Jeff Seidel's Student Centers

Programs for Students at Hebrew University

At our Jeff Seidel Centers serving Hebrew University Students, we are BUSY! We have a daily stream of students visiting our offices, using our laundromat, connecting with friends, joining one of our many programs, or accessing a prayer book. Here are some of the programs that we offer:

Max Steinberg Israel Diplomacy Program

$1000/Week

Max Steinberg Israel Diplomacy Program

Launched in August 2015 as a response to the rising tide of global anti-Semitism in University campuses, our advocacy program is giving students the tools to combat BDS, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic groups upon return to their home Universities.

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Men’s Chavrusah Night

$250/Student

Men's Chavrusah Night

Throughout the semester we arrange small group learning sessions and one-on-one learning sessions on a variety of topics to give the students an opportunity to learn concepts and texts they were not exposed to in the past.

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Women's Leadership Program

$525/Week

Women's Leadership Program

Each Monday night we host a women’s program, including a lecture series, one-on-one learning sessions and a variety of programs geared to women including challah baking, zumba classes, mikveh tour and more.

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Friday Night Shabbat Dinner

$1040/Week

Friday Night Shabbat Dinner

Every Shabbat we host dinner at our student Center giving students an opportunity to socialize and experience an authentic Shabbat experience.

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Super Bowl Party

$1,400

Super Bowl Party

We host Football watching parties with pizza and beer on Sunday Nights and throughout the NFL Playoffs.

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AEPI

$250/Week

AEPI

Jeff Seidel is one of the founding fathers of the Hebrew University Chapter. AEPI uses Jeff Seidel Student Centers for their meetings.

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Yom Haatzmaut BBQ

$3000/Year

Yom Haatzmaut BBQ

Gan Sacher in Jerusalem is the place to be on Yom Haatzmaut and our BBQ is the largest in Gan Sacher with over 300 attendees.

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Women's Chavrusah Night

$250/Night

Women's Chavrusah Night

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Sunday NFL Football Night

$350/Night

Sunday Night NFL Football Night

We host Football watching parties with pizza and beer on Sunday Nights and throughout the NFL Playoffs.

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Welcome Back BBQ

$950

Welcome Back BBQ

Opening Orientation BBQ for students. This is important to connect, learn about all we do and get connected in the local community.

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Tuesday Night Dinner and Soccer

$750/Week

Tuesday Night Dinner and Soccer

Our South American students love soccer, and we host them for dinner and all the Champions League games throughout the European season.

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Programs for Students at Tel Aviv University

Former Knesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman and his wife, Dena, run our Tel Aviv Jewish Student Center. They run a Tuesday night program which features dinner and presentations about Israel, the IDF, Jewish holidays, politics and more. Guests include experts on the Israeli army, politicians, rabbis, athletes, and social activists. In addition, the Lipmans study Torah with students at least twice a week and host students in their home for Shabbat. The center’s programs include a Shabbaton, ATV experience in the Jerusalem Hills, special events for Jewish holidays, and a Super Bowl party with an Israeli flavor. Dov and Dena stay in touch with the students once they return to their campuses and encourage them to continue their Jewish/Israel learning and to consider returning to Israel for an extended period of time.

Tuesday Night Learning

$350/Week

Tuesday Night Learning

Tuesday nights, we have a meal and a high quality speakers from all over Israel.

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Thursday Night Chavrusah

$250/Student

Men's Chavrusah Night

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Shabbaton

$3500/Shabbaton
(up to 50 students)

Various Shabbatons

Amazing Shabbatons together on all over Israel.

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Friday Night Shabbat Dinner

$1040/Week

Friday Night Shabbat Dinner

Every Shabbat we host dinner at our student Center giving students an opportunity to socialize and experience an authentic Shabbat experience.

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Yom Haatzmaut BBQ

$3000/Year

Yom Haatzmaut BBQ

Gan Sacher in Jerusalem is the place to be on Yom Haatzmaut and our BBQ is the largest in Gan Sacher with over 300 attendees.

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Super Bowl Party

$1400/Year

Super Bowl Party

We host Football watching parties with pizza and beer on Sunday Nights and throughout the NFL Playoffs.

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Semester BBQ

$950/Semester

Semester BBQ

Grab a bite, meet a friend for life! Our Semester BBQ's are casual, but open doors that can last a lifetime!

