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Our S-Themed Game Night was a huge hit, and it was great to see some new faces! We started out the night with a Show & Tell. Each member shared a sentimental/valued item of theirs with us! Next, all participants competed in a virtual Scavenger Hunt! Hosts Jakob and Kaela called out specific items and members had to find these items and be the first to bring them back in order to receive a point for the round! To end the night, we played various rounds of one of our favorite games of all times, Scattergories! Congratulations to our 4 winners of the night – Aaron, Jake, Evan, and Kye! Enjoy your well-deserved Barnes & Noble gift cards! We look forward to seeing everyone again in two weeks as contestants on our Game Show!

Rowan Hillel wishes you a very Happy Chanukah!

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 few rounds of the “Game of Things” before kicking off the discussion. The discussion was a huge hit! Some topics we talked about included the current climate of Rowan & the United States, whether we believe people are becoming more divided or unified, how we can promote more unity in the world, and how COVID-19 has impacted our personal lives and the world as a whole. We hope to see everyone at our last event of the semester on Dec. 4th — the virtual comedy show!

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 Association. Participants discussed the significance of Kristallnacht on Jewish lives, and what we can do today to educate, inform, and spread awareness.

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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 another game night just like this one!

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 contest to come the very end for a stunning come-from-behind victory at Final Jeopardy! 

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 of support they provide to us humans. We had several alumni talk about their personal experiences with mental health as well. To conclude the event, each participant shared a helpful coping mechanism and/or something that boosts their mood/makes them happy. We are looking forward to another great event on October 23rd — Jeopardy night!

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 person with our Hillel family. It was great to see both familiar and new faces!