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The celebration was held during Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Family Weekend on Sept. 25-27.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Jewish Life and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Hillel will celebrate the Sklut Hillel Center’s 13th anniversary with a Shabbat Oneg and annual Family Weekend Bagel Brunch, bringing together students, families and friends to mark the milestone.

Rabbi Maor Greene delivered this teaching at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Kol Nidrei Service for Yom Kippur on Sept. 20, 2026. Yom Kippur is a day of repentance and return. It is a day for the Jewish community to consider its actions of the past year and commit to living better in the year to come. This sermon explores the power of speech and how we can choose to use it for good.

Jewish Life at Â鶹ÊÓƵ welcomed the incoming class of 2030 with a shabbat dinner and Jewish activity fair. Rabbi Maor Greene delivered a teaching on how the Jewish community at Â鶹ÊÓƵ supports one another. Representatives from Hillel, Chabad, AEPi, AEPhi and Hebrew Club also attended the event.

Members of a family with historic connections to the university made a visit to campus in June to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of a woman whose childhood home now serves as the Sklut Hillel Center.

The gift from Ilene and Andy Cantos P’25 will strengthen Jewish Life on campus by providing valuable funding for internships, student scholarships, facilities and programs.

The graduate of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s human services studies program works on policy advocacy in Washington, D.C., in a prestigious fellowship with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Jewish community is currently honoring Passover, which continues until April 20.

Rami Davidian ran towards the gunfire rather than away from it. By the end of the day, he had saved more than 750 lives.

This article by Rabbi Maor Greene, associate chaplain for Jewish Life, was originally published in The Wisdom Daily, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership's outlet for political, cultural and spiritual commentary, analysis and inspiration. CLAL is a leading Jewish organization focused on innovation and belonging.