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.
Is hillel a place for me?
Whether or not you...
...love eating bacon or you keep kosher, you have a place here!
...have never set foot in a synagogue or you attended services regularly, you have a place here!
...are fluent in Hebrew or have never learned the Hebrew alphabet, you have a place here!
...believe in G-d or are an atheist, you have place here!
...are Jewish or are not Jewish but interested in Judaism, you have a place here!
the hillel house
The 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!
While most shabbat dinners are held at the 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)!
high holidays/chagim
We celebrate the High Holidays together at the 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.
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!