Caroline Schneider 11/17/22 Caroline Schneider 11/17/22

A Look Inside Hillel 818's Grand Opening Shabbat

November 4, 2022 was a momentous day for Hillel 818. After three years of construction, delays, and a global pandemic that shut down the world, Hillel 818 was finally able to host our first event at our newly renovated building. Current students, alumni, the Hillel 818 Board of Directors, and Hillel 818 staff all gathered for the very first Shabbat and dinner at the renovated building on Plummer Street.

Caroline Schneider 11/17/22 Caroline Schneider 11/17/22

Intern Spotlight: Devereux Eulloqui

Senior Devereux “Dev” Eulloqui has been involved with Hillel 818 since he was a freshman at CSUN, having searched for a Jewish community he could join. Dev told us that, “When I was a freshman here [at CSUN], I had no sense of Jewish community back at home. I heard the San Fernando Valley has a pretty well-established Jewish community, so I did some research and searched around the school and I found Hillel 818. I started to come to events like Shabbat and Hillel made me feel well-connected and right at home.”

Caroline Schneider 10/19/22 Caroline Schneider 10/19/22

Alumni Spotlight: Avraham Wolf

Avraham Wolf knew from the beginning that he wanted to get involved with Hillel 818 while in college. “It was up the street from me and I wanted some Jewish engagement with people my age.” At Hillel 818, Avraham found exactly that – creating deep connections with other Jewish students that impacted his college experience.

Caroline Schneider 10/19/22 Caroline Schneider 10/19/22

Intern Spotlight: Emily Anschultz

Emily Anschultz found a part of her she didn’t even know she was missing when she started coming to Hillel 818. She said, “ I come from Santa Clarita where there’s not really a lot of Jewish people so being in an area where there are a lot of Jews who have similar family stories and similar backgrounds, it’s just nice and refreshing. Until you’re involved in a Jewish community you don’t really understand what you’re missing.”

Caroline Schneider 9/16/22 Caroline Schneider 9/16/22

Karmi Monsher is Ready for the Jewish Future of the Valley

For Karmi Monsher, being Jewish in Los Angeles is an integral part of who she is, saying, “I’ve grown up in LA and Judaism has been the most important thread in my life; that has always influenced everything that I do. My involvement, my kids, my volunteer work, in my professional work I’ve done have always had a Jewish connection… It’s in my soul and that’s who I am and I relate to all things Jewish. I relate to the community, I relate to supporting the Los Angeles community, it’s very natural for me.”

These ties influenced her personal and professional decisions throughout her life are whatt lead to her being asked to join the Hillel 818 Board and becoming the new Board Chair for Hillel 818 Board of Directors.

Caroline Schneider 9/16/22 Caroline Schneider 9/16/22

Intern Spotlight: Tiffany Brown

Fourth year CSUN Marketing student Tiffany Brown has always loved the close knit Jewish community in the San Fernando Valley. She says, “I feel like my favorite part [about being Jewish in the Valley] is that everyone knows each other. The amount of people who I’ve talked to in my life who say ‘oh I did this, I was a part of that, I’ve been to this temple’ and they’ll say ‘Wait do you know this person?” and I’m like “I know them!’. I just think it’s really fun that there’s this really rich community in the Valley.”

It’s her connection to people in the Jewish community of the Valley that brought her into Hillel 818.

Caroline Schneider 9/9/22 Caroline Schneider 9/9/22

Get to Know Hillel 818 Staff

In the last year the size of our staff has doubled! We are so excited to have so many new faces and returning ones on this year's Hillel 818 team.

Over the last couple weeks everyone has had the chance to share some fun facts about themselves with our students. While everyone will get the chance to meet these staff members and know them better over the course of the year, here are just a few fun things about our team members.

Caroline Schneider 8/24/22 Caroline Schneider 8/24/22

How Team Hillel 818 Spent Our Summer

With all of our exciting changes at Hillel 818, it was vital for us to make good use of our summer! In addition to all of the planning, onboarding, and choosing of blue lounge chairs, our team also attended some amazing conferences. Learn more about them below!