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Area Chabads Prepare for a Surge of Students Looking for Community, Shofar and Brisket
It’s not easy being a Jew on college campuses these days. The Anti-Defamation League reported this year that the number of students who have personally experienced or witnessed antisemitism or seen an incident of antisemitism has skyrocketed since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas on Israel.
Chabad at Rowan University
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Chabad House — the Stanley Middleman Center for Jewish Life — at the Gerry and Melanie Shreiber Campus at Rowan University in Glassboro is set for September 29 at 11 a.m.
For Students Staying Put on Campus, a Sweet High Holiday Season
Home for the holidays? That’s not always the case for college students, who travel far and wide to attend schools throughout the United States. It’s not always possible to return to family after arriving across the country to study. Travel is expensive and time-consuming, and this year, with the Jewish...
On a roll: Chabad at Rice hosts annual sushi social
Members of the Jewish student community at Rice University gathered recently at the Chabad Jewish Student Center for sushi and socializing to kick off the fall semester. Hosted by Rabbi Shmuli Slonim and Nechama Slonim, the group welcomed more than 100 students for the popular annual gathering.
Hundreds eat Shabbat dinner with Chabad on Old Campus
Some 500 students, alumni, faculty and guests including University President Maurie McInnis trickled into a newly decorated and tent-filled Old Campus on Friday evening for a Shabbat dinner hosted by Chabad at Yale.