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Hillel and Chabad Houses Plan Support for Jewish College Students This Fall
After Oct. 7 and, especially last spring, American campuses became a hotbed for antisemitic and anti-Israel activity. Incidents happened at Drexel University, Temple University and other Philadelphia-area schools. The University of Pennsylvania’s president, M. Elizabeth Magill, lost her job after failing to say during congressional testimony that she would condemn...
Spreading Roots: Chabad at Rice set for big expansion with new building
On Thursday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 p.m., Chabad at Rice University will hold its annual Sushi Social. Nearly 100 students will huddle together, shoulder to shoulder, in the “everything room,” where the Chabad community holds classes, Shabbat dinners, game nights, study zones and more in what can only be described...
Stellenbosch campus rabbi caters for growing Jewish presence
Jewish students at Stellenbosch University have more than tripled in number over the past five years, growing from 40 in 2019 to more than 150, creating the need for a campus rabbi. Rabbi Chananyah Duthie is already comfortable as the Stellenbosch University Chabad on Campus rabbi, having completed his BCom...
Shopify President Makes Good on 18-Year-Old Promise to His Campus Rabbi
In 2008, Harley Finkelstein was a young law student at the University of Ottawa when he told Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky that he’d like to one day help purchase a building for Chabad at the campus. At the time, Chabad was being run out of the Boyarsky family living room. “I...
Ohio State Chabad, Hillel prepare to welcome students to campus
With students beginning to move in on Aug. 14, The Ohio State University Chabad and Hillel groups are each working on programs to welcome both new and returning students to the Columbus campus for the 2024-25 school year. Sarah Deitsch, program director at the Schottenstein Chabad House, said OSU Chabad...