Stony Brook University’s Hillel organization held a candlelight vigil on Monday, Oct. 29, in remembrance of the 11 people who lost their lives to an anti-Semitic attack in Pittsburgh.
But Stony Brook isn’t as tolerant as it depicts itself to be. How else can you explain the fact that we have no days off for important religious holidays?
Students for Justice in Palestine released a statement via Facebook which compared Zionists to Nazis and KKK members and criticized Stony Brook University's Interfaith Center's Muslim Chaplain for supporting their cause.
The Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life hosted its third annual Murder Mystery Shabbaton Dinner, which combined traditional aspects of Shabbat with a spooky theme for Halloween.
We at the Stony Brook University Graduate Queer Alliance (GQA) believe that a university should provide an open forum for controversial ideas to be discussed and debated.
The Provost Global Issues Lecture series continued last week with Dr. Daniel Pipes, a renowned columnist for both the New York Post and Jerusalem Post. He is recognized as one of the leading scholars on the Middle East. Sponsored by Hillel, the lecture began with a rundown of Dr. Pipe's extensive list of accomplishments and qualifications, not the least of which was a PhD in History from Harvard
