Staff of KU Chabad, now celebrating its 20th school year, greeted students at its first Shabbat dinner of the year. The greetings continued on campus with the relaunch of Chabad’s “Jewhawk Tent,” stationed on Jayhawk Boulevard. Students gathered for holiday treats, giveaways and conversations.

Nearly 120 students from area colleges came together for the much-anticipated Sushi Social, sponsored by Chabad at Rice, on Thursday, Aug. 28. When the first Sushi Social was held in 2017, it drew around 20 students in the “everything room,” a cozy, multipurpose room in co-directors Rabbi Shmuli and Nechama...

For the first time in the University of Utah’s 175 year history, Jewish students have a dedicated place to call their own. On Wednesday, local Jewish, university and civic leaders joined with the growing Chabad at the University of Utah community to celebrate its official opening of the school’s first-ever...

“The Pintele Yid – “Every Jew has within him a hidden spark of holiness that cannot be extinguished. It may be concealed, but it can always be reignited” (Baal Shem Tov).

This fall, Jewish students will step back onto campuses in many countries where, too often, tension and division are part of the air they breathe. This reality has, unfortunately, become familiar since October 7, 2023.