Bagel Brunch

Start your week with Bagel Brunch at Harvard Hillel. We’ve got fresh bagels, schmear, and lox- plus a space to catch up with friends or meet new ones. Everyone’s welcome to stop by for good food and good company. Hope to see you there!

Reflective Studio with David

What can making help us discover about ourselves—and about one another?

Join Reform Rabbinic Advisor Rabbi David Mahfouda for a creative exploration of bravery, authenticity, and connection. Together, we’ll use explicitly Jewish frames—including beginning, repair, freedom, rest, praise, and listening—to explore how creative practice can help us move through the world with greater intention and openness.

No artistic experience necessary. Just come ready to make, explore, and see what emerges.

Steak Break

Take a break from the academic grind for a great meal and even better conversation. Enjoy a premium kosher steak dinner cooked by Rabbi Yoni Ganger while exploring big questions about meaning, ethics, relationships, personal growth, and what makes for a life well lived. Good food, thoughtful conversation, and a chance to pause, reflect, and connect with other students.

Jewish Learning Fellowship

The Fellowship is open to any Freshman who wants to learn in a welcoming community. No previous Jewish learning or religious practice is expected, and students of all political perspectives are welcome.

Come with your questions. Learn with others. Build lasting friendships and a sense of belonging in a Jewish space.

INFO:
7:45-9:45pm Wednesdays, beginning September 9
DINNER served each session
Stipend of $300 paid to each Fellow who attends all sessions!

No meetings on Wednesday, October 7, November 4 and November 18

Questions? Email elisha@hillel.harvard.edu

Sign up here

The Americanization of Antizionism with Shaul Kelner

Harvard Hillel and the Harvard Catholic Forum co-present a lecture and reception with Shaul Kelner of Vanderbilt University. Since the early 20th century, governments and political groups in Europe and the Middle East have mobilized a discourse of “antizionism” against local Jewish communities. Professor Kelner will explore how these discourses and practices have crossed to the United States and what they mean for American Jews today.

Boylston Hall 110 (Fong Auditorium), Harvard University, and livestreamed. All are welcome. Register here.

Co-sponsored by ADL New England, Combined Jewish Philanthropies: Center for Combating Antisemitism, HLSA Jewish Alumni Network, and the HBS Jewish Alumni Association.

Creative Hour: Vision Board

Take a break and get creative with Michal! Come make your own vision board – cut, paste, and create a collage of your goals, dreams, inspirations, and everything you want to bring into your life. No artistic experience needed – just bring yourself and your imagination!

Mishmar

Thursday nights are for pre-Shabbat learning, lively conversation, and connecting with friends. Drop in for a short teaching from a student or rabbi, dive into a Jewish text or question, and ease into Shabbat together.

Oyntology

Over breakfast, we’ll bring questions from our lives (interpersonal, spiritual, or intellectual) and think through them using Jewish and non-Jewish texts that offer multiple ways of considering what’s at stake.

Family Weekend Kickoff Bagels and Coffee

Kick off Family Weekend at Harvard Hillel! Students and their families are welcome to stop by the Harvard Hillel building for bagels and coffee before the weekend gets going. No registration needed – all are welcome.

Some Family Weekend events do require registration. See the full schedule and register on our Family Weekend 2026 page.

Refuseniks: The Interfaith Mobilization to Free Soviet Jews – Lunch with Shaul Kelner

In the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, a worldwide human rights movement mobilized to secure the freedom to emigrate for Jews persecuted by the Soviet regime – and in the United States, Jewish and Christian groups joined forces to help. Join us to break bread and revisit this remarkable example of the power of interfaith coalitions with Shaul Kelner, Professor of Jewish Studies and Sociology at Vanderbilt University and author of A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews.

A 20–25 minute presentation will be followed by conversation and Q&A. Lunch served. Open to students and faculty – all are welcome. Hosted by Harvard Hillel and cosponsored by the Harvard Catholic Forum.

RSVP requested: email elisha@hillel.harvard.edu.

ApiChorus Family Weekend Show

Join ApiChorus for a special Family Weekend show in the Rabb Room at Harvard Hillel! Bring your family and friends for a morning of music. All are welcome.

Family Weekend Bagel Brunch

Our weekly Bagel Brunch opens its doors to families for Family Weekend! Join us for a relaxed morning of bagels, coffee, and conversation before you head home.

This event is free and open to Harvard College students and their families. Registration is requested for family members – register here (students do not need to register).

Family Weekend at Hillel also includes Friday morning Bagels and Coffee (no registration needed) and Friday night Shabbat Dinner. See the full schedule on our Family Weekend 2026 page.