Mission & Vision

At Hillel of San Diego, we build an inclusive community for more than 3,000 Jewish students who go to college in San Diego at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, University of San Diego, and Cal State San Marcos.

Our talented professional staff serve as mentors and educators to provide students with valuable tools and opportunities to be Jewish leaders. Our diverse programming brings together students of all backgrounds to form deep, personal connections to Jewish life — here and in Israel. We are deeply committed to inclusion and pluralistic Judaism.

Since 1992, we have been operating as an independent religious corporation in California. Today, a pillar of the San Diego Jewish community, we are the only Jewish organization with the capacity to engage the majority of university-age Jews in San Diego.

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Our Mission

To enrich the lives of Jewish college students in San Diego so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

Our Vision

Every Jewish college student in San Diego makes an enduring commitment to Jewish life, Jewish learning and Israel.

Isaac CSUSM '26


Hillel is different than other opportunities for students on campus because it's more welcoming and the members end up becoming friends fairly quickly. Because of Hillel I found the most welcoming Jewish community I haven't quite experienced before.

Isaac

CSUSM ‘26
Ava USD 25


Hillel allowed me to explore the diversity of Jewish joy by engaging in rich cultural and religious practices, but more than anything it gave me a community for a lifetime. Although I am from San Diego, Hillel gave me a second mishpacha - of friends with whom I bonded over having Jewish identity. We amplified our pride in being Jewish while bonding over the affairs of everyday life, and I can't thank Hillel enough for that.

Ava

USD ‘25
Anna-SDSU-_26


Hillel has transformed my college experience and become my home away from home. Through Hillel, I fell in love with Judaism and Israel all over again and found a community that feels like family.

Anna

SDSU ‘26
Zoe-UCSD-'29


Getting to play Jewish Geography in a room full of other Jewish students on Rosh HaShanah made me feel so much more comfortable on campus.

Zoe

UCSD ‘29
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