Jake Campbell

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Aug 2, 2019, 5:59 AM

Baltimore — The Most Welcoming Jewish Community

One of the most impactful Jewish learnings on my life was studying the Talmudic story of Choni the Circle-maker during an immersive professional development experience as a part of Hillel International’s Ezra Fellowship. A sage of his generation and...

Oct 29, 2017, 10:46 PM

The Jews are Tired Part 2

It was a discussion on a left-wing Jewish Facebook group I’m a member of. The discussion began innocently with the original poster talking about her lived experience as a Jewish woman insecure of her curls and how a private...

Oct 1, 2017, 6:33 AM

The Jews are tired

After 25 hours of starving myself in the name of culture and tradition, I had just broken the fast for Yom Kippur at a local vegan take-a-away in Sydney. Exhausted, I felt like I’d rather spend the money on...

Mar 3, 2017, 1:07 AM

The Opportunity in This Fear

My first visit to the United States of America was in 2011 as part of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students Leadership Development Program Delegation. I spent two weeks as a part of this program in the states immersing...

Jul 29, 2016, 6:45 AM

An Open Letter to the Non-Voting Jew: Why It Is Un-Jewish to Deny Your Vote

Let me paint you a picture of B’nei Israel when there was no Israel, because the imagery seems to have been forgotten. Many American Jews seem to have actively chosen to disobey one of our most sacred commandments -...

Jun 29, 2016, 12:12 PM

A Campus Where Jews Don’t Have To Hide

The greatest privilege of Ashkenazi Jews is accompanied by terror and indeed what feels like weakness. This privilege is the privilege to pass as white. Unless an Ashkenazi Jew comes out as Jewish there is no need for anyone...

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About Me

Jake Campbell is the Assistant Director of Hillel at Towson University. He was previously the Executive Director of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students, the Jewish Student Life Coordinator and Ezra Fellow of Hillel at Florida State University and a founding resident of Moishe House Sydney. Before making the switch to Jewish Higher Education and Nonprofits, Jake worked in a corporate higher education company as a team leader of the mentor department and previous to that was a high school English and History teacher.