INSPIRING THE JEWISH FUTURE Santa Barbara Hillel, led by Executive Director Rabbi Evan Goodman, enables students at UCSB and other colleges to connect with one another in a Jewish environment at their “Jewish Home Away From Home.” We offer a safe, welcoming, and pluralistic presence as a vibrant center of student life in Isla Vista. Santa Barbara Hillel is proactive in standing up for our students, building bridges, and fostering a positive campus climate. We are uniquely positioned to reach students at this formative time in their lives by providing them the tools they need as they create the Jewish future. There’s always something
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happening in the Santa Barbara Hillel community to inspire the next generation of Jewish leaders. Highlights of Hillel’s student engagement and programming include festive weekly Shabbat services and dinners, and challah bakes; extensive opportunities for students to travel to and engage with Israel; “Jewish Learning Fellowship”, a seminar-style exploration of Jewish identity and thought; High Holiday services, Passover Seders, Chanukah celebrations, hamentashen baking, and other Jewish holiday programs; and social, artistic, philanthropic, outdoor, and interest-group programming, including First Year Students of Hillel, graduate student events, Jews in Greek Life, tikkun olam programs, and more. We are able to serve the largest undergraduate Jewish student population in the UC system at UCSB through the generosity of many
Hillel’s flourishing student engagement programs. Talented student board members lead Hillel’s weekly Shabbat services — face-to-face and later, via Zoom.
local supporters. Because of them, every one of our college-aged students has a place in our Santa Barbara Hillel community. Together, we inspire the Jewish future.
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