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Beit Hillel

Israeli soldiers near the scene where a missile launched from Lebanon hit a group of Israeli soldier and civilians in Moshav Beit Hillel, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, December 3, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 3, 2023, 6:35 pm
Anti-tank missile attack injures 12 in north, sparking strikes on Hezbollah
Border area continues to heat up after hiatus for truce, with rockets fired from Lebanon and Syria drawing Israeli shelling
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Female soldiers of the Caracal Battalion, November 2007. (Yoni Markovitzki/IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)
March 16, 2017, 10:41 am
Liberal Orthodox rabbis ban service in mixed combat units
Beit Hillel organization also signs plea for army chiefs to show sensitivity, not segregate religious soldiers into ‘ghettos’
By ToI Staff
The Harvard Hillel, Rosovsky Hall in Harvard Square, was designed by Moshe Safdie. (Courtesy of Safdie Architects/via JTA)
October 29, 2016, 3:33 pm
Harvard Hillel seeks kosher deal for striking food workers
During a three-week impasse between university food workers and administration, the Jewish campus organization expresses support for its lunch ladies — and men
By Penny Schwartz
Yitzhak Ajzner
September 15, 2016, 3:16 pm
Yitzhak Ajzner
The middle of the road is for horses
When Shabbat conflicts with lofty values like human dignity, rabbis may suspend it temporarily, through care and pain
Harold Klein with Ben Fischman, founder of LIDS, Rue La La and Launch. (Teletime Video)
September 13, 2016, 3:01 pm
Jewish entrepreneurs explain how to succeed in business — by trying
Hillel International offers a new video series for the aspiring collegiate business owner. Lessons are based on Jewish ethics — and surprise — they’re not just for Jews
By Cathryn J. Prince
Religious participants in the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, September 18, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 11, 2016, 1:05 pm
Dozens of Orthodox rabbis call for accepting gay congregants
Beit Hillel organization publishes edict declaring homosexuals can fulfill community duties, should not be excluded
By Stuart Winer
Religious participants in the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, September 18, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 9, 2016, 3:44 am
Israeli Orthodox rabbis draft gay ‘inclusivity’ document
Paper issued by nonprofit Beit Hillel aims to allow homosexual individuals to ‘feel more comfortable within their faith community’
By JTA
Relaxing in a hammock at Villa Vitrage, where the Olshinski family helps defray costs by asking paying guests to pay for homemade soup (Courtesy Refanah)
February 4, 2016, 3:24 pm
Non-profit offers free ‘tzimmer’ stays to cancer patients
With 7,000 bed-and-breakfasts in Israel and lower mid-week occupancy rates, owners turn generous with their accommodations
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox and secular Jewish men face off in Jerusalem, 2008. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 30, 2015, 10:36 am
With small victories, religious pluralism is finding its way back to Jerusalem
From providing study grants to non-Orthodox institutions to cafés open on Shabbat, kippah-wearing city councilor Hanan Rubin wants the capital to be a city for everyone
By Melanie Lidman
Illustration of a wedding ring (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
February 5, 2015, 5:39 pm
Rabbis rule that people with cognitive disabilities can marry
Beit Hillel organization declares support for weddings of people with Down syndrome, autism and other conditions
By Melanie Lidman
Torah Scroll (Photo Credit:CC BY-SA,RubberPaw/Flickr)
October 13, 2014, 3:10 pm
Orthodox group permits women to dance with Torah scrolls
Beit Hillel, a major religious Zionist group, says females should have a greater say in Simhat Torah celebrations
By JTA
Smoke rises near Quneitra Crossing as it seen from the Golan Heights in the Israeli side on August 27, 2014 (photo credit: Flash90)
September 12, 2014, 10:39 pm
Mortar shell explodes in Golan Heights
No injuries or damage reported; projectile likely a stray from battles across the border, authorities say
By ToI Staff
Israeli bomb squad police officers seen collecting the remains of a rocket fired from southern Lebanon into Israel, landing in the western Galilee, northern Israel. August 23, 2014. (photo credit: Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
September 12, 2014, 1:04 am
Sirens blare in Galilee in apparent false alarm
Incident comes 3 weeks after terrorists fired rockets from Lebanon; unclear what caused mistake
By ToI Staff
Izmir, Turkey (photo credit: Yılmaz Uğurlu/Wikimedia Commons/File)
May 22, 2014, 6:51 am
Turkish synagogue restored in Izmir
Once project is complete, building will be turned into a museum
By JTA
Illustration of a wedding ring (photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash90)
March 13, 2014, 6:20 pm
Group pushes reforms for Jewish divorce-seekers
Beit Hillel hopes to come up with solutions for women whose husbands refuse to grant them a ‘get’
By Adiv Sterman
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