http://www.chabad.edu/386542 Campus and University News from Chabad on Campus Copyright 2012, all rights reserved. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1755586 For the past four years, graduate student Kelly Scovone has vacationed in Key Largo, Fla., during her mid-winter break. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1755388 European campus rabbis and their families gathered in Manchester, England, to discuss issues surrounding Jewish student life and coordinate programming against a backdrop of rising anti-Semitism and threats to religious life across the continent. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1746553 With an unusual amount of snow – early reports indicated that it could be the worst such storm in 30 years – falling in parts of Washington, Jewish centers have canceled events and classes in the hope that all will improve in time for the upcoming Sabbath. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1733966 Molly Rissien stepped up to the hot dog stand at Allen Field House and left happy. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1729174 When Ryan Dosetareh arrived at Georgia State University as a freshman in 2004 – primarily a commuter school for Atlanta-area students, many of GSU’s enrollees, like Dosetareh did, bunk at home with their parents – there wasn’t much going on in the way of on-campus Jewish organizations. Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1723781 In a rare occurrence among student tours of the Holy Land, a group of 23 American Jewish college students brought some Chanukah joy to a secretive Israeli army base near the Lebanese border. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1685566 Kevin Fine’s fraternity sponsored a Sabbath dinner the other week. As a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi, he joined his brothers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus for a five course meal he called “delicious.” Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1684715 When Noah Gross, 21, headed to Brooklyn, N.Y., for the Chabad on Campus International Student Shabbaton and Conference, he wasn’t really sure what to expect, or if it’d really be the combination of fellow students, lectures, and community his campus rabbi had been promising. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1679970 College students who have considered using the Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin on a regular basis but were intimidated by the substantial price of the ritual items are being assisted financially through a new campaign launched by Chabad on Campus International Foundation. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1679968 More than 800 Jewish collegians from around the world gathered in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., for a weekend of inspiration sponsored by the Chabad on Campus International Foundation. (Photos: Bentzi Sasson) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1675733 Tiffany Hakimianpour, 20, can’t wait for the weekend. After a class at 8:00 and a test at 2:00, the University of Southern California junior is going home to pack for a trip to New York City to join 850 Jewish collegians from around the world for three days of inspiration. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1674823 Reynald Parienti calls the local Chabad House his second home, a place where he breaks bread, finds camaraderie and discovers a spiritual space. Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1672700 Rabbi Yossi and Dalia Kulek’s Chabad House had been serving as a haven for University of Hartford students after a freak fall snowstorm sent upwards of 1 million New Jersey, New York and Connecticut residents into darkness last weekend. Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1668317 The earliest snowstorm on record since the Civil War hit Saturday afternoon. Before long, the flakes piled up on trees, weighing down branches until they snapped into yards and toppled onto main roads. Then – for hundreds of thousands of residents of people across New Jersey, New York and Connecticut – the lights went out. Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1668318 The first Jewish mayor of Oxford in almost 900 years will address a special Sabbath dinner Friday night at Oxford University’s Chabad Society. Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1657078 Never in a million years did Drexel University sophomore Michelle Silberman imagine she’d be spending so much of her time at the school’s new Chabad House. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1644054 Laetitia Beck is well on her way to becoming the Sandy Koufax of women’s professional golf. Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1642167 University students gathered at a South Florida Jewish center this week to receive a free case and parchment in keeping with a biblical command to inscribe verses proclaiming the Almighty’s unity “upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.” Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1641791 After spending the past few years on a soul-searching study of Jewish theology and culture, Yerachmiel Goldstein calls Israel’s Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies “the oasis through the desert [that] has been able to supply flowing water for the rest of the journey.” Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.edu/article.asp?aid=1635322 When Eric Alterman arrived at the University of Colorado as a freshman, he had zero intention of ever celebrating the Sabbath with the local Chasidic family. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST