Jewish by Design: Chabad at FIT

They meet weekly in A320, an unassuming club room at the iconic Fashion Institute of Technology. Students of toy design, fashion, and business, they gather each Tuesday to create something ever more eternal.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Acts Of Kindness for Judah

The UC Berkeley campus is no stranger to conflict and dispute. Anti-Israel protests led by students are quite common. But on March 10th, students will set aside polarizing opinions and divisive protests for a Day of Loving Kindness in memory of Judah Marans.

Etti Krinsky | Campus | Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Defying Religious Stereotypes on Israel’s College Campuses

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Wednesday, October 14, 2015

A Chabad Campus Welcome: Mezuzah Season

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Nanotech Engineers Decode Talmudic Texts

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Friday, August 21, 2015

Chabad Starbucks Club: College Students Get Into the Giving Habit

S. Fridman | Campus | Thursday, April 16, 2015

A Community Experience for Jewish Students at CU

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Students Pack the House at Chabad of UVM

Natalie Ling | Campus | Tuesday, January 6, 2015

At Texas Tailgate Lots to Give Thanksgiving For

Staff Writer | Campus | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Campus Students Respond to Tragedy in Israel

Staff Writer | Campus | Thursday, November 20, 2014

Arizona's Mountain Range Jewish Community on the Rise

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Thursday, November 13, 2014

Chabad at WVU Opens New Space on Campus

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Chabad Opens Lehrhaus at Cambridge University

Natalie Ling | Campus | Monday, October 27, 2014

For Law Student at Chapel Hill, A Circle Closes

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Sunday, October 26, 2014

Chabad Houses Go Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness

Staff Writer | Campus | Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Rabbi Ranked Top Teacher at Colorado University

Lubavitch.com Staff | Campus | Tuesday, September 30, 2014

From the US Air Force to the “Mitzvah Tank”

Dovid Zaklikowski | Campus | Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Interview Part I: Korns on Campus at NYU

A former Deadhead, now the Chabad rabbi at NYU, shares his story with lubavitch.com.

Baila Olidort | Campus | Tuesday, May 6, 2014

UC Berkeley Alumni Couple Lead Chabad Center on Campus

Faygie Levy | Campus | Sunday, November 10, 2013

Beta Fraternity Now Chabad's New Place at Yale University

Once subject to a quota system limiting Jewish admission to Yale, today, its Jewish President welcomes the new Chabad House, once a Beta fraternity.

Mordechai Lightstone | Campus | Friday, October 25, 2013

Chabad-on-Campus Opens New Center in Rittenhouse Square

For the first time ever, Jewish students studying at any of the cluster of arts colleges in Center City, Philadelphia, will have their own Jewish student organization

Staff Writer | Campus | Thursday, August 26, 2010

For Israeli Students, Medical Training in Hungary Deepens Jewish Identity

Toasting the new graduates in Hebrew at the Hotel Intercontinental ballroom, 300 guests - proud family and friends from Israel and Budapest’s Jewish community - saluted Chabad’s role in helping the students survive their years of studies and internship. Young docs rose to thank Chabad for giving them a greater appreciation for Jewish life and thought.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Sunday, July 11, 2010

Yeshiva Program Helps Jewish College Kids Gain Torah-Study Skills

In many ways Michael Friedman is no different than a lot of other college students who take a short break before in late spring, after college classes end and before the start of a summer job. This year, instead of going home or on vacation, Friedman decided he’d something different: study in yeshiva.

Amihai Tzippor | Campus | Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Republican Challenger, Joel Pollak Inspired by Jewish Values

Joel Pollak, the Republican nominee for Chicago’s 9th district, is thinking big. As a conservative candidate who once fought for a leftist agenda, he believes the country

Amihai Zippor | Campus | Sunday, June 27, 2010

Wellesley-Weston Community Rallies To Support Flooded Chabad Center

(lubavitch.com) In the week since a massive flood devastated the Wellesley-Weston Chabad House, community members have rallied together to help clean up and rebuild.

Campus | Sunday, March 21, 2010

Leeds University Students Celebrate a Belated Bat Mitzvah

Jewish girls traditionally celebrate their coming-of-age when they turn 12. But last Sunday, seven women at Leeds University in England played catch-up

Staff Writer | Campus | Tuesday, March 16, 2010

FIU President Hosts Shabbat Dinner For Chabad Rabbi

The Chabad Jewish Student Center at FIU, known as the Tabicinic Chabad House, was founded by Rabbi Levi and his wife, Sashie, in August of 2004. By the time the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at FIU, became its president--the Friedmans were well acquainted with him.

