Author: Marc Fleischner

Friday night, Rowan Hillel hosted our 4th annual Rowan United event. The event, co-sponsored by the Rowan Muslim Student Association, is an Interfaith event fostering open and honest dialogue between students of all beliefs, focusing on our similarities. We began the event with an icebreaker to get to know one another and then played a …

This evening, Rowan University Hillel participated in a virtual WebEx event commemorating and remembering the anniversary of Kristallnacht, also known as the “Night of Broken Glass”. Run by the Rowan Center for the Study of Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights and joined by over 80 participants from Hillel, Chabad, Phi Alpha Theta, and Student History …

This week Hillel hosted Game Night and it was a blast! We first played a Kahoot about Movies, and then one about Brain Teasers which really messed with out minds! Then we played a virtual version of the Game of Things which was a lot of fun and got us all laughing! Can’t wait for …

Last Friday, Rowan University Hillel hosted a virtual Jeopardy event via Cisco Webex with Treasurer Greggory Nekrasovas and Evan Grollman acting as hosts. The participants were separated into teams of two to deliberate and answer all of the questions. Both teams were very even until one mistake turned the tied, forcing the decision of the …

Our 4th Annual Mental Health Awareness Night was a huge success! We started the event by having everyone share one positive thing about their day. Then, we turned it over to Michele Pich, who runs the Shreiber Family Pet Therapy program on campus, to talk to us about the role of therapy dogs and the type …

Rowan Hillel was very excited to hold our first in-person event of the semester — a break fast for Yom Kippur! All food was catered from Shoprite and individually wrapped and given out to each member who came. Masks and social distancing were required. After a brief service, we had a great time socializing in …

Who doesn’t love a good Starbucks and Scav Night? Each member who signed up received a $5 Gift Card to Barnes & Noble to purchase their favorite Starbucks drink before our event! After enjoying our delicious drinks, we hopped on Webex where all members competed in a Scavenger Hunt and participated in a virtual version …

Our grilled cheese and game night was a huge success! We started our event by dropping off delicious grilled cheese sandwiches from Steve’s Grilled Cheese in Glassboro to all of our on campus members. Some of our members not living on campus even made their own grilled cheeses! After we ate, we all hopped on …

Last night Rowan Hillel celebrated Shabbat with a virtual Getting to Know You. The event, hosted by Treasurer Greggory Nekrasovas, welcomed back current members, as well as Hillel alumni. We were also delighted to welcome several new new members to the Hillel family. Members participated in a hand crafted Kahoot that introduced them to the …

Rowan Hillel is currently working with the University to learn the parameters for the events that we can have this semester. Please check with us here and on our social media regularly for updates! Hope to see you all soon with masks on!!!