Your Jewish Home
Away From Home
Building Jewish community on four campuses across Colorado since the 1950s. Serving over 2,500 Jewish students statewide.
Since Hillel began in Colorado in the early 1950s, Hillel of Colorado has provided students with a safe home away from home. Hillel is a place to learn, socialize, celebrate, and cultivate Jewish values. We create vibrant Jewish life on campus that enriches students' college experience and stays with them long after graduation. Today, our work spans multiple campuses across the state, including Colorado State University, the University of Denver, the Auraria Campus, and the Colorado School of Mines.
Students and staff at a Hillel of Colorado community event
Our Campuses
Jewish life thrives across Colorado's universities
What We Do
We inspire every Jewish student to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel
Students celebrating Shabbat dinner together
Celebrate
Every Hillel's traditional programming begins with Friday night's Kabbalat Shabbat ceremony followed by a festive and nutritious dinner that links us to Jews worldwide. With holiday celebrations, weekly educational and Jewish life programming, social justice initiatives, and social events, there's something for everybody.
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End-of-year celebration at Hillel
Connect
Every study shows that positive peer groups are critical for young adults' development, so community is among Hillel's most important functions. Our staff and student leaders are invested in building and maintaining a warm, welcoming, safe, and inclusive Jewish home-away-from-home. Simply show up and you belong.
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Student leaders at a Hillel event
Lead
Hillel is leadership-training-central, as we proudly prove over and over again that tomorrow's Jewish communal leaders are today's Hillel student board members and campus interns. We offer skill-set trainings, professional training and coaching so student leaders have the opportunity to take Jewish life on campus into their own hands.
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Birthright Israel trip participants
Travel
Israel as one of Hillel's three pillars, and along with Jewish Life and Jewish Learning form the backbone of our vision. We cannot imagine a vibrant future for the Jewish People without Israel. Travel to Israel with us on Hillel Birthright Israel; meet Israelis on Shabbat at Hillel; learn about Israel's culture and society.
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Stories, updates, and voices from our community
Unlearning Jewish Anxiety with Rabbi Caryn Aviv
Unlearning Jewish Anxiety: Inter-generational Perspectives on How We Can Heal From What We Inherit with Rabbi Caryn Aviv.
Unlearning Jewish Anxiety: A Student-Led Conversation at Hillel
By Shoshanna Shachtman, Director of Wellness and Mental Health at Hillel of Colorado. Mental health and Jewish identity intersect in powerful ways.
Hillel of Colorado Arrives at Mines
Hillel of Colorado arrives at Colorado School of Mines. Read the Jewish Colorado Article.
Growing Deeper: Reflections on a Year of Jewish Life Across Colorado Campuses
By Shira Teed, Associate Director. As another calendar year comes to a close, I reflect on the growth and connections we've built.
Love What We're Doing?
Helping students along their Jewish journey through University is our passion.
From Shabbat, Holiday celebrations, social events, to year-round programming, Hillel wants to provide as much opportunity for our students to connect as possible!
If you like what we are doing, help support our programming!
Students at a Hillel community gathering