PROMOTING JEWISH CULTURE, LEARNING AND NOURISHMENT

Our goal is to add a Jewish dimension to everyday life at Lehigh and work with people to integrate being Jewish into who they are in their daily lives. Regardless of one's Jewish affiliation, practice or beliefs, there is a place here on campus for each one of us.

MISSION

Our mission is to serve the spiritual and communal needs of our Jewish students and the broader Lehigh community, so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world during their college years and beyond.

PURSUING JUSTICE

The Office of Jewish Student Life and Lehigh Hillel are committed to creating a better world through acts of tikkun olam (repairing the world) and tzedek (righteousness).

INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AND BELONGING

As part of the Office of The Chaplain's Office and the Center for Spirituality and Dialogue, we are also a part of the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Belonging. As a result, we often work in partnership with The Pride Center @LU, The Gender, Leadership and Empower Center, The Center for Cultural Engagement, and The Center for Student Access and Success. We also collaborate with the Office of Student Leadership Development, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, the Office of Residence Life, and other University Offices.

18% of undergraduate students

are Jewish *as of Fall 2023

One of the top 60 schools

chosen by Jewish students since 2018 *Hillel International

Top 30 safest

colleges to be Jewish *The Forward, 2018

STAFF

Steven P. Nathan

Rabbi Steve Nathan

Endowed Director of Jewish Student Life & Associate Chaplain
Email address: spn217@lehigh.edu
Phone number: (610) 758-4875
Tyler Katz

Tyler Katz

Engagement & Programming Associate
Email address: trk321@lehigh.edu
Phone number: (610) 758-4893
Jane A. Hontz

Jane A. Hontz

Coordinator
Email address: jah714@lehigh.edu
Phone number: (610) 758-4896