The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cornell-hillel/)
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.
On September 25, pastry chef Duff Goldman will speak on campus as part of Cornell Hillel’s Major Speaker Series.
Over the last few weeks, the debate surrounding Students for Justice in Palestine’s Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign has only grown more heated. Cornell Hillel and its filial groups, in opposition to most every other minority organization on campus, have positioned themselves as the loudest proponents of the State of Israel and detractors of the divestment campaign on campus. Hillel’s position as the largest Jewish organization on campus has made it yet more difficult to hear the already marginalized voices of anti-Zionist Jews. Despite that — or rather, because of that — we, as Jewish students, feel it is our responsibility to challenge the narrative Hillel has been constructing and explain to the Cornell community why we support the divestment campaign. We understand many of the positions our anti-divestment counterparts hold because we once held those very same positions ourselves.
Students representing Cornellians For Israel and Students for Justice in Palenstine held a teach-in at the S.A. meeting Thursday, explaining their respective viewpoints.
The Student Assembly discussed Students for Justice in Palestine, Slope Day’s headliner and student trustee and S.A. elections on Thursday’s meeting.