BACK TO SCHOOL | CHABAD ON CAMPUS
Chabad gears up for school year
Chabad on Campus serving Washington University is kicking off the new academic year with a plethora of new programs and classes geared for students.
Established just over three years ago, Chabad on Campus is rapidly growing, with more than 600 student members. To meet this growth, Chabad has just purchased a new facility near the corner of Forsyth and Big Bend, yards from the campus residences. According to Rabbi Hershey Novack, director of Chabad on Campus, “Our new facility will be a very student- oriented space. In fact, students will be active in every phase of the development, from design to dedication, and beyond.”
Last year, Chabad on Campus hosted the first Shabbat ever at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house; a kosher hot dog booth at Washington U.’s Thurtene Carnival; two birthright israel trips; and a full range of ongoing Jewish experiential events and learning opportunities. Chabad also hosts between 35 and 50 guests each Shabbat at a home-hospitality dinner in which students assist with cooking, setting up and serving.
In addition to the students, a focal point for Chabad on Campus during the upcoming school year will be faculty. This past year, Chabad hosted a Faculty Shabbat Series. Guests included Dean Stuart I. Greenbaum of The John M. Olin School of Business, Associate Dean Ken Bardach and Barry Rosenberg of the Jewish Federation, among others. “We are broadening and diversifying our programs, and see great opportunity in reaching out to Jewish faculty members,” asserted Rabbi Hershey Novack.
Building upon last year’s successes, grad student opportunities will also be expanded. Last year’s grad program highlights included a “Law Shabbat” with attorney Sanford Neuman, Jewish law classes at the School of Law, and Jewish medical ethics at the School of Medicine.
Chabad also hosted the largest grad event of the year — a Purim party for grad students at the Regional Arts Commission building in Delmar.
For more information on Chabad on Campus, visit the website www.ChabadonCampus.org.
Source: St. Louis Jewish Light, August 17, 2005