Levi Margolin | Campus | Thursday, January 28, 2010

Chabad Gives Cardozo Law Students an Edge in the Job Hunt

At Chabad’s recent Attorneys and Law Students Networking Event, 75 students got to know powerbrokers like real-estate mogul and attorney Leon Charney, Jones Day partner Andy Green,

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Thursday, January 21, 2010

At McGill University, Jewish Students Host Inaugural Shabbat Dinner

On a recent Friday night, Rabbi Shmuly Weiss and his wife Rashi were guests in their own Montreal home. Roles were reversed as university students at Chabad of McGill became the masters of ceremony during

David Lipson | Campus | Monday, December 21, 2009

Braids that Bind: Jewish Women Connect Through Challah Baking

At the University of Connecticut, fresh loaves of Challah serve as a bond for the students and local seniors. In conjunction with Jewish fraternity...

R. C. Lundy | Campus | Monday, November 9, 2009

Summer School, Yeshiva Style

Nine weeks ago, Josh Weinstein packed up his blue Corolla for the 284-mile drive from Norfolk, Virginia to Morristown, New Jersey. The semester at Virginia Wesleyan College had just ended, and Weinstein, an English professor at the school, was gearing up for some study of his own: Yeshiva-style.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Chabad Rabbi Makes Study Central to Greensboro Mission

Harry Samet was wheeling his cart through Costco last August when he saw a young rabbi in a black jacket loading up on folding tables and chairs. Rumor had it that a Chabad couple had moved to town, a Yosef Plotkin and his wife, and this was Samet’s first introduction to the bearded rabbi.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Thursday, July 23, 2009

First Person: A Graduate Reflects

It is not easy to attend a university and receive an education that prides itself on liberal, intellectual, and unbiased humanist values, while at the same time delving into the meaning and wisdom of the Torah, and gleaning guidance and spirituality for a Jewish life.  To me, Torah life and teachings very often seemed to be in contradiction to the more universalist undertones, which pervaded the classes and culture of the university system, and set aside religion as an arcane belief for the weak of mind.

Jamie Zebrak | Campus | Friday, July 10, 2009

Chabad Campus Reps Prepare for New Academic Year

(lubavitch.com) Chabad-on-Campus representatives convened yesterday at Lubavitch Headquarters for a special session with Mr. George Rohr .

Campus | Thursday, June 25, 2009

At Tulane, Jewish Student Life Grows With Chabad Family

Tulane itself has done remarkably well since Katrina. Unlike the city itself, which has not rebounded because of poor leadership, Tulane’s president, Scott Cowen, rebranded in the aftermath of the hurricane. He had a real vision, and he used the opportunity to revamp the school, closing down departments that weren’t so successful, and recruiting a more serious element of students.

Baila Olidort | Campus | Thursday, June 11, 2009

At US Colleges, Students Explore Traditional Jewish Values

(lubavitch.com) “In this essay, I examine how my understanding of G-d affects how I should live my life. I ask, ‘what is God, where is God and what does He have to do with me?”

S. Fridman | Campus | Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Yeshiva For A Day At Binghamton University

What’s it like to study in a yeshiva setting? Some 30 students at Binghamton University got an approximation of the traditional yeshiva model of Talmud and Jewish philosophy study this past Sunday as they paired up with rabbinical students from the central Chabad yeshiva in New York, and split hairs over Talmudic minutiae.

S. Fridman | Campus | Monday, April 27, 2009

At Pratt University, Students Design Chabad's Jewish Center

(lubavitch.com) Construction is set to begin on a 2,000 square foot storefront which will serve the 5,000 Jewish students enrolled at five downtown Brooklyn colleges. The largest of those schools, the prestigious Pratt Institute, with 1,000 Jewish students, has the third highest percentage of Jewish students in the nation.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Sunday, April 19, 2009

Coming Back for Seconds: Friday Nights with Chabad on Campus

Students on 340 college campuses worldwide say that a highlight of their (stressful) week is Friday night at the local Chabad. While the current economic crisis is causing some Jewish campus organizations to cut back and charge for their meals, Chabad is continuing to provide the same service, at the same price: free.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Monday, February 23, 2009

On Campus, A Females-Only Shabbat With Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Friday, November 21st is Michelle Bentsman ’s 19th birthday. It will be her first birthday as a student at the University of Chicago. And she has chosen to spend it with Chabad. 

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Thursday, November 20, 2008

Economic Woes and All, Hundreds of College Students Flocked and Rocked At National Shabbaton

(lubavitch.com) Going into the Chabad-on-Campus International Shabbaton in Brooklyn, I didn’t think that Chabad could attract enough students to match the success at last year’s Shabbaton. After all, our country is suffering from economic troubles.

