Board Members promoting Hillel at a recent event

About Us

A Jewish renaissance, an awakening of ideas, hope and optimism, is taking place on college campuses around the world. A generation of young Jews is searching for a Jewish community filled with celebration, learning and creativity-a community where they belong. Vanderbilt Hillel is the catalyst for this search, for a life of meaning, a life that is relevant now and for the future.

Hillel is ideally positioned to make a positive difference. We encourage you to explore our Web site and to learn about the wide range of exciting opportunities that Hillel makes available to engage and empower hundreds of young Jewish Vanderbilt students. And, we ask you to join us as our partner in creating a Jewish renaissance, by supporting Vanderbilt Hillel today.

Vanderbilt Hillel is the center of Jewish life at Vanderbilt, serving the religious, social, and educational needs of the undergraduate and graduate Jewish student communities. Additionally, Vanderbilt staff members are welcome and encouraged to participate in Hillel's activities. The Vanderbilt Hillel prides itself in offering Jewish college students different ways to express their Jewishness such as through creative holiday programs and cultural events. Students are empowered to take responsibility for their Jewish identity. We warmly invite you to come to our events and meet other Jewish students.

Ben Schulman, a graduate of the Vanderbilt Class of 1939, contributed $1 million to the building above, the Schulman Center for Jewish Life. The 10,000-square-foot building is located at the corn er of Vanderbilt Place and 25th Avenue South, across the street from Memorial Gymnasium and the Sigma Chi fraternity house. For many years, this was the site of the Zeta Beta Tau house, a historically Jewish fraternity. It is also the home to Nashville's only vegetarian Kosher resturant, Grins. This new center has allowed Hillel to expand its services and programs on campus in order to better engage Jewish students. Vanderbilt also has a vibrant Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) chapter and is the oldest continuously existing Jewish organization at Vanderbilt.