Many candidates called for the establishment of Hillel liaisons to the Houses, similar to the organization's current freshman liaisons, to help bringing new people in and launching new activities.

"I'm hoping to redefine what people think about Hillel," Rosenberg said.

He hopes to encourage campus Jews to see Hillel not as just a "monolith" but instead as a great resource, with staff and money to support efforts to expand campus programs. These resources are already available, he said, but the campus needs to be educated about them.

Kurshan said Hillel should become more of a comfortable hangout spot that would be more inviting to new people.

"It should be a really exciting year," Kurshan said. "I'm looking forward to turning the community into the best it can be."

According to Kay, the new chair and associate chair will face two major ongoing challenges over the next year. First, he said, Hillel leadership reorganization has been an issue that has seen significant discussion over the past year, but still needs to be resolved.

Second, he said, Jewish pluralism has been discussed over the last year. This issue revolves around making as many types of Jews feel comfortable in Hillel as possible, but not compromising the views of segments of the population.

The new and outgoing chairs and associate chairs will choose the next year's secretary, who will replace Rachel L. Brown '00. The fourth leadership position, annual events coordinator, currently held by Benjamin W. Dreyfus '01, is changed every academic year.