Helene Lovett is a student at Harvard College, and is active in IfNotNow and Harvard Hillel’s Progressive Jewish Alliance.
Community We’re Jewish Harvard Students — And We Were Arrested Last Week Over Israel Last week, we were arrested for participating in a sit-in outside the Israeli Consulate. Two days later, we hosted an anti-occupation seder at Harvard Hillel. The same week, young Jews in New York shut down Senator Schumer’s office, Jews in the Twin Cities closed the local offices of the Jewish Community Relations Council, and across… By Helene Lovett and Noah Wagner Apr 12, 2018 | 4 min read
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News Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent group on Israel By Louis Keene May 11, 2026 | 4 min read
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