Campus | Friday, November 14, 2008

Chabad Women on Campus Defy Stereotype of "Rabbi's Wife"

(lubavitch.com) Now that the votes have been counted and barriers have been shattered on one front, will 2012 be the year of the woman?

R. C. Berman | Campus | Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Jewish Life On Campus Grows With Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Jamie Zebrak , a senior at the University of Oregon, has seen Jewish involvement on campus grow five-fold since she started here as a freshman.

Miriam Davids | Campus | Thursday, November 6, 2008

Anonymous Donor Doubles Chabad Presence at UK Universities

(lubavitch.com) At the start of the UK academic term, six new Chabad representative couples will be greeting students at freshers fairs at some of the country's top universities. The expansion more than doubles Chabad on Campus UK’s previous scope.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Monday, September 8, 2008

At U.S. Campuses, Jewish Students Break The New Year In With Chabad

(lubavitch.com) As millions of college students packed up their IPODS and laptops and headed back to school, Chabad-Lubavitch campus representatives nationwide waited to welcome them.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Jewish Academic Society Now At 44 Universities Nationwide

(lubavitch.com) In 2007, a Jewish academic society quadrupled its affiliated campuses and saw a record number of students complete its intensive course of study. Taking these accomplishments to the next level for Jewish college students is the focus of Sinai Scholars Society’s conference held at Princeton University August 12-13.

Rebecca Rosenthal | Campus | Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Oswego: On Small Town Campus, Chabad Draws Jewish Students In

(lubavitch.com) Chemistry major Lenny Breindel has a hard time believing that nearly one of out of every eight of the 8000 SUNY Oswego students in upstate New York is Jewish.

Dora Chernock | Campus | Wednesday, August 6, 2008

UPenn Politicos Break for Bi-Partisan Shabbat With Chabad

Passions are running high as Pennsylvania’s presidential primary nears. Pundits are squabbling. Campaign lackeys are slinging mud. But at Chabad-Lubavitch House at Penn, Penn Democrats and Republicans set aside their differences to share Shabbat meal.

Rebecca Rosenthal | Campus | Friday, April 4, 2008

At USC, Jewish Fraternities And Chabad, "Natural Partners"

All twenty pledges at USC’s newest fraternity turned their first Friday night as brothers into Shabbat at Chabad last week.

Rebecca Rosenthal | Campus | Monday, March 31, 2008

At UIC, Chabad Restores Jewish Pride to Chicago's Maxwell St.

When Chabad representatives Rabbi Bentzion and Chani Shemtov moved into the neighborhood five months ago they came to serve the 2000 Jewish students at University of Illinois at Chicago.

Rebecca Rosenthal | Campus | Thursday, March 27, 2008

Chabad Draws Thousands To "The Biggest Jewish Party in LA--Ever"

Two thousand students from four southern California colleges partied to a live band and snapped up Purim mitzvahs until 3 AM at a Chabad sponsored mega event that earned its billing as the “biggest Jewish party in LA – Ever.”

R. C. Berman | Campus | Monday, March 24, 2008

On Campus: Chabad's Purim Bashes Draw In the Shy and Wary

Purim, more than any other holiday, say Chabad-on-campus representatives, brings in crowds of students who otherwise keep a safe distance from anything that feels too Jewish. It’s the time of year to reach the unreachable, like Jewish students living in fraternity and sorority houses.

R.C. Berman | Campus | Thursday, March 13, 2008

Rocky Mountain Collegian Congratulates Chabad on Campus

The university's 3-year-old Chabad organization has spent the entirety of its existence fighting with the City of Fort Collins and the university for bits and pieces of recognition and Friday night they got anther one.

Campus | Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Chabad Reaches Jewish Students at Commuter Colleges

Chabad representatives at campus centers have discovered innovative ways to reach  Jewish students at commuter schools, and involve them in Jewish life.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Tuesday, February 26, 2008

On College Campuses, Purim Partying Begins Early This Year

Counting down to spring break cheers sleep-deprived and paper swamped college students. But the timing of the vacation has some Chabad campus representatives pulling sleepless nights.

R.C. Berman | Campus | Monday, February 18, 2008

Following Shooting, Students at NIU Turn to Chabad Reps for Help

Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel, Chabad representative at nearby University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, began fielding calls. While there is no Chabad Center on NIU’s campus, several neighboring Rabbis, including Rabbi Tiechtel, visit and learn with students there as well as host them for Shabbos.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Friday, February 15, 2008

Through Study and Stipend, Chabad Program in CIS Increases Jewish Marriages

Maria Karetina, 23, lives in Vladivostok, Russia. Since completing university last year, she has been working as a French-English translator for a large firm. Until last month, she was engaged to a non-Jew, and could have well been the poster girl for assimilation trends across the Former Soviet Union. But three months ago Karetina joined the STARS learning program. That’s when a new circle of friends opened up to her. Jewish ones.

