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• Jewish Film Festival celebrates cinema
  Multimedia by Gerri Sax
  Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
• Jewish film festival shows unity in Baton Rouge community
  Event celebrates Isreal's 60th anniversary
  by Sarah Lawson
  Friday, January 18th, 2008
• Manship Theatre to host Jewish film festival
  Group invites students to view movies
  by Cathryn Core
  Monday, January 14th, 2008
• Hanukkah week begins
  Jewish celebration emphasizes family, religious freedom
  by Parker Wishik
  Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
• Twelfth annual tree lighting starts holiday season
  Santa, Mike the Tiger make appearance
  by Joy Leopold
  Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
• Law School decks the halls
  Campus community has mixed opinions on holiday decorations
  by Nicholas Persac
  Thursday, November 29th, 2007
• Students of faith come together
  by Emily Holden
  Monday, November 19th, 2007
• Interfaith sings songs of various religions
  Multimedia presentation!
  by Nicole Huskey
  Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
• Interfaith celebrates songs of each religion
  20 people gather to sing various songs
  by Jalissa Bates
  Photo: Robert Starnes, political science and history junior, and other students sing songs Tuesday evening in Free Speech Alley. Members of Hillel and the Wesley Foundation met to sing songs that connect Judaism and Christianity.
  Media Credit: Erin Parker
  Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
• Activists want to divest state money from Iran
  by Ginger Gibson
  October 25th, 2007
• Jewish literature discussion to be held
  Study to start tonight at Hill Memorial
  by Joanna Brown
  Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
• Hillel event uses yoga to relieve Yom Kippur stress
  Members, residents combine for activity
  The gathering called "Yoga and Yom Kippur" was the second part of the Spirituality Series hosted by the University's chapter of Hillel.
  by David McCoy
  Photo: Moshe Cohen, graduate student, stretches Sunday evening on the parade grounds.
  Media Credit: Nicholas Persac
  Monday, September 17th, 2007
  Note: This story was carried by Shavua Tov, Hillel International's weekly electronic newsletter.

