Jewish students returned to several St. Louis-area universities this month with both anticipation and concern. The past year has seen a rise in antisemitic incidents on college campuses nationwide, affecting institutions like Washington University (WashU) and St. Louis University (SLU).

On this episode of Religion on Campus, Podcasts editor Olivia Miller and contributor Lauren Miller interview Rabbi Dovid Gurevich, the Chabad Rabbi at UCLA since 2006. They explore Jewish life on campus, student engagement programs, support for Jewish students’ spiritual journeys in college and the importance of community in Jewish...

Elchanan Fellheimer, Chairman of the National Union of Israeli Students, with Rabbi Moshe Shilat, the chairman of Chabad on the Israel campus, and Gilad Erdan, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, as part of the joint delegation of Chabad on campus and the student union.

On American college campuses, on street corners in Israel, and on Instagram, one ritual has emerged as a symbol of Jewish identity and shared experience. In the days after Hamas murdered 1,200 Israeli citizens and took some 240 hostage, Vilensky, a senior at Cornell University, thought a lot about his...

An artist rendering of the Stanley C. Middleman Chabad Jewish Center at Rowan. The center will provide a kosher dining hall, student lounge and housing, among other amenities. Jewish life will expand at Rowan University in south Jersey as plans move forward for the construction of a Chabad Jewish student...