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Danielle Leshaw

By Danielle Leshaw

Opinion
Hillel Balances Donors and Students on Campus

Jay Michaelson’s recent column in these pages, “Only One Way to Change Hillel: Leave,” reveals a number of damaging yet popular misconceptions about the Hillel world and the role of donors in dictating the content of our programming. Jay, since you referred to my own recent essay here, “The Hillel Kids are All Right,” I’m…

By Danielle Leshaw Mar 31, 2014 | 3 min read
Opinion
The (Hillel) Kids Are Alright

The Jewish world seems worried about Hillel. “Are you okay?” people keep asking me. Our phones at Ohio University Hillel are ringing with those calling to hear the “real” story, or to leave long-winded diatribes on our voicemail. Reporters ask if we’ll answer a few questions (no thanks). Hillel has been in The New York…

By Danielle Leshaw Jan 20, 2014 | 3 min read
Life
A 10-Year-Old’s Take on Pew

I gave my 10-year-old son, Zev, the Pew survey on American Jews. The entire thing. One Sunday afternoon at our kitchen table. It all started the night before, when an undergraduate student at Hillel at Ohio University, where I am a rabbi, told my son during our Sabbath dinner that he recently found out he…

By Danielle Leshaw Nov 20, 2013 | 4 min read
Life
For Siblings, How Close Is Too Close?

Two weeks ago, The New York Times Motherlode blog featured an essay I wrote in anticipation of my children attending overnight summer camp for the first time. Zev and Ruthie, ages 10 and seven respectively, leave this week for Camp Kimama, near Netanya, Israel — and they’ll be sleeping in separate spaces for the first…

By Danielle Leshaw Jul 11, 2013 | 4 min read

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