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An antisemitic sticker with Nazi signage that says “Stop Funding Israeli Terrorism” stuck on a lamppost at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Harry Agganis Way. Several antisemitic stickers have been spotted on Boston University’s campus this week. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Antisemitic stickers spread to BU campus from Harvard, ‘shocking’ Jewish students

Lauren Albano December 6, 2024
Antisemitic stickers were spotted on Boston University’s campus along Commonwealth Avenue this week as students returned from Thanksgiving break. The stickers appeared approximately two months after they first appeared at Harvard University in October, according to the Harvard Crimson.
A person places a name on Boston University Hillel’s memorial at Marsh Plaza. BU Hillel and Boston University Students for Israel co-sponsored the memorial for people who died during the attack on Israel. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Students for Israel, BU Hillel hold memorial on anniversary of Oct. 7

Vivian Ainomugisha October 8, 2024
Boston University Students for Israel and BU Hillel held a memorial at Marsh Plaza on the first anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023, to honor those lost in Hamas’ attack on Israel.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Give Jewish Students a Break | All Politics Are Local

Yonah Gross October 11, 2022
Because BU does not take off for Yom Kippur, many students have to go through the hard decision of choosing between religious practices and academics.
nterim Director of Hillel David Raphael announces Feb. 22 that he will leave BU after the school year. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Interim Hillel Executive Director David Raphael steps down

Caroline Hitesman March 2, 2017

Interim Executive Director of Boston University Hillel David Raphael will be stepping down from his position at the end of this academic year, according to an email sent to students by Raphael. Raphael...

Four demands have been posed in response to police ejecting a number of students at the “All Students, All Israel Think Tank,” event held at Florence and Chafetz Hillel House Jan. 28. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student activists release four demands in response to “discrimination”

Sekar Krisnauli March 18, 2016

A number of Boston University students announced four demands directed toward the BU administration and BU Hillel following a Jan. 28 incident in which they claim to have been removed from the Florence...

The Boston University Hillel Student Board voted to accept J Street U, a political group advocating for a two-party solution between Israel and Palestine, after initially turning down the proposition in Spring 2014.

BU Hillel Student Board approves J Street U as a student group

Mina Corpuz December 9, 2014

After initially turning down J Street U as a Boston University Hillel student group in April, the Hillel student board voted Thursday to accept the group in order to promote open discussion of the situation...

The Maccabeats, an all-male Jewish a cappella group that started at Yeshiva University, will perform at a charity concert in partnership with the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation and the Boston University Florence and Chafetz Hillel House at the Alfred L. Morse Auditorium on Sunday. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MACCABEATS

BU Hillel to host Maccabeats a cappella concert for Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation

Amanda Lucidi October 29, 2014

The Boston University Florence and Chafetz Hillel House will be partnering with the Maccabeats, an all-male Jewish a cappella group, and the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation to host a joint bone marrow...

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