Nearly 90% of all American Jews go to college – at a time in their lives when they are setting the patterns for their adult lives. Hillel of San Diego is the only Jewish college organization poised to engage the majority of the 3,000 university-age Jews in San Diego.

A student’s involvement with Hillel is one of the strongest predictors of future Jewish leadership. According to a 2010 study by the Avi Chai Foundation, it is a stronger predictor than Jewish day school enrollment, Jewish camp experiences or membership in a Jewish youth group. As the leading authority on Jewish campus life, Hillel reaches, engages and equips tomorrow’s leaders today.

More than 1,000 individuals invest annually in Hillel of San Diego to provide hundreds of activities that meaningfully engage Jewish college students at SDSU, UCSD, USD and CSUSM. Hillel encourages students of all backgrounds to form deep, personal connections to Jewish life, learning and Israel, through Jewish exploration, leadership and a sense of belonging. Hillel provides critical opportunities for students to build lifelong connections — to Jewish life, to each other and the broader Jewish community.