Hello Hillel!

Hello Hillel is back! This week I got to talk to Berkeley Hillel's newest staff member, Micah Lesch! Micah is our new Engagement Associate and he works with Molly to bring more and more students into the Berkeley Hillel community. Listen to get to know this wonderful member of the Berkeley Hillel team!Also, the podcast now features original opening and closing music written and performed by members of the Berkeley Hillel community!

This week I sat down with one of my favorite people in the world, Berkeley Hillel's Director of Engagement, Molly Shapiro. Molly welcomes students into the Hillel community, staffs Hillel's Birthright trips, and supports students through everything that they go through at this time in their lives. Berkeley Hillel is immensely lucky to have her and I was immensely lucky to get a chance to chat with her about her childhood, what brought her to Berkeley Hillel, and what she loves about working here.As always, check out berkeleyhillel.org for more information about Berkeley Hillel's upcoming events.

This week I was lucky enough to sit down with four seniors who have been very involved with Berkeley Hillel throughout their time at Berkeley. They share how Hillel has impacted them, how their Jewish lives have grown during their time in college, and general advice about being a Berkeley student.If you are interested in any of the paid opportunities that Hillel offers, search "Careers at Berkeley Hillel" on the Berkeley Hillel website (www.berkeleyhillel.org) to find the applications or email ehirschman@berkeleyhillel.org for more information.Please join us for our Community Meal this Wednesday, and please join us in welcoming our Artist in Residence, spoken-word poet Caroline Rothstein to Hillel on April 10th and 11th.

This week, I sat down with Leah Kahn and Lauren Schuchart to talk all things Purim, from the deeper themes of the holiday to ideas of fun ways to celebrate! We hope you'll join Berkeley Hillel for all of our Purim celebrations this week: a special outdoor Purim Barbecue, a student-led Megillah reading, and hamantaschen baking with Challah for Hunger! Chag Purim sameach!

For this episode, I handed the microphone over to special guest hosts Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman and Shelby Weiss to take us through one of Berkeley Hillel's main weekly events: Barbecue! Shelby and Rabbi Adam talk to the people who make barbecue happen and the people who enjoy barbecue every week, along with discussing the changes that barbecue has undergone over this semester. Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!

Hello Hillel and welcome to the first episode of the Berkeley Hillel podcast! I sat down with Berkeley Hillel's Executive Director, Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman, to learn more about him, how he ended up at Berkeley Hillel, and his favorite parts of his job. Please subscribe so that you always know when we have a new episode!Note: I am looking forward to improving my audio editing skills so please excuse my mistakes. (And if you know a lot about editing audio I would love your help!)