Dvora Lakein | Campus | Tuesday, February 12, 2008

At Brandeis University, Students To Host Gala In Support of Chabad

The dynamic at Chabad on campus is typically a simple one: Campus Shluchim give and give, and then give some more. A warm home where students can always find someone willing to listen, someone ready to teach, Shabbat dinners, holiday celebrations, and whatever else comes up for students living on campus pining for a place to call home.

R.C. Berman | Campus | Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Chabad at UCSB Receives Funding from Students Finance Board

Among those six was Chabad of UCSB. While Chabad asked for $18,470 for its 5th Annual West Coast Intercollegiate Shabatton, the group received only $12,320.

Campus | Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Mayanot Yeshiva Opens Women's Division in Jerusalem

The graduating senior has had her last Chabad on campus Shabbat dinner; the birthrightisrael experience is over. But the idea is to keep that enthusiasim for Jewish education alive, and to sustain active interest and further Jewish growth. So what now?

R. C. Berman | Campus | Monday, December 31, 2007

Almost There: Librescu Jewish Student Center Seeks Final $100,000.00

Chabad-Lubavitch of the Virginias is approaching the finish line in its campaign to secure a property on the Virginia Tech campus.

M. Phillips | Campus | Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Chabad at University at Madison, Wisconsin, To Open New Building on Campus

Recently, a young UW student approached Chabad's Rabbi Mendel Matusof with a request for private study sessions. The student’s father had studied a book in college that “gave him enthusiasm for Judaism ever since,” and the student wanted to try it out.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Thanksgiving Dinner Panic? Chabad Women Cook for 300 Every Week

This week, Nechamie Silberberg , Chabad-Lubavitch representative to University of Western Ontario will be serving somewhere between 175 to 250 ravenous college students.

Rebecca Rosenthal | Campus | Tuesday, November 20, 2007

A Mezuza in Place of a Swastika, Says Chabad Rabbi At Columbia University

Campus | Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Gabe's Journal: A Student Reports On Chabad-on-Campus's Mega Shabbos in Brooklyn

For Jewish college students, making the decision to show up to a Friday night service and meal held at their local Chabad on Campus is probably the easiest decision they’ll ever have to make during their years in University.

Gabe Rosenthal | Campus | Sunday, October 28, 2007

Shabbaton Happy, College Students Deepen Jewish Identity With Chabad

Wth the prevalence of Chabad student centers on campuses nationwide, a development of recent years made possible by the Rohr Family Campus Initiative the Chabad-hosted Shabbaton has become a fixture of the Jewish student experience. 

RC Berman | Campus | Friday, October 26, 2007

Chabad Opens Student Center At Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, joined rest of the Ivies and exclusive colleges this week when Rabbi Shlomo and Nechama Rothstein were named Chabad-Lubavitch campus representatives.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Wednesday, October 24, 2007

On Campus with Chabad at UW: No Matzah Ball Soup Here

Chabad on Campus at University of Washington has a new home, room for seventy guests on Shabbat dinner, a library and a joint project with a Jewish frat on campus coming up, but no matzah ball soup.

EJ Tansky | Campus | Sunday, October 21, 2007

On Campus: After Katrina, Chabad Builds New Student Center At Tulane

A new 6,000 square foot Rohr Chabad Student Center, with all the comforts of home, opened on the New Orleans campus in time for Rosh Hashana.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Monday, October 1, 2007

At Johns Hopkins Chabad: Students and Non-Students Come For Yom Kippur

On Yom Kippur, it's not only students who come to Chabad at Johns Hopkins University. Non-students who want to experience meaningful Yom Kippur services will make their way to Chabad's of Johns Hopkins services at the Inn at the Colonnade. . .

R. C. Berman | Campus | Friday, September 21, 2007

Kids on Campus: The Surprising Power of Chabad Babies

More than cute camera magnets, the children of Chabad Shluchim on campus are right in the mix of Chabad House action. Even before their first “ga-ga,” these charmers are essential partners in their parents’ activities.   

R.C. Berman | Campus | Friday, August 31, 2007

At Albert Einstein, Med Students Explore Spirituality With Chabad

Today, more than two-thirds of medical schools in the U.S. offer courses on religion, spirituality and medicine.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Spiritual Children of Chabad Now Reach Out To Others

By now, Bracha Sara Leeds’s degree from UC Berkeley would have paved her way to medical school. But she’s chosen a different road: life as a Chabad representative on her alma mater’s campus.

