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New Chabad House at Florida International University

Chanukah came early this year for the Jewish students and faculty at Florida International University – one of America’s most dynamic institutions of higher learning…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 1, 2004

Alaskans Warm to Chabad Rabbi On Religious Beliefs

The University of Alaska Anchorage has seen its share of religious tension in the past year, but the campus bookstore was a haven for tolerance…

By Tova Bernbaum

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…

November 8, 2004

Hundreds of Jewish Students To Celebrate Shabbat at USC

What student apathy? Although college students did not pack the voting booths in the record numbers expected by political pundits, there is no lack of…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 5, 2004

Jewish Students at Duke University to Pre-empt Negative Publicity

In advance of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Palestine Solidarity Movement, the remains of a civilian passenger bus bombed by terrorists in Israel this…

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…

By Raizy Metzger

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…

By S. Olidort

April 14, 2004

Shabbat 1,000

The ads and flyers posted all over campus read, “Do Something Special, Celebrate Shabbat With 1,000 of Your Closest Friends.” For hundreds of Binghamton University’s…

By Baila Olidort

March 24, 2004

500 Jewish Students Expected At Southeastern Campus Conference

The cell phones are racking up lots of overtime minutes in the offices and homes of the Chabad rabbis who work on college campuses in…

By Fay Kranz Greene

March 17, 2004

Midnight Masquerade With Chabad On Campus

At a pre-Purim Shabbat dinner last Friday night at Chabad of Columbia University, students took turns introducing themselves—as is the routine here. But this time,…

By S. Olidort

March 8, 2004

Chabad on Campus Hosts Law Shabbat

Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman was the featured guest speaker at a recent Shabbat dinner hosted by Chabad on Campus, for Jewish students…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 27, 2003

OSU Chabad Launches Student Ambassadors To Israel

Jewish tradition says that G-d created humankind with a singular individual to teach us that one person can profoundly affect the entire world. The Chabad…

By Fay Kranz Greene

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. Kol HaGeulah, a…

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…

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…

By S. Olidort

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…

By S. Olidort

September 30, 2003

Can A Chasid Also Be A Greek Brother?

Fraternity and sorority houses are getting really bad press these days. Rowdy behavior, excessive alcohol consumption and potentially life threatening hazing procedures are all contributing…

By Fay Kranz Greene

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 do you keep up the energy to host 300…

By Baila Olidort

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.

September 23, 2003

Arizona State University on Lubavitch Map

Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtel, scheduled to arrive in Tempe, Arizona, in November. With the appointment of Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtal, scheduled to arrive…

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. The…

September 9, 2003

Jewish Life in a Gothic Wonderland

It’s an intense, highly competitive campus located in a city that lays claim to the most PhDs per capita nationwide, a university where students come…

By S. Olidort

June 4, 2003

Jewish Clubhouse at Yale

It was the latest buzz on a busy campus this year. Dubbed 3M, (no, it’s not the innovative technology company), for its suite number in…

By S. Olidort

May 25, 2003

Chabad Takes All the Awards

Chabad of Binghamton took all the awards at the Excelsior Awards Ceremony earlier this month. The awards recognize various categories of the most creative programming…

By Editor

May 14, 2003