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Chabad at Rowan University To Build $6.5 Million Jewish Student Center
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...
Israel’s next leadership generation: Boosting Jewish identity in Israeli youth
The US-based nonprofit fostering Jewish identity among youth through CTeen, Machaneh Meshutaf, and Chabad on Campus, supporting teens, IDF soldiers, and college students. With a name like INEXTG, it sounds like a hi-tech device, but it is the acronym for something far more down-to-earth and substantial, the US-based nonprofit Israel’s...
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...