R. C. Berman | Campus | Tuesday, July 31, 2007

On Campus: Chabad Couple Named To New Virginia Tech Librescu Chabad House

In an exclusive interview with Lubavitch.com, Rabbi Yossel Kranz, executive director of Chabad of the Virginias, named the young couple who formally accepted the offer to head the new Chabad House opening next month at Virginia Tech.

R.C. Berman | Campus | Sunday, July 15, 2007

Chabad Campus Rabbi Takes Award For Book on Comics

“For most of my life I’ve lived a Clark Kent existence . . . my desire to assimilate required no less.”

Shoshana Olidort | Campus | Wednesday, June 13, 2007

At Year-End: Despite Statistics, Chabad on Campus Deepens Jewish Commitment

When Ethan Samuels clutches a freshly printed diploma in his hands in a few weeks, he will be among the tens of thousands of college students whose university years have been shaped through involvement in Chabad-Lubavitch on campus.

R.C. Berman | Campus | Tuesday, May 15, 2007

"Chabad At Stanford . . . Knowledge, Courage and Commitment"

Campus | Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Guest Editorial: Random Kindness in the Face of Random Terror

Up until the morning of April 16, things were pretty much happening as they should on most American campuses at this time of year.

Rabbi Dov Wagner | Campus | Monday, April 23, 2007

Chabad of Brandeis: Success Invites New Challenges

For 85 Brandeis University students, Sunday night marked the end of an experimental semester of seminar style Jewish classes.  

R. C. Berman | Campus | Monday, April 23, 2007

A Brighter Shabbat for Students on Campus (video clip)

This past Friday night, Jewish women on college campuses across America participated in an initiative to dispel some of the darkness experienced by events of the Virginia Tech shooting.

Campus | Monday, April 23, 2007

New Chabad House To Open At Virginia Tech

Lubavitch of the Virginias, headed by Rabbi Yossel Kranz , will be opening a new Chabad House at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va, to serve the university’s Jewish students, announced Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky of Lubavitch World Headquarters today.

Campus | Thursday, April 19, 2007

Victim of Virginia Tech Shooting To Be Flown to Israel Wednesday

In the course of the coming week, students, faculty, family and others connected to those killed will bid farewell to their loved ones

Campus | Tuesday, April 17, 2007

A New Home for One of FIU's Largest Student Organizations

FIU President Modesto A. "Mitch" Maidique told the overflow crowd of 200 that he knew students felt at home at the Rabbi's house and he wanted the Rabbi to know that the presidential home, “our home, is your home as well.” 

EJ Tansky | Campus | Monday, March 12, 2007

Midnight Masquerade: Columbia Students Purim All Night

It was hi-style partying for Columbia University students this Purim. Stretch limousines parked outside the Chabad Student Center on W. 113th street, whisked them across town to the Park East Grill

Shoshana Olidort | Campus | Wednesday, March 7, 2007

New Student Center To Be Dedicated at Florida International University

The Chabad Jewish Student Center at Florida International University, known to students as ChabadFIU

Campus | Sunday, February 25, 2007

On Campus: Shabbat for 1000 Draws 1100 Plus

There was no microphone at the Carnegie Mellon’s Weigand Gymnasium last Friday evening, and those responsible for the plans to host 1000 college students for a three hour Shabbat dinner knew there’d be none.

B. Olidort | Campus | Wednesday, February 14, 2007

West Coast Students "Shabbatoned" High

The news came late to some students, so when all 450 chairs set up for a Friday night dinner with Chabad at the San diego State University campus were taken, another 100 students waited outside to get in.

Campus | Thursday, February 8, 2007

Chabad Alerts Students and Community to Proselytizers' Techniques

On Saturday afternoons, Messianic missionariescan be seen strolling around in their Shabbat best: yarmulkes on their heads . . .

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Sunday, January 21, 2007

A Primer on Intermarriage for Europe's Jewish Students

Why Marry Jewish?” author Doron Kornbluth had better like planes. And crowds. Over a jam-packed, 14-day tour, the popular writer, lecturer and thinker will be touching down in 12 European cities.

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Kiddush, Candles, Hip Hop and Reggae

Campus | Sunday, November 5, 2006

Jewish Teens: Chabad Keeps Them From Opting Out

A frisson sizzles through Chabad of Flamingo as 90 teens swivel in their seats to see how their Torah for Teens rabbi will handle a high school senior’s challenge about why Judaism’s so uptight about tattoos.

Rebecca Rosenthal | Campus | Saturday, October 21, 2006

Trends: College Campuses Dedicate Their Own Torah Scrolls

Slipping from USC fight song into the Jewish pride anthem “David Melech Yisrael” threw trombone player Nathan Tiras for a few beats. He and nine other members of the famed USC band regained their musical footing in time to march the Chabad at USC’s Torah to its new home in style.

