had never really thought too much about Hillel, the ninety-year old organization devoted to supporting Jewish life on college campuses. While I was aware of their efforts to promote certain discourses and to curtail others, I largely left them alone.
This was perhaps made easier on my campus because Hillel does not really bring in speakersâ??on top of the fact that I have the privilege to teach some of the brightest students I have ever encountered. Many of my Jewish students here are searchers, trying to make sense of their religion and to make it meaningful. Unlike at other universities I have taught at, many of my Jewish students do not simply celebrate their identity, but interrogate it.
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