January Wrap Up!
Some of this months highlights:
Welcome BBQ
Old friends and new faces gather for a Welcome Back BBQA new Sinai Scholars Class Begins!
12 new students joined our 8-week course of in-depth studyTu B’shvat Celebration: Soups, Succulents & Sourdough!
50+ students joined us for a memorable Tu B’Shvat eventFor the Guys: Weekly BLTs (Bagels, Lox, Tefillin!)
A weekly tefillin club for the guys - with a full bagel breakfast!For the Ladies: Weekly Lunch ‘n Learns
A weekly ladies lunch, with a side of deeply meaningful convo!Cafe Ivrit takes off!
A project of our amazing Israel Fellow Sharon!Weekly Shabbat Dinners and Torah Classes!
The menu may change, but the warmth of shabbat is always the same!
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Tu B’Shvat: Soups, Succulents & Sourdough!
The weather outside was frigid - but inside, 50+ Jewish students were treated to warm smiles, hot soup and fresh sourdough bread, as we celebrated the holiday of Tu B’Shvat with a Succulent Terrarium making event. We were also treated to a special Tu B’Shvat Seder by our Israel Fellow, and a Sourdough making tutorial by Shlomit. Every student got to take home some sourdough starter of their own!
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Welcome Back BBQ & Bonfire
Was so great catching up with everyone after the long break - with a good ‘ole fashioned southern-style bbq, complete with bonfire and s’mores! An awesome way to kickoff the new semester!
Shabbat Dinner Spotlight:
Of course, we host Shabbat every week! But every now and then we like to shake things up with a different theme or menu - here are some of the highlights of this past month:
“Dairy” Shabbat
Friday Jan 16th we hosted a unique “Dairy” Shabbat, featuring a full dairy menu. Generously sponsored by the Sakhai Family in honor of the birthday of their daughter Jessie!
“Taco” Shabbat
Friday Jan 22nd we hosted “Taco” Shabbat - an unlikely combo, but the food was loved by all!
“Board-Game” Shabbat
Friday Jan 30th we hosted “Board-Game” Shabbat - where students stayed late into the night to boardgames after dinner!
January Highlights
Sinai Scholars Spring ‘26
With a brand new group of 12 amazing students - Sinai Scholars started again for the Spring semester! Combining gourmet dinners with deep, meaningful conversations about the Jewish Identity and values. An amazing journey of jewish discovery awaits them!
Kosher B.L.T. (Bagels, Lox, Tefillin) Club
Every Wednesday between 10am and 11am students drop by the Chabad house for a some BLT - not THAT kind of BLT of course, an even better kind: Bagels, Lox & Tefillin! They wrap tefillin, and grab a bagel while the Rabbi shares a few words of Torah - a re-JEW-venating way to start the day!
Weekly Ladies Lunch N’ Learn
A wonderfully meaningful, beautiful, and uplifting afternoon—great food, thoughtful conversation, and an incredible group of women coming together to learn and connect every week!
Cafe Ivrit
Cafe Ivrit - run by our amazing Israel Fellow Sharon Talker - is growing fast! in it’s first month of operation, Cafe Ivrit