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Thursday, September 28, 2006

On Campus: Students Support for Israel Strong

After a summer-long diet of one-sided media reports and images favoring Lebanese suffering and ignoring that to Israeli civilians and cities, many college students are now returning to their campuses with skewed ideas about the war.

EJ Tansky | Campus | Monday, September 4, 2006

A Harvard Phenomenon

For Jewish parents of Harvard-bound students, the feeling is all too familiar. Proud that they've been accepted to one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world,

Campus | Sunday, June 25, 2006

Summer Break: Students Leave, But Ties Remain Strong

Chabad on Campus representatives have devised their own ways of not saying ?goodbye' to graduates as summer rolls around, keeping cherished connections strong.

E.J. Tansky | Campus | Thursday, May 4, 2006

A New Place for Jewish Students at Columbia University

"Chabad has given me confidence," Ari Goldman told his colleagues last Thursday at an intimate reception for the launching of the new Chabad House at Columbia University.

Shoshana Olidort | Campus | Monday, April 3, 2006

Rohr Chabad House: A Cozy Place at Cambridge University

Last week, the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University and a Minister of State came to dine at a banquet celebrating the opening of the Rohr Chabad House at Cambridge University.

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Friday, March 17, 2006

A Special Moment for Harvard's Jewish Community

Under the hammerbeam trusses and stenciled ceiling of Harvard's Annenberg Hall , in the soaring space where all Harvard freshmen dine, the tables were set with white roses and crisp tablecloths in honor of the Shabbat dubbed "Shabbat 1000."

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Thursday, February 23, 2006

A New Chabad Centre for Oxford Students

Amit Pundik began lugging a satchel of books and paper around Oxford University four months ago when he arrived to study law. Excelling in an environment populated the world's finest minds, requires discipline. . .

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Chabad and birthright: Israel: Partners In Jewish Awareness

For Adam Rothblatt , a senior at UPenn pursuing a degree in International Relations, the small-scale moments of the Israel trip--his first--made indelible impressions, and left Rothblatt hungry to meet more "people in Israel at the grassroots level."

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Friday, January 13, 2006

College Students Devote Winter Break to New Orleans Clean-Up

They were the second of two groups who spent winter break at Chabad Lubavitch of Louisiana scooping muck, carting out moldy furniture, gutting waterlogged homes as part of Chabad on Campus 's ongoing Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Sunday, January 8, 2006

New Chabad Centers Open at University of Kansas and Cal State Northridge

By the time students at University of Kansas and California State University, Northridge, return from holiday break, they will meet the two newest members of the 19 representatives Chabad on Campus sent to college this year.

E.J. Tansky | Campus | Friday, December 2, 2005

The Lubavitcher Rebbe: A View From the Ivory Tower

Disagreement among the academics who convened earlier this week at a conference on the Lubavitcher Rebbe was evident in healthy abundance, but a thread of consensus emerged in almost all of the presentations.

Campus | Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Coast to Coast, Canada and Oxford: Hundreds of Campus Students Converge for Shabbat With Chabad

Hundreds of students, from tony ivy league universities to schools devoted to the art of the party, are making their way to Brooklyn, NY,

E. J. Tansky | Campus | Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Jewish Students Bond With the Torah

Minutes to midnight on University of Pennsylvania's fraternity row, as the 'Sox were on their way to trouncing the Astros in overtime, the guys at Sigma Nu got a knock at the door.

E.J. Tansky | Campus | Thursday, October 27, 2005

Father's Day With Chabad At USC

Under the smiling Southern California sun, the Wagners welcomed 70 USC Trojans and their families to an end of year barbecue. The Wagners dished out barbecue fare and renewed ties with Jewish students past and present.

Rebecca Rosenthal | Campus | Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Banner Year for Chabad on Campus

Chabad's impact on today's college students can be felt in the personal ways each Chabad center on campus reaches out to its students.

Rivka Chaya Berman | Campus | Thursday, June 2, 2005

Chabad at the College of New Jersey in Ewing

In a small meeting room at Paul Loser Hall on the campus of the College of New Jersey in Ewing, an ancient Jewish ceremony was unfolding for the first time.

Marilyn Silverstein | Campus | Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Purim at University of Pennsylvania

The festivities began at Marbar with a Megillah reading at 8pm and subsequent ones later in the evening attended by the owner and manager of Marbar and the students. Hundreds of students came out to hear the BAAL SHEM TOV band and DAVE LINDENBAUM perform. Many arrived in costume.

