. All are welcome.

Welcome back from fall break! Shabbat this week is student led, pluralistic, and happening in Talcott Hall at 5:30 on Friday November 1! As per usual, free dinner at 6:30! We hope to see you there!

Join Hillel and MSA for an interfaith student dialogue on Wednesday, October 30th from 5-6:30pm in Wilder 211! All are welcome; we can’t wait to see you there!

Tie dye in the Sukkah is BACK! Come for a free Oberlin Hillel tshirt and tie dye supplies provided. Our Sukkah will be set up outside Talcott Hall for Sukkot. This event will be on Wednesday, October 16, at 4:00pm on the afternoon before Sukkot begin

Hillel student board is an amazing way to gain leadership experience, build community for yourself and others, learn translatable skills, and most importantly, help shape your campus Jewish community in to what you want to see! Nominations are open n

Shana tova from Oberlin Hillel 🍎🍯
Thank you our community for celebrating with us; to our student leaders Talia, Micah, and Jacob; to Rabbi Megan for leading; to our student board for making it all happen; to those who read Torah, blew shofar, and

Need your monthly bagel fix? Come by Wilder 215 at 12:15-1:30pm on Wednesday, October 9th to enjoy bagels, cream cheese, and all the toppings! We have MORE BAGELS than EVER BEFORE!

Join us on Friday for our pluralistic, student led Shabbat services to mark Shabbat Shuvah, the Shabbat of Return, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. 5:30pm in Talcott Hall. We will also welcome Mark Jaffee back on Saturday for Saturday morning se

Tashlich in the Arb 🌊🍁 meet in the Root Room at 1:00pm (join the group right after our luncheon) and walk down to the Arb, or meet in the Arb at 1:15pm to perform tashlich. This ritual involves symbolically casting our sins into the water to enter

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Email Yaffa: ymuhlbaum@clevelandhillel.org

FEATURED Events

Shabbat Services and Dinner

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Join us Fridays at 5:30pm for Shabbat services! Come sing and pray at student-led services in Talcott Hall’s Kosher Kitchen, then join us at 6:30 for a kosher Shabbat dinner.