Sunday, March 1, the College of William and Mary’s chapter of Chabad hosted Sora Vigorito, the youngest known survivor of Dr. Joseph Mengele’s twin studies during the Holocaust. Vigorito was one of 89 pairs of twins who underwent Mengele’s pseudoscientific studies at Auschwitz.

Central Ohio’s Jewish community celebrated the newly-completed Jerome and Geraldine Schottenstein Chabad Student Center at The Ohio State University with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and program Feb. 22.

Last semester, Jewish life at Oxford College turned a new chapter with the opening of Chabad at Oxford, with programming run by Rabbi Mendel Lipskier and Chaya Lipskier. Already, the new Chabad center has held Friday night dinners, holiday events and educational programming, according to Lipskier.

As temperatures dipped across Houston, warmth filled the Grand Hall at Rice University as 130 students gathered for the annual Mega Shabbat dinner, the largest turnout in the event’s history. Hosted by Chabad at Rice on Jan. 30, the evening brought Jewish students together for candle-lighting, song, conversation and a...

As the spring semester gets underway at Houston colleges, Chabad at Rice is already seeing strong student turnout – from packed welcome-back events to quieter, deeply personal moments of connection that continue long after the crowds disperse.