Texas Hillel

05/29/2026

Texas Hillel and Camp Young Judaea Texas are thrilled to welcome Rabbi Bri Caplan as Senior Jewish Educator in this unique shared role that reflects the deep and growing partnership between our communities. During the academic year, Rabbi Bri will serve Jewish students at Texas Hillel, and in the summer, she will lead Judaics at CYJ Texas. Rabbi Bri’s leadership will help strengthen the connection between camp and campus, creating meaningful continuity in Jewish learning, leadership, and community-building. We are so excited to welcome Rabbi Bri to both of our teams and to continue building this special partnership together.

Rabbi Bri earned her bachelor’s degree at San Diego State University, where she was involved in Hillel as a Campus Engagement Intern, President of Challah for Hunger, and Shabbat Coordinator. Rabbi Bri also spent many summers as the Director of Prayer and Music at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California, (where she grew up as a camper since 2010!)

After graduation, she moved to LA to attend the Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies, where she focused on Jewish learning, pastoral care, teaching, and community leadership. During rabbinical school, she spent several years serving as a rabbinic intern at Ohr Shalom Synagogue in San Diego, where she discovered a deep passion for building meaningful Jewish relationships across generations.

Throughout her rabbinic training, Rabbi Bri worked extensively in Jewish education, youth engagement, teaching, and congregational life. She is passionate about creating Jewish spaces that feel welcoming, thoughtful, spiritually grounded, and emotionally honest. Her rabbinate is deeply rooted in relationship-building, Torah learning, music, social justice, and helping people feel genuinely seen and connected within Jewish community.

Rabbi Bri is excited to work with students, campers, and counselors as they explore questions of identity, meaning, spirituality, and belonging. She loves teaching Torah that connects to real life and is passionate about helping young Jews build communities that are joyful, authentic, inclusive, and deeply caring.

Outside of work, Rabbi Bri enjoys baking challah, building Lego flower sets, learning to play a new musical instrument, watching medical dramas, and spending time with her giant orange cat, Akiva. She feels incredibly grateful for the opportunity to join the Texas Jewish community and cannot wait to meet students, families, and community members. HOOK ‘EM!

05/08/2026

Shabbat is a time for peace. As we prepare for Shabbat, our Safe and Sound mission is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be the place on campus where Jewish students can gather, eat, and celebrate as a family in a secure environment.

This is our final opportunity! Your gift is still being DOUBLED, dollar-for-dollar, until the match expires. Make your 2X MATCHED Hillel Global Giving Week gift before Shabbat at texashillel.org/hookem

05/07/2026

Our students should be worried about how they’ll squeeze in attending their 7th Hillel event of the week, not about their safety.

By investing in keeping Jewish students Safe & Sound this week, you are ensuring that Jewish life on campus remains vibrant, proud, and protected.

Give a 2X MATCHED gift today and help us reach our goal for Hillel Global Giving Week before our match expires tomorrow night - texashillel.org/hookem

05/06/2026

Peace of mind is the greatest gift we can give our students.

Your MATCHED Hillel Global Giving Week gift supports our ability to make sure every Jewish student on campus feels Safe & Sound. This week only - double your impact today and ensure every Jewish student feels Safe & Sound on campus with a 2X gift at texashillel.org/hookem

05/05/2026

Safe & Sound is more than just our theme this week as we raise crucial funds to support Jewish life on campus. It’s our promise to every Jewish student.

Being sound means the freedom to laugh with friends, study for finals, and celebrate being Jewish without a second thought. During Hillel Global Giving Week, your gift to student safety is being DOUBLED, dollar-for-dollar until we light Shabbat candles on Friday night.

Help us keep our promise to Jewish students with your gift at texashillel.org/hookem

05/05/2026

This week is Texas Hillel Global Giving Week, and we’re focused on our Safe & Sound campaign, ensuring that the students have everything they need to thrive on campus.
Make your gift today!

I just donated to support Texas Hillel during Hillel Global Giving Week! Hillel means so much to me. I hope you'll join me and ensure that Jewish students are inspired to make an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning, and Israel by making a gift at give.hillel.org/texas!

05/01/2026

📣ANOTHER BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! We’re excited to share that Stefani Rozen will be joining our team as our Director of Operations this summer!

Stefani Rozen is excited to return to her Longhorn roots as she joins Texas Hillel as the Director of Operations. She’s thrilled to reconnect with the Hillel movement and support students in building a meaningful Jewish community on campus.

Stefani most recently served as Director of Camp Daisy & Harry Stein in Arizona. Before that, she was Chief Program Officer at University of Florida Hillel, and spent several years working in Jewish camping and youth engagement at URJ Greene Family Camp in Bruceville, TX.

Originally from Corpus Christi, Stefani holds a BA in Jewish Studies from UT Austin and a MS in Administration & Leadership from Touro University. Outside of work, you can find her traveling whenever possible, going for walks and taking Pilates classes, or enjoying great food with family and friends. She and her miniature goldendoodle, Lolli, are so happy to be back in Austin. Hook ’em!

05/01/2026

📣BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re thrilled to introduce .kylie as our incoming IACT Israel & Community Engagement Coordinator!

Kylie is originally from Northern Virginia, right outside of Washington DC. She spent the past four years living in her favorite city, Chicago, studying Musical Theatre Dance at Chicago College of Performing arts at Roosevelt University. She’s very excited to see if Austin will take the number one spot as her new favorite city!

She was Hillel president at her school for 2 years, and also served on the Hillel International Student Cabinet this past year as a senior. As a student leader on campus during and in the aftermath of October 7th, Hillel became one of the most important communities she was part of, and she is so excited and honored to have the opportunity to continue building that community at Texas Hillel. Israel has always been an integral part of Kylie’s Jewish identity, and she is so excited to be able to share that with UT students, and help them grow their relationship to Israel.

When she’s not at Hillel, you can find Kylie in dance class, exploring the city, listening to music, and reading!

Kylie is so thrilled to be welcomed into the Texas Hillel community, and cannot wait to create authentic long-lasting relationships with you all. She can talk for hours about just about anything, and has many niche special interests that she can’t wait to chat with you all about! She can’t wait to meet you all in the fall, travel with you to Israel, and make so many incredible memories in this amazing community! HOOK ‘EM!!

04/30/2026