UCSB seniors Gloria Kompel, left, Jordan Fishburn and Sarah Feuer helped plan the annual Mega Shabbat dinner. Credit: Rebecca Caraway / Noozhawk photo Outside the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center in ...
Miriam E. Goldberger ’28, a Crimson Editorial Editor, lives in Thayer Hall. I don’t work on Saturdays. Ever. As an Orthodox Jew, I observe Shabbat, a religious practice that mandates rest on the ...
Over 200 Michigan State University students, staff, faculty and family members gathered at the MSU Kellogg Center for the annual mega Shabbat on Friday evening. This event, which first started in the ...
Jewish life in New York can often feel embattled — politically, culturally, even existentially. And then there are nights when nearly 3,000 Jews gather at the Javits Center in Manhattan, supported by ...
Slated for Nov. 21 at The Javits Center, The Big Shabbat aims to put New York’s Jewish community in the Guinness Book of World Records. For six years, Gady Levy, executive director of the Temple Emanu ...
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Shabbat 1000, Harvard’s largest annual Jewish celebration, brought over 1,000 affiliates together with Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 on Friday to observe Shabbat. Observed each week from Friday ...
Some 500 students, alumni, faculty and guests including University President Maurie McInnis trickled into a newly decorated and tent-filled Old Campus on Friday evening for a Shabbat dinner hosted by ...
“Publishing an official political statement in the middle of Shabbat constitutes crossing a red line and a serious violation of the sanctity of Shabbat and the status quo, which are fundamental values ...
This fall, a group of organizers in New York are planning to break a world record: 3,000 guests gathered at the Javits Center for what they hope will be the largest Shabbat dinner ever held. The event ...
After a stressful week of cramming for exams and staying up late writing essays, celebrating Shabbat offers students an opportunity to relax and feel welcomed by members of a community. The services ...
As my mother likes to remind me whenever I host, it’s better to err on the side of too much food than too little. But 811 pounds of potatoes for kugel, 402 challahs, and 22,500 hors d’oeuvres? Even ...