#hillel

[cartoonverisimilitude]

In the future, I'm going to make very Jewish ™ movies, which will implied by references/easter eggs to be taking place in the same universe, but the only characters who physically appear in all the movies will be a duo who are always arguing about a seemingly random subject and will always have wildly differing opinions. Sometimes they'll be arguing about Jewish law, but sometimes it may just be about the proper way to cut a sandwich in half.

They will never be named on screen but will be named in the credits as Hillel and Shammai. And it will never be quite clear which is Hillel and which is Shammai because they only ever appear together and the credits won't totally clarify things for the viewers.

[federal-reserve-bonds-dog]

San Francisco- arson attack on Hillel building.

https://jweekly.com/2025/12/16/suspect-arrested-in-arson-that-caused-significant-damage-at-sf-hillel/

https://jweekly.com/2025/12/16/suspect-arrested-in-arson-that-caused-significant-damage-at-sf-hillel/

[freegazafromhamas]

Horrifying that campus Jew-hate has gotten so bad that this was necessary.

[jdsquared]

Cutting ties with Hillel so Jewish students can’t have Shabbos dinner or holiday services?

Don’t tell me it’s about protesting civilian casualties in Gaza.

[aqlstar]

(for jewish college students in the states + allies)

If you are a college student, and you've witnessed an incident or pattern of antisemitism or anti-jewish bias- start by reporting it to Hillel and the ADL below. They can provide personal (Hillel) and legal (if applicable - ADL) counseling and support. Even if you personally would rather just brush the incident off, reporting it allows these organizations to have a better idea of what the situation looks like for kids at different universities. Plus any evidence you submit might come in handy for someone else's lawsuit.

https://www.adl.org/report-incident (this one is also open to all other incidents of racism, bigotry, and extremism)

https://www.reportcampushate.org/

The more we speak up, the better it is for all of us :)

(And if you want to talk to a lawyer for free about an antisemitic incident that's happened to you on campus - https://www.legal-protection.org/ )

[eretzyisrael]

[isitasandwich]

Hillel.

Yes, it is a sandwich.

Is it a Sandwich?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJun 13

[treewolf7]

Today, we are talking about a Mishnah, specifically Eduyot 4:8 (which is the same as Yebamot 1:4). We have a disagreement here between the houses of Hillel and Shammai on a variety of issues related to marriage, but I find the conclusion rather heartwarming.

Despite the disagreement on these and other halakhic issues, the houses still intermarry and interact with each other, and simply accommodated the halakhic preference of members of the other house. There can be a lot of extreme rhetoric in the Mishnah regarding those who do not follow certain halakhic rulings, so this statement of accommodation and acceptance between the two houses was unexpected for me, but still brightened my day a bit.