About:
Hillel has been on the Cal Poly campus for over 18 years. In that time we have slowly built up the strong community that we have today. In 2004, we completely renovated the organization with an enlarged board, a new website, a full affiliation with the National Hillel organization, and the important addition of Saeed Niku to our leadership team as our Hillel Director.
Awards:
Best Campus-wide Event
Yom Hashoah: Darfur program - Raising Awareness about Genocide, Both Past and Present.
Best Large Club
For programming, diversity, and presence on campus!
Top Ten Largest Clubs on Campus
By the Cal Poly student newspaper, Mustang Daily
Model Club for Maximizing the Benefits of Co-sponsorship
By Cal Poly’s Associated Students, Inc.
Achievements:
-Continually host free monthly Shabbat dinners with 100 to130 students in attendance (a five-fold increase over two years)
-Hold Rosh Hashanah Dinners with 200 or more students in attendance, as well as a Break-the-Fast Dinners after Yom Kippur for around 120 students
-Brought many speakers to Cal Poly, each with audiences ranging from 120 to 450 in attendance. These speakers include Walid Shoebat, Nonie Darwish, comedian Dan Ahdoot, and Jerusalem Post reporter Kkaled Abu Toameh
-Brought four Israeli Soldiers to our January Shabbat dinner, where they informed and updated students and community members on the current situation in the Middle East, and about life as an Israel Defense Soldier
-Created a First Year Students of Hillel (FYSH) program 16. We are raising consciousness of the genocide taking place in Darfur, by raising 60,000 pennies to donate for humanitarian aid, while linking these to the Holocaust by incorporating the theme: “Never forget, never again”