• Jews, Muslims need dining options
  Hillel, MSA to work together
  Having a kosher or halal option in the food court would demonstrate a great deal of respect and acceptance of this University towards diverse religions on this campus.
  by Shirien Elmasraya
  Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
• Students discuss Jewish traditions
  UPenn students attend event
  "I could not believe the number of people who were here," said Ian Nicholosi, political science junior.
  by Rachael Moreau
  Photo: Students on a mission trip to New Orleans from the University of Pennsylvania (left to right) Serena Stein, anthropology sophomore, Emma Edelman, undecided freshman, Kate Wallis, health and societies senior, and Hauchie Pang, health and societies freshman, help light the ceremonial candles to mark the beginning of Shabbat.
  Media Credit: Megan Casey
  Photo: Dr. Charles Isbell, Director of Jewish Studies, recites the mourners Kaddish at a service and dinner held by Hillel.
  Media Credit: Megan Casey
  Monday, March 19th, 2007
• SG events promote student diversity
  LSUnity week to offer myriad activities
  The week-long celebration concludes Friday night with "Judaism 1001: Shabbat Dinner" hosted by Hillel in the Union.
  by Angelle Barbazon
  Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
• Jewish organization hosts interfaith dodgeball game
  Makanayim event
  Hillel held the event as a way to further develop an interfaith friendship among religious campus organizations.
  by Rachael Moreau
  Friday, March 2nd, 2007
• Program to focus on stem cell research debate
  Panel to highlight science, moral issues
  The discussion will include a variety of panelists: ...and Rabbi Zamek of Beth Shalom Synagogue.
  by Summer Suleiman
  Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
• Students gather for Hillel's largest Shabbat dinner
  'This is the biggest event I've been to,' said Ann Jacobson, undecided freshman.
  by Rachel Moreau
  Photo: Jerod Brackin, computer science major, participates in prayer Friday night for the Sabbath. Brackin attended Hillel's Shabbat dinner.
  Media Credit: Megan Casey
  Monday, January 29th, 2007
• Manship hosts Jewish Film Fest
  Festival held to heighten awareness
  'Hillel sponsored a dinner before the event for students and other patrons,' Krupkin said.
  by Kelly Caulk
  Monday, January 29th, 2007
• Winter break gives opportunity for trip
  Hillel is 'the largest Jewish campus organization in the world.'
  by Rachel Moreau
  Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
• University hosts annual 'Giving Tree' ceremony
  Candlelight program marks holidays
  Rabbi Barry Weinstein and three students from Hillel kindled a menorah, sang traditional blessings of Hanukkah and talked about the history of the holiday.
  by Angelle Barbazon
  Photo: Moshe Cohen, Rebekah Goldman, Jerod Brackin, and Rabbi Weinstein light the candles of the menorah in honor of the Hanukka traditions Tuesday evening at the Tree Lighting cermony.
  Photo: Various holiday traditions are celebrated Tuesday evening at the candlelight celebration in front of Memorial Tower.
  Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
• Filmmaker screens Jewish culture movie
  Film examines child bearing
  by Angelle Barbazon
  Friday, December 1st, 2006
• Candlelight vigil recognizes Darfur Victims
  Students pen letters to state Legislature
  by Sarah Yokubaitis
  Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
• Borat: Society's cultural litmus test
  "Sacha Baron Cohen, a Jewish British Persian, joins a cadre of comedians..."
  by Joseph Ruchalski
  Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
• Secretary of State climbs from University SG roots
  Dardenne served as student body president in 1977
  "Jay Dardenne said Judaism teaches the importance of good deeds and loving others. He said Judaism is the reason he has been so active in community volunteerism and caring about others."
  by Leah Square
  Thursday, October 19th, 2006
• SAMMY gives Jewish students a 'home at LSU'
  Letters to the Editor
  Matthew A. Wittenstein, Doctoral Candidate, ELRC, Assistant Executive Director, Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
  Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
• Holiday of Sukkot ends
  Letters to the Editor
  Moshe Cohen, Interim Program Coordinator, Hillel at LSU
  Friday, October 13th, 2006
• Jewish holidays clash with football
  Rosh Hashana is on Homecoming
  by Rebekah Allen
  Friday, September 22nd, 2006
• WAR and PEACE
  University students experience the war in the Middle East firsthand
  by Rebekah Allen
  Photo: Roy Issa (left), biology sophomore, and James Bullman (right), political science junior, talked about their first-hand experience this summer as tension mounted in the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Smoke billows from a destroyed clothing factory, following a recent Israeli air strike, in the Hezbollah stronghold suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on Saturday, Aug. 12.
  Media Credit: John Sims / The Daily Reveille, Jared P.L. Norman / The , Kevork Djansezian / The Associated Press
  Monday, August 28th, 2006
• To be Jewish at LSU
  Student works to educate others
  by Clinton Duckworth
  Photo: Moshe Cohen (second from right), 2nd year mathmatics graduate student, spoke with students in the spring about global responsibility to prevent attrocities such as the Holocaust and those currently taking place in Darfur.
  Media Credit: Daily Reveille file photo
  Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Sigma Alpha Mu, fraternity for Jewish students, recognized in the Advocate, in Fraternities raise funds for Alzheimer’s, on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008.

Baton Rouge's 225 Magazine interviewed Corie Yutkin, the new Rabbi at Congregation B'nai Israel, in its October 25, 2007 issue.

Three local BaRFTY-ites Discover Israel with NFTY, Summer/Fall 2007!

Baton Rouge's 225 Magazine covered the 2007 Baton Rouge Jewish Film Festival in its December 28th,2006 issue.

Reform Judaism Magazine's "Admissions 123: 8 Great Reasons to Choose a Jewish-Friendly U" offers some input by our own Kyle Goldich and Yoni Platt (see #5), Fall 2006.

Wanna see a funny picture? We're mentioned in a story about Baton Rouge on JTA.org (by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency) on July 31st, 2006.

Photo: Members of Louisiana State University's Hillel toss a frisbee on the school's Baton Rouge campus in April, taken by Larry Luxner, author of the article above.

Listed among other award-winning Hillels around the country, Hillel at LSU was recognized by Hillel International in its May 30th, 2006 issue of Shavua Tov. Not only do we appear on the list (scroll down some), but a picture of us appears at the top of the page!

Photo: Hillel at LSU Advisor Dan Novak (back, right) and Hillel student leaders proudly display the awards they received from the LSU Center for Student Leadership and Involvement last month.