Hillel Council works to provide a Jewish campus community to the majority of Jewish students who attend Universities and colleges in New England without the benefit of full time Hillel Foundations on their campuses.When you think of Hillel at the campuses we serve, know that it is Hillel Council staff that you can count on for providing support and programming to Jewish students, wherever they are on their journey.   In addition, we also provide critical regional programming and leadership development training for both lay and student leadership among the established Hillel foundations and for emerging Hillel campuses.

New England is the home of many of the finest educational institutions in the nation, attracting an estimated 30,000 of the brightest Jewish students from all of North America and the world. Although they come from increasingly diverse Jewish backgrounds and affiliation experiences, they share the common experience of attending college away from home, often for the first time.  Our challenge as a Jewish community is to provide them with a safe Jewish context in which to explore the major life choices they will make over the four college years.