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Youngest Known Survivor of Mengele’s Twin Experiments to Speak at Utah Campus
Sora Vigorito was three years old when she was taken to Auschwitz with her twin sister in 1944. On Tuesday, September 15, she will stand before a University of Utah audience at Siciliano Auditorium in Gardner Commons and tell them what happened next — including how her sister died in...
USC Chabad ushers in new era as hub of Trojan Jewish life
At Sunday’s joyous ceremony celebrating the $10 million expansion of the USC Chabad Jewish Student Center, Rabbi Dov Wagner shared his hope for the now 12,000-square-foot center: “May this building be filled with Torah, with mitzvahs, with laughter, with friendship, with Jewish pride, with thousands of Jewish students who discovered that...
The shofar call that turned a curious Arizona student toward Judaism, marriage and aliyah
Growing up in Phoenix, Arizona – having been born in Safed but leaving as a baby – Yosef Turtora knew he was Jewish but little more. Occasionally, his parents lit the menorah on Hanukkah, though they never considered Hebrew school and rarely attended synagogue. His father was a pharmacist raised in...
University of Nevada, Reno Jewish Students bake and deliver 500 cookies to Hawk Fire evacuees and first responders
As the Hawk Fire forced Northern Nevada residents from their homes and brought firefighters, emergency personnel and members of the Nevada National Guard into action across the region, a group of Jewish students at the University of Nevada, Reno decided they wanted to do something to help.
Chabad at Rice kicks off 11th year with popular Sushi Social
As a new academic year is about to begin, Chabad at Rice is rolling out the welcome mat – and the sushi – for Jewish college students from across Houston. On Thursday, Aug. 27, at 7:30 p.m., more than 100 students are expected to gather for Chabad at Rice’s popular...
