UMass Hillel empowers students through the vitality of Jewish life to cultivate purposeful, healthy lives and relationships that better our community and world. We offer social, cultural, educational, and religious programming both on and off campus — with multiple student groups, free Shabbat meals every week, free trips to Israel, internship opportunities, and events happening almost every day of the week. UMass Hillel is a vibrant, multi-faceted, and exciting community, and a place where every Jewish student can find their home on campus.
UMass Hillel is affiliated with Hillel International. Hillel International enriches the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world, and envisions a world where every student is inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel.
About Hillel International
In 1923, Rabbi Benjamin Frankel started Hillel with humble means, a noble mission and a breathtaking vision: to convey Jewish civilization to a new generation. Today, Hillel International continues to enrich the lives of Jewish students and is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world at nearly 1,000 colleges and universities across North America and around the world. As Hillel evolves as an organization, the mission remains steadfast: to create lasting connections with every Jewish student that foster an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel and train them to become the next Jewish leaders.