Campus | Sunday, March 27, 2005

1300 Students Celebrate Purim With Chabad at Columbia U

"Judaism's all about breaking barriers, transcending limits, and that's really the idea here behind my music," said Matisyahu , renowned Hassidic-reggae singer, to a crowd of some 1,300 students on Thursday night, at Columbia University's knockout Purim celebration.

Shoshana Olidort | Campus | Sunday, March 27, 2005

Shabbaton With Chabad: Jewish Students Nationwide Pledge Greater Involvement

For a Jewish student on an American college campus today, the possibilities run the extremes from total alienation to a heightened Jewish awareness.

Baila Olidort | Campus | Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Discovering Judaism At The University of Oregon

Known for vegetarians, animal rights activists, and liberal minded thinking, this is the last place you expect to find a Chabad couple. Yet, Rabbi Asi and Aviva Spiegel chose to settle in Eugene specifically because of its liberal demographic.

Mimi Weiszner | Campus | Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Restored Torahs Give New Life

In a wonderful partnership between college campuses and the Sandra Brand Torah Project, precious scrolls are being lovingly repaired, restored and revitalized. Then the old scrolls are paired with their "brides," . . .

Fay Kranz Greene | Campus | Friday, January 14, 2005

New Chabad House at Florida International University

Rabbi Levi and Sashie Friedman , the newly appointed directors of Chabad at FIU, bring a unique warmth and enthusiasm to their post and are using the upcoming Chanukah holiday to jumpstart their ambitious agenda.

Fay Kranz Greene | Campus | Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Alaskans Warm to Chabad Rabbi On Religious Beliefs

The campus bookstore at the University of Alaska Anchorage was a haven for tolerance and peaceful discussion when a trio of local religious leaders, including Rabbi Yosef Greenberg , spoke about "Religious Beliefs Surrounding Life, Birth and Death."

Tova Bernbaum | Campus | Tuesday, November 9, 2004

Former Terrorist Addresses Community

A decade ago, Mr. Walid Shoebat would have considered those listening to him "the devil." After all, he was educated to hate "even harm" those who did not agree with one specific form of Muslim fundamentalism.

Campus | Monday, November 8, 2004

Hundreds of Jewish Students To Celebrate Shabbat at USC

More than 400 Jewish collegians from twenty five schools in California and Arizona, representing every major university on the West Coast, will be converging on the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Southern California . . .

Fay Kranz Greene | Campus | Friday, November 5, 2004

Jewish Students at Duke University to Pre-empt Negative Publicity

The remains of a civilian passenger bus bombed by terrorists in Israel this year will be publicly displayed on Duke University campus this week by Chabad, a Jewish campus organization.

Campus | Monday, October 11, 2004

Chabad-Lubavitch National Campus Conference

According to Rabbi Nechemia Vogel , the life of a Chabad Rabbi and campus emissary can best be described as "as close as it gets to 24/7."

Raizel Metzger | Campus | Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Passover With Chabad On Campus

The campus at Harvard was quieter than usual on Passover eve. With spring break barely over, many of its Jewish students would be extending their break to celebrate the holiday with family. But . . .

Shoshana Olidort | Campus | Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Shabbat 1,000

For hundreds of Binghamton University's 1,000 Jewish students who will make their way this Friday night to the largest hall on campus-the gym-the experience will be a first in many ways.

B. Olidort | Campus | Wednesday, March 24, 2004

500 Jewish Students Expected At Southeastern Campus Conference

The event will bring together students and faculty from ten universities in Florida, Georgia and Louisiana, for a Shabbat experience dedicated to "Jewish Unity, The Key To Our Survival."

Fay Kranz Greene | Campus | Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Midnight Masquerade With Chabad On Campus

In the spirit of Purim, Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Columbia University, Rabbi Yonah Blum, asked students, "What masks do you wear in your daily life?

Shoshana Olidort | Campus | Monday, March 8, 2004

Chabad on Campus Hosts Law Shabbat

Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman was the featured speaker at Chabad at Washington University in St. Louis.

Fay Kranz Greene | Campus | Thursday, November 27, 2003

OSU Chabad Launches Student Ambassadors To Israel

The Chabad House at Ohio State University in Columbus is hoping that fifty-six Student Ambassadors for Israel will make a profound change on how Israel is viewed on college campuses.

Fay Kranz Greene | Campus | Friday, October 31, 2003

Jazz in the Sukkah at Columbia

Students and alumni crowded into Columbia's Chabad Sukkah last Thursday for an evening of entertainment and celebration with a live jazz band.

Campus | Monday, October 20, 2003

Columbia Students Have A Blast

Students and faculty at Columbia carved their own Shofar last week. The Tzivos Hashem shofar factory was sponsored by Chai Society, the Chabad club at Columbia University and Barnard.