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Welcome Back BBQ

$950/Yearly

Welcome Back BBQ

Opening Orientation BBQ for students. This is important to connect, learn about all we do and get connected in the local community.

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Programs for Students at Ben Gurion University

Friday Night Shabbat Dinner

$1040/Week

Friday Night Shabbat Dinner

Every Shabbat we host dinner at our student Center giving students an opportunity to socialize and experience an authentic Shabbat experience.

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Men’s Chavrusah Night

$250/Student

Men's Chavrusah Night

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Weekly Lectures

$250/Week

Lectures

Throughout the semester we organize lectures from top level speakers.

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Welcome Back BBQ

$950/Semester

Welcome Back BBQ

Opening Orientation BBQ for students. This is important to connect, learn about all we do and get connected in the local community.

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Yom Haatzmaut BBQ

$3,000/Year

Yom Haatzmaut BBQ

Gan Sacher in Jerusalem is the place to be on Yom Haatzmaut and our BBQ is the largest in Gan Sacher with over 300 attendees.

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AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS

Each Semester we have student missions and Shabbatons that enable our students to experience and connect with their Jewish heritage and life today. These programs provide memories that will span their lifetime and help establish a lasting Jewish connection.

Poland Mission Trip

$43,000/Trip (36 Students)

Poland Mission Trip

Every Spring-semester we conduct a student mission to Poland for the overseas students studying at Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University and Ben Gurion University. Our student mission is led by one of the premier educators of Yad Vashem, Ms. Hazy Flint. The four day mission includes traveling to several of the Concentration Camps including Treblinka, Majdanek & Auschwitz. Shabbat is in Krakow enabling the students to see a once vibrant city that was filled with Jewish life and is now desolate. 36 Students

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Prague Mission Trip

$18,000/Trip (25 Students)

Prague Mission Trip

During the fall academic semester, we conducted a Shabbaton in Prague for 26 students from our 3 University Centers. Our three day Shabbaton combines the Jewish Historical sites such as the Maharal Synagogue and the Terezin (Theresienstadt) Concentration Camps, as well as the Prague Castle and the Charles Bridge.

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Italy Student Mission

$18,000/Trip (25 Students)

Italy Student Mission

An amazing opportunity, we will explore Jewish history in Rome.

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Shabbatons

$3500/Trip

Shabbatons

Shabbatons around Israel! An opportunity to experience Shabbat and explore together.

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*The Jeff Seidel’s Student Centers are in no way affiliated with Hebrew University and is not empowered to act and/or represent itself as acting on behalf of Hebrew University in any matter whatsoever.

Hey Jeff! Thanks for giving me an Artscroll Sidur years ago! I really appreciate it and I'm not sure if I ever thanked you before for it! I got mine on the HaMerkaz Trip with Rabbi Goldstein from FAU in Boca.

I just wanted to thank you for connecting me to so many great people during my summer here in Jerusalem! From Shabbat dinners to tours around Israel you have truly helped me experience what it means to love this country!

Thank you! I just started reading the book, Daily Wisdom. I have never exactly read a book on the torah or read the torah itself, I have only heard the stories. I am so happy that I found Birthright to connect me to my heritage because I wouldn't of have found it otherwise. Im already looking around for trips to go on with other jewish students next year!

Hi Jeff! Just wanted to thank you so much for setting us up with the Perez family for Shabbat dinner. It was an amazing experience that wouldn't have been possible without you. Thanks for everything you do! We all really appreciate it. It was great meeting you.

I am immensely grateful for all of the opportunities the center has given me in the past semester. Without the events (and free food) I would have had nowhere near as meaningful of a semester abroad. Each speaker has left me with a different message that I know I will take with me into the near and ditant future. The people that run the center have become such role models for me and I could never express my gratitude. I’ll miss the center!

There are no words to thank you enough for all you did for me in these past few months while in Israel. Whether it was organizing Shabbatons, field trips, weekly dinners with speakers, etc, my experience in Israel would not have been the same without you guys. There was nothing I looked forward to more than those enticing Tuesday night speakers or the organized trips to places like Jerusalem and Tsfat. It’s amazing how I learned more during your programs than I did in the classrooms of Tel Aviv University. I will take the life lessons taught by you and the speakers with me everywhere I go.