Hillel Happenings
MSU students enjoying an outing at the Anna Scripps
Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle during Destination
Detroit-Building Bridges: senior Andrew Black, Traverse
City; junior Joe Freedman, Walled Lake; junior Jessica
Sherbin, Farmington Hills; seniors Kelly Giuliani and Andrew
Smith, both of West Bloomfield; sophomore Ashley Schnaar,
Bloomfield Hills; and sophomore Carmen Chambliss, Detroit.
HMD students relax
after an exhilarating
game of bubble
soccer.
Hillel of Metro
Detroit students
Jessica Davidova,
Mary Rabban,
Veronica Rabban
and Jacob Miller, all
of West Bloomfield,
enjoyed a morning
of energizing yoga,
followed by a trip
for delicious frozen
yogurt.
Hillel @ GVSU and the Wesley Foundation joined
together for an interfaith Passover seder. Led by Hillel
Campus Alliance of Michigan Senior Jewish Educator
Rabbi Dana Benson, students enjoyed an out-of-the-
box seder and delicious homemade meal together.
Kol HaKavod, U-M Hillel’s
a capella group, performed
in March at Kol HaOlam,
the national Jewish a capella
competition in Washington, D.C.
Hillel@WMU and Kalamazoo College students
enjoyed a Jewish-themed trivia night at University
Roadhouse: (top) junior Taylor Jackson, Walled
Lake; junior Jessyca Blase, West Bloomfield; junior
Megan Kalika, Chicago; juniors John Israilov and
Emma Morris, both of West Bloomfield; sophomore
Daniel Bucksbaum, Rochester Hills; and Senior
Jewish Educator Rabbi Dana Benson; (bottom)
senior Alexis Fiebernitz, Hartland; and senior Karly
Rieger, Chicago.
Hillel@CMU hosted Holocaust survivor Martin
Lowenberg of Southfield as part of International
Holocaust Remembrance Day. The room was
filled to capacity as he shared his story with
students, faculty a nd community members.
Hillel of Metro Detroit’s basketball
team — (standing) Ben Greene, Oak
Park; Aaron Furst, Miami, Fla.; and Yoeli
Weiss, Queens, N.Y.; (kneeling) Avi Katz,
Southfield; and Alex Gross and Ruslan
Shamayev, both of Oak Park — advanced
to the second round of the 2016 National
Hillel Basketball Tournament, where
they lost to a tough Yeshiva University
team. HMD’s team ended with a final
record of (2-3).
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