Campus | Saturday, October 4, 2003

New Chabad Reps Arrive At Johns Hopkins

New Chabad representatives Rabbi Velvel and Chanie Gopin arrived to central Baltimore earlier this month, to service Jewish students and faculty members at Johns Hopkins University, and the greater Jewish community of Guilford and Roland Parks.

S. Olidort | Campus | Thursday, October 2, 2003

Chabad Comes to Cambridge

A new welcoming committee will be greeting incoming students at the Cambridge annual Fresher's Fair this year. Rabbi Reuven and Rochel Leigh, new Chabad representatives to Cambridge, arrived last month.

S. Olidort | Campus | Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Can A Chasid Also Be A Greek Brother?

Chabad is working closely with several Jewish fraternities and sororities across the country. Together they are forging a relationship which has already seen positive results. In a tangible, Jewish way.

Fay Kranz Greene | Campus | Wednesday, September 24, 2003

18 Years at Chabad of Binghamton

What does it take to serve up a lavish Shabbat dinner for 300, every week? How does one keep up the energy to host 300 people every Friday night, while working full time the other six days?

Baila Olidort | Campus | Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Princeton Students Prepare for Rosh Hashana

Forty students attended the first-ever Shofar Factory at Chabad of Princeton University, where they carved their own ram's horns to be used on Rosh Hashana.

Campus | Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Arizona State University on Lubavitch Map

Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtel, scheduled to arrive in Tempe, Arizona, in November.

Campus | Thursday, September 11, 2003

Dartmouth On Lubavitch Map

Dartmouth College's 500 Jewish students and the surrounding Jewish community begin the new academic season with new Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, Rabbi Moshe and Chanie Gray.

Campus | Tuesday, September 9, 2003

Jewish Life in a Gothic Wonderland

This Methodist, southern research university, long avoided by traditional students afraid of jeopardizing their Jewish observance, Duke is finally dusting off its image as an exclusively Christian university.

S. Olidort | Campus | Wednesday, June 4, 2003

Jewish Clubhouse at Yale

It was the latest buzz on a busy campus this year. The new Chabad center at Yale, says sophomore Brian Korchin, has quickly evolved into the Jewish clubhouse at Yale.

S. Olidort | Campus | Sunday, May 25, 2003

Chabad Takes All the Awards

Editor | Campus | Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Yiddishkeit Finds a Home at Harvard

World business leaders converge here for geo-economic summits, but what drew the crowd to this prestigious address last Sunday was a celebration of Jewish spiritual life at Harvard.

S. Olidort | Campus | Sunday, April 13, 2003

Jewish Life At USC: Making Up For Lost Time

Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the University of Southern California was conspicuously untouched by the vibrant Jewish life in a city with a Jewish population second only to New York.

S. Olidort | Campus | Thursday, January 30, 2003

Where Science Meets Spirit: Chabad at Princeton

A breeding ground of Nobel Laureates and physics geniuses, Princeton University, which ranks number one in the country carries a prestige that is highly sought after by students (7,000 in all) and community members alike.

S. Olidort | Campus | Tuesday, December 17, 2002

Transcending the Limits of the Intellect

An enterprise committed to matters of the spirit may seem outlandish in this hotbed of intellectual activity, so it is all the more remarkable that many of Oxford's 1,000 Jewish students have quickly warmed to Chabad's Rabbi Eli and Freidy Brackman.

S. Olidort | Campus | Thursday, December 12, 2002

More Chanukah on Campus

The University of Chicago, a bastion of the American academic elite since its founding in 1890, is displaying its first ever Chanukah menorah in the center of campus this Chanukah.

R. Wineberg | Campus | Friday, December 6, 2002

Chabad Comes to Penn State

After experimenting with Buddhism and dabbling in other eastern religions, Dan Singerman eventually came full circle, back to Judaism. Still, Dan felt something missing-an enthusiasm and spiritual component that he felt should go hand in hand with the faith of his heritage just seemed lacking.

S. Olidort | Campus | Tuesday, November 19, 2002

A Time To Be Merry

Nostalgic for the lively Simchat Torah experience of years past, some forty alumni will return to Chabad-a favorite campus haunt, to celebrate the holiday with new students.

S. Olidort | Campus | Thursday, September 19, 2002

New Center in Charlottesville

Dubbed the only public ivy-league university, University of Virginia at Charlottesville has a Jewish student population of 1500.

S. Olidort | Campus | Friday, August 2, 2002

Chabad Comes to Washington University

One third of Washington University's 12,000 students is Jewish. That's 4,000 reasons for Rabbi Yosef Landa, director of Chabad in St. Louis, to recruit a young couple to establish a Chabad-Lubavitch center on campus.

R. Wineberg | Campus | Wednesday, July 31, 2002