About Susquehanna hillel 

and jewish life at susqehanna university

Susquehanna Hillel is a growing and active community on campus. While we are a small community on campus, we are both active and growing. Together, we learn about Judaism and Jewishness, prepare and eat meals together, work to make our world a better place, and serve as a place where students can wrestle with their own cultural, spiritual, and religious identities.

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Is hillel a place for me?

Whether or not you...

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...love eating bacon or you keep kosher, you have a place here! 

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...have never set foot in a synagogue or you attended services regularly, you have a place here!

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...are fluent in Hebrew or have never learned the Hebrew alphabet, you have a place here!

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...believe in G-d or are an atheist, you have place here!

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...are Jewish or are not Jewish but interested in Judaism, you have a place here!

the goldstein weis hillel house

The Goldstein Weis Hillel House is the hub of Jewish life and Hillel events on campus. It is also a place where students can hang out and study - click here for more information about the House and click here for house rules and how to request key-card access for the House. 

shabbat dinners/friday evening meals

We welcome in Shabbat (the Sabbath) on Friday evenings with a festive meal and blessings over candles, grape juice, and challah. Meals are free and open to all! 

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While most shabbat dinners are held at the Goldstein Weis Hillel House, approximately once a month, Hillel hosts a larger Shabbat dinner elsewhere on campus to accommodate larger attendance. These meals are catered, but are still free (and delicious)! 

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high holidays/chagim

We celebrate the High Holidays together at the Goldstein Weis Hillel House and at the nearby Congregation Beth-El in Sunbury, PA. For information about the High Holiday schedule, please click here. To RSVP for High Holiday services or meals, please click here.

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Anyone is welcome at our services: Jewish or not Jewish, observant or not observant, Hebrew-literate or not.

Passover/pesach

Pesach (Passover) is celebrated at Susquehanna University with a student-led, campus wide First Night Seder. With over 150 attendees, it is one of Hillel's best attended celebrations!

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For more information about Passover at Hillel, and to see photos from seders from previous years, please click here. 

Susquehanna Hillel and Jewish life at susquehanna university

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Jewish Life, Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave.

Selinsgrove PA 17870

570-372-4440

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