The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cornell-hillel/)
After sightings of the Star of David drawn alongside a swastika on the ground next to Beebe Lake and a banner reading “Burn prisons, free them all, Attica to Palestine” on the side of the Cornell Law School building facing the Cornell Hillel offices, the campus Jewish community responded with a Thursday evening rally on Ho Plaza.
Cornell Hillel sent over 70 students to Israel this summer through Birthright to experience the country on a free 10-day trip.
Nobel Prize recipient and Cornell Professor Emeritus delivered a talk at the University on Wednesday, sharing his experiences as a Holocaust survivor and speaking on the ongoing aggression in Ukraine to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
After online and hybrid celebrations during the pandemic, Purim festivities finally took place almost completely in-person on March 16.
Students celebrated Rosh Hashanah from the evening of Sept. 6 though Sept. 8 with services, meals and gatherings — all slightly modified to fit the ongoing pandemic, but much closer to tradition than last year’s.
Dining hall and community seders marked Passover celebrations for many members of the Cornell Jewish Community.
Base Ithaca and Cornell Hillel celebrate Purim with virtual and distanced activities, keeping the spirit of the holiday alive.
SNL’s longest-serving female cast member Vanessa Bayer traded in her infamous impersonations for a candid talk about doing what she loves.
Cornell is a tough place. Each semester often feels increasingly more trying. Last semester was particularly difficult because of three little letters: BDS, which stand for the movement to Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel, a country to which many Cornellians, including myself, feel deeply connected. For those new to campus, the “divestment” campaign that was brought to the Student Assembly claimed to start conversations about the century-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a worthwhile goal that I share. Instead, after many twists and turns last semester, including President Martha Pollack’s principled rejection of BDS and the paralysis of student government for most of the semester, BDS caused a deep rift in the campus culture and was defeated.
The Student Assembly appropriations committee unanimously approved byline funding on Tuesday for the Cornell Interfaith Council, giving the group funding for the first time since its inception in 2015.