Chabad on Campus
It’s not always possible to go home with observance this year falling on weekdays. But at many schools, Jewish organizations cover all the bases.
The Chabad House on campus sued the city of Cambridge for denying its request to connect its buildings.
The group called the omission “fake history” and compared it to ignoring 9/11 or Pearl Harbor in accounts of those attacks.
A fourth person, who is a teaching assistant at Cornell University, also was arrested for assaulting a police officer.
“We’re a small community, and when we come to events like this it shows that we are united,” a Texas State University student told JNS.
The prime minister spoke at a meeting marking 30 years since the death of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
“There was no question in our minds that this year’s Kinus had to be in Israel,” said Rabbi Avi Weinstein, COO of Chabad on Campus.
The women are preparing for continued anti-Israel protesters as students return to campus in the fall.
As students spoke of antisemitism and university presidents testified about Jew-hatred on campus in Washington, a peaceful, interfaith event took place in the City of Bridges.
The cause of the fire, which ravaged the 11,000-square-foot building, is under investigation. No injuries were reported.
Chancellor Robert Jones: “Sneaking around and delivering hateful, hurtful and racist messages in plastic sandwich bags filled with gravel is a cowardly and craven way to spew hate and division in our community.”
This was the 13th year that the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life at Binghamton University has coordinated the college-led effort for sick children, dubbed “light up a life.”
