Santa Barbara Hillel The SB Student’s Jewish Home Away From Home

SANTA BARBARA HILLEL, led by Executive Director Rabbi Evan Goodman, enables students at UCSB and other colleges to connect with one another in a Jewish environment at their “Jewish Home Away From Home.” We offer a safe, welcoming, and pluralistic presence as a vibrant center of student life in Isla Vista. Santa Barbara Hillel is proactive in standing up for our students, building bridges, and fostering a positive campus climate. We are uniquely positioned to reach students at this formative time in their lives by providing them the tools they need as they create the Jewish future.

There’s always something happening in the Santa Barbara Hillel community to inspire the next generation of Jewish leaders. Highlights of Hillel’s student engagement and programming include festive weekly Shabbat services and dinners, and challah bakes; extensive opportunities for students to travel to and engage with Israel; “Jewish Learning Fellowship,” a seminarstyle exploration of Jewish identity and thought; High Holiday services, Passover Seders, Chanukah celebrations, hamentashen baking, and other Jewish holiday programs; and social, artistic, philanthropic, outdoor, and interest-group programming, including First Year Students of Hillel, graduate student events, Jews in Greek Life, tikkun olam programs, and more.

We are able to serve the largest undergraduate Jewish student population in the UC system at UCSB through the generosity of many local supporters. Because of them, every one of our college-aged students has a place in our Santa Barbara Hillel community. Together, we inspire the Jewish future.

Hillel is a community in which students make friendships that last a lifetime.

Hillel creates opportunities for students to explore Jewish cultural, religious, and communal life across the Jewish spectrum, especially on Shabbat and holidays.

Weekly kosher Shabbat dinners build community across the UCSB campus and beyond.

Throughout the year Hillel creates a fun, meaningful, and safe space to connect with other students in a Jewish environment.

Travel opportunities and programs foster a living connection with Israel as one key component of Jewish identity.

Yoga with Hillel enables students to find better balance and stress relief through spiritual practice, helping them care for heart, mind, and body.

JEWISH HOME AWAY FROM HOME

Santa Barbara Hillel’s mission is to enrich student lives so they may enrich our community, the Jewish people, and the world. We enable our students to connect with one another in a Jewish environment at their “Jewish Home Away From Home.” We offer a safe, welcoming, and pluralistic presence as a vibrant center of student life in Isla Vista. Santa Barbara Hillel is proactive in standing up for our students, building bridges, and fostering a positive campus climate. We are uniquely positioned to reach students at this formative time in their lives by providing them the tools they need as they create the Jewish future.

Hillel Santa Barbara

781 Embarcadero del Mar Isla Vista, CA 93117 santabarbarahillel.org 805.968.1280 Rabbi Evan Goodman egoodman@sbhillel.org