Harvard Hillel

09/06/2026

A new week, new events, new programs, and Rosh Hashanah celebrations are coming up at Hillel! 🍎🍯✨

Check out what’s happening this week and come join us 💙

09/03/2026

A little Dvar Torah to take with you into Shabbat ✨🕯️
Rabbi Elisha Gechter shares this week’s message and a little food for thought.
Shabbat Shalom! 🤍

09/03/2026

Starting the semester with hibachi!

Good food, great people, and a perfect night to hang out and kick off the year together. We loved seeing so many new and familiar faces filling Hillel and starting the semester with us.

So good to have everyone back — and we’re just getting started!

09/01/2026

08/30/2026

First big brunch of the year! 🥯

Bagels, old friends, new faces, and a very full Hillel. So good to have everyone back and to see so many new people finding their way in.

So happy to have everyone back. We’re just getting started!

07/22/2026

This June we welcomed alumni back to 52 Mt Auburn for Reunion Weekend, and what a weekend it was.

A new Thursday night dinner brought together our earliest reunion classes and our most recent, 30-plus alums in the courtyard swapping stories about campus then and now (and closing the night with a live Tom Lehrer tribute 🎹). Friday afternoon we co-hosted a reception with Harvard Chabad, and then another get-together at Hillel, followed by a Hillel Shabbat dinner that packed the courtyard. Saturday brought ice cream, families, and a panel on campus life today.

The question we heard all weekend, from the class of '61 to the class of '21: how are students doing, and how can we help?

That's the community we're lucky to be part of. See you next June. ❤️💛

06/03/2026

Reunion Week is underway, and it has been wonderful to welcome alumni back to Harvard Hillel!

We're especially looking forward to Saturday afternoon's conversation featuring student and faculty perspectives on campus life today, the evolving role of Hillel, and the future of Jewish community at Harvard.

There's still time to join us for these events—we'd love to see you there: https://guestli.st/816646

05/29/2026

Yesterday was full of joy as we celebrated Harvard’s 375th Commencement with our seniors and their families, faculty, clergy, and university leadership.

And the celebration continues! We can’t wait to welcome alumni back to campus next week for Reunion and a full lineup of gatherings at Harvard Hillel.

If you have a sweet tooth, join us for the Francis Quint Ice Cream Social at Reunion next Saturday, June 6 from 3–5pm at Harvard Hillel. We’re proud to honor an alumna who brought people together through warmth, community, and dessert.

Sign up for reunion events here: https://hillel.harvard.edu/communities/alumni/reunion-at-harvard-hillel/

05/27/2026

Last night, Harvard Hillel celebrated the Jewish members of Harvard's Class of 2026.

Graduates, families, faculty, and friends gathered for our annual Celebrate Jewish Graduates event, co-hosted by Harvard Chabad. It is one of the most meaningful evenings of our year, a chance to honor the students who have shaped this community and to send them into what comes next with the full weight of our gratitude and our pride.

To the Class of 2026: thank you for the leadership, the minyanim, the conversations across difference, and for everything you built here. Mazal tov, and welcome to the Harvard Hillel alumni community.