20 Facts About Hillel International

Hillel International has been described as the largest Jewish campus organization in the world.

Hillel International foundations are found in Israel, South America, and the Post-Soviet States, and affiliated organizations are found in 18 countries across North America, South America, Europe and the Middle East.

Hillel International started at Hillel International as chief operating officer in October 2015.

Hillel International previously served as head of human resources marketing at Google.

Hillel International uses what it calls a relationship-based model to engage students in need of a community.

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Hillel International provides a place for students to join together in volunteering and fundraising and provides resources for spiritual, emotional and physical well-being.

Hillel International has no denominational affiliation, as compared to Chabad which represents Hasidic Judaism.

From 2011 to 2020, Hillel International doubled its professional staff, from 575 to 1,200; the amount of funds raised, from about $90 million to about $185 million; and the number of students it reaches, from roughly 68,000 to more than 140,000.

Deutchman states that Hillel International engages in the wholesale "dumbing down" of Judaism, and providing stylish, yet meaningless Judaism instead of substantive Judaism.

Deutchman says Hillel International has been too similar to a massive corporation that franchises out simplistic templates to campus franchisees that removes the religious meaning of Judaism in favor of a meaningless commodity.

Organization imposes restrictions on activities; Hillel International takes a firm stance in not promoting certain types of views on Israel, such as the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign.

Hillel International has extensive pro-Israel programming and employs post-graduate fellows from Israel from the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Hillel International is a major partner of the Birthright Israel program.

Campaign called "Open Hillel International" started at universities to discuss Hillel International's pro-Israel stance.

In December 2013, Swarthmore College Hillel became the first Open Hillel by declaring it will not abide by the international organization's Standards of Partnership, which prohibit Hillel chapters from hosting speakers or cosponsoring with student groups that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, hold Israel to a different standard or are deemed to "demonize or delegitimize" the state of Israel.

Harvard Hillel International had barred Avraham Burg, a former speaker of the Knesset, from speaking because Burg's talk was cosponsored by Harvard Palestinian Solidarity Committee.

Hillel International is the one place students are supposed to feel entirely comfortable in their support of Israel.

The students' letter, which appeared in the campus newspaper, The Daily Princetonian, criticized Hillel International for prohibiting member chapters from hosting or engaging in discussion with groups or individuals who promote boycotting, divesting from or sanctioning Israel.

Hillel International had been criticized for monopolistic tactics that the group is alleged to have used to assume primacy over the Jewish campus scene.

Hillel International has openly admitted to associating with suicide bombers and has made comments in the past about his desire to become a suicide bomber.