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Chabad at Rice celebrates Festival of Lights
Chabad at Rice University welcomed members of the Rice community to a pre-celebration of Chanukah on Dec. 7. Students, faculty and staff packed into the Ray Courtyard to enjoy latkes, donuts and music and to hear from President Reginald DesRoches. Although Chanukah did not start until Dec. 14, Rabbi Shmuli...
Michigan Leaders Join Students in Condemning MSU Antisemitism
“Now, not only are people donating just to support Jewish life on campus, they’re donating to repair the physical building itself.” Callie Hess, a Michigan State University freshman from Toledo, Ohio, was in Florida on vacation with her family when she heard about two antisemitic vandalism incidents at the school’s...
Michigan pols call to support MSU Chabad after rock-throwing, swastikas
Gretchen Witmer, governor of Michigan, and Sens. Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, all Democrats, called the Chabad Jewish Center at Michigan State University in the past 24 hours to offer their support following back-to-back incidents of vandalism at the campus Jewish center.
Berkeley Chabad celebrates first night of Hanukkah, honors victims of antisemitic shooting in Australia
The Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center at Berkeley celebrated the first night of Hanukkah at Sather Gate on Sunday evening while also honoring the victims of the antisemitic shooting at the Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. As of press time, the shooting, which police in Australia have described...
The Chabad at FGCU celebrates Jewish pride on Library Lawn
With Hanukkah approaching, we look back on an event from earlier this semester that gave Jewish students a platform to express their pride. Chabad, the Jewish student group at FGCU, held a festival on the library lawn on Oct. 27 to celebrate Jewish culture and the community it has fostered...
