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Hillel at UGA's Welcome Week

The staff at Hillel at UGA is hard at work preparing for the 2018-2019 school year!  The Welcome Week calendar is officially set and filled with events for all interests and ages of students. All students have a chance to meet other students with similar interests and to find their niche in…

Hillel Celebrates Passover at UGA

Hillel at UGA had an amazing Passover!  The staff engaged with over 110 different individuals between 2 Seders and other Passover programs during the week! On Saturday, Hillel finished it’s Passover programs with a carb fest at Mellow Mushrooms, and handed out bagels and cream cheese Down…

70-Year-Old Bella Celebrates Her First Seder

This year is Bella’s first Seder.

As a child in occupied Odessa, Ukraine, 81-year-old Bella Yurash was forced to share sleeping space on the floor of a family’s friend’s basement with her mother and younger sister — and rats.

The most festive Jewish meal she can remember from that …

TEP and AEPI Basketball Game - Hillel at UGA

On January 28th, the Jewish Fraternities at UGA, AEPi and TEP, with the help of Hillel at UGA, engaged in a charity basketball game with the proceeds going to Lungs n' Roses. After a few months of planning the fraternities met on the hardwood for the first time in 5 years in front of over 12…

Letty Kaplan - Leadership Spotlight

Welcome to our first “Leadership Spotlight” article, where Jewish Federation of Macon and Middle Georgia recognizes the achievements and talents of our outstanding community members.

To start, “Spotlight” will focus on the service of our many women Presidents who’ve successfully m…