A little more light — accompanied by songs, children dancing and jelly doughnuts — shone from the Monroe County Courthouse square Thursday evening as more than 40 people celebrated the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which this year began at sundown Dec. 25.

Over the course of this past year, university campuses across the country were fraught with turmoil for Jewish students, and those who have a stake in supporting Jewish life on campus are asking themselves important questions.

Nestled in the mountains of Upstate New York, SUNY Oneonta is almost 100 miles from the state’s capital, Albany, and close to 200 miles from New York City. It is perhaps this isolation that makes it one of the top schools in the region. It’s also a place where students...

The ZBT House was a 75-year-old Washington University institution. The building was demolished last July, but the space it sat on is still serving Jewish students. Chabad on Campus is now using the lot for its events. That has been a blessing for the Chabad, which has seen an influx of students...

On campuses around the world, Chabad has been a constant presence, uplifting Jewish students, offering a safe space and helping them find a positive way to respond to negativity on campus. But Jewish students needed something more. They needed advocates. Once again, Chabad emissaries stepped up to the plate.