Lunch

Join us for lunch Sunday through Friday at Harvard Hillel! Undergraduate students on the meal plan can swipe in; graduate students and community members are welcome to purchase meals. It’s a great way to grab a bite, catch up with friends, and take a break from your day in a welcoming space.

Check out this week’s menu!

Dinner

Join us for dinner Saturday through Thursday at Harvard Hillel! Undergraduate students on the meal plan can swipe in; graduate students and community members are welcome to purchase meals. On Wednesdays, graduate students can enjoy Cheap Eats—a full dinner for just $5. Come for the food, stay for the community.

Check out this week’s menu!

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.

Orthodox Weekday Shacharis

Start your day with Orthodox weekday morning services. Join us for Shacharis each weekday morning to connect with tradition, community, and prayer before diving into your day. All are welcome, whether you’re looking for a daily minyan or just want to pop in.

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.

Lunch

Join us for lunch Sunday through Friday at Harvard Hillel! Undergraduate students on the meal plan can swipe in; graduate students and community members are welcome to purchase meals. It’s a great way to grab a bite, catch up with friends, and take a break from your day in a welcoming space.

Check out this week’s menu!

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.

Friday Night Services

Reform Services in Rabb, SHEM Services in Smith, Orthodox Services in Beren

Family Weekend Shabbat

Celebrate Shabbat together during Family Weekend! Harvard College students and their families are invited to join us for a festive Shabbat dinner at Harvard Hillel.

For those who’d like to join services beforehand: Orthodox services begin at 5:30 PM, and Reform/Conservative services begin at 6:00 PM.

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 Sunday Bagel Brunch. See the full schedule on our Family Weekend 2026 page.