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ASU Chabad rabbi sees ‘true Jewish unity’ in Israel, talks challenging climate on campus
A month before Oct. 7, one survey of Jewish college students found that almost one in three had witnessed or experienced some form of antisemitism on campus. Flash forward to May 2024, after pro-Palestinian protests and encampments had rocked campuses across the country, and more than half of Jewish students...
Rabbi delivers prayer to Congress, documentarian recounts history of guest chaplains
Rabbi Levi Slonim of the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Life at Binghamton University spoke one day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aiming to show “the importance of unity.” It’s not every day that a session of Congress opens with a request for charity. Or that a rabbi makes...
Chabad on Campus conference in Israel leaves Auraria’s Ort inspired
A lot can change in 39 years — and usually does. In this case, not only in Israel, which Rabbi Yisrael Ort last visited in 1985 for his Bar Mitzvah, but Ort himself. The Chabad emissary for Auraria Campus jokes, “I was a Hebrew school dropout.”
Local Rabbi Joins Delegation for Conference in Israel Amid Ongoing War
With all the craziness in the world, specifically in the United States recently, one ongoing issue that seems to have been put on the back burner of the minds of the public is the Israel and Palestinian conflict. One local Rabbi gave an update to WIBX on his recent trip...
Chabad of SE Morris County Celebrates Solidarity Gala, Opens new branch at Madison’s Drew University
MADISON, NJ - Over 300 attended Chabad of SE Morris County’s Solidarity Gala on June 18 th at 56 At Roseland, honoring Michael Seeve with the Community Leadership Award, Paul and Rachel Selvin with the Volunteers of the Year Award, and Jodi Prupis along with Jordyn, Leah, and Adele Flager...