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Whats happening at Hillel.....
 While many people
in the education world see summer as a long break from school, students and
staff at the Cincinnati Hillel Jewish Student Center kept extremely busy!
Thanks to the hard work of our student interns, Graham Mitro,
Ailyn Esayag and Stephen Lamb, the Hillel staff received a lot of
help getting everything ready for fall, and pretty soon Hillel will be
'open for business!'
Hillel's biggest change this year includes the renovation of the building's
lower level rooms. Countless days were spent this summer cleaning,
organizing and redecorating so that students could have a place to hang out
at Hillel. Now students can watch TV or drink coffee in the new
student lounge, study in Hillel's well stocked library or just hang out on
the patio.
Hillel will also be hosting their annual Back to School Welcome Week with
fun-filled programs to give students the opportunity to get to know one
another and learn more about their Hillel and as always - to eat great
food. Other exciting opportunities for this upcoming year include an
Alternative Spring Break trip to New
Orleans, a Birthright trip next summer and the
addition of 6 new students on Hillel's Board of Trustees.
Some of the returning Hillel students have also chosen this year to revamp
the student leadership board, create a new constitution, hold elections for
positions and even throw an election party. They have also suggested
some idea's for new programming, new community service projects and their
desire to lead Shabbat services. Of course, 'the oldies but goodies'
programs are there as well including themed Shabbat dinners, Falafel and
Friends with two Chaverot M'Israel,
and Matzah Ball Mondays featuring Lizzy's 'world famous Matzah
Balls. "They are the best!" raves several current Hillel
students.
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The 2008-2009 Hillel Staff
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Meet the Hillel staff!
 
Meet Hillel's 2008-2009 staff! Lizzy Harold
(left), the new Interim Executive Director is
originally from Des Moines, Iowa but has lived in Cincinnati for the past four years.
She graduated from Miami University and lived for 5 years in Washington DC before
moving back to Ohio.
Lizzy recently received her Masters degree from
the University
of Dayton in Student
Affairs in Higher Education and is married to Geoff, her college
sweetheart.
Heather Zucker is a native Cincinnatian who received her college degree
from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She worked at the
Milwaukee Hillel for two years before returning to Cincinnati. As Program Director,
Heather gets to hang out with all the students and help them plan programs,
holidays and what kind of food to eat!
Bobby Covitz, Hillel's Director of Engagement is from Boston
but spent his first year in college at the University of Cincinnati.
He then transferred to The Ohio State University and after graduating in
2007 came back to work for the Cincinnati Hillel.
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