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George Mason University Debuts Only Kosher Restaurant in NoVa
The long history of efforts to bring kosher dining to George Mason University came to a close on Tuesday with the opening of northern Virginia’s only kosher restaurant. As GMU students returned from a three-day weekend, they could choose to eat at The Mason Mensch at The Eaterie on GMU’s Fairfax campus...
Chabad hosts students – local college students attend Pegisha in New York
A group of 15 Jewish college students from Chabad on Campus – Milwaukee, a division of Lubavitch of Wisconsin, traveled to Brooklyn, New York to attend Pegisha, a yearly student Shabbat celebration. The three-day event, organized by Chabad on Campus – International, took place Nov. 15-17, and brought together more...
The unexpected outcome of campus antisemitism – Rabbi Yossy Gordon
Antisemitic incidents on college campuses surged from under 300 total in the 2022-23 academic year to 1,854 last year, with the vast majority of incidents following the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. In light of the violence and rhetoric surrounding these events, one might have...
‘One at a time’: Chabad leads menorah lighting celebration in downtown Bloomington
A little more light — accompanied by songs, children dancing and jelly doughnuts — shone from the Monroe County Courthouse square Thursday evening as more than 40 people celebrated the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which this year began at sundown Dec. 25.
Amid crisis, students choose Chabad – JNS.org
Over the course of this past year, university campuses across the country were fraught with turmoil for Jewish students, and those who have a stake in supporting Jewish life on campus are asking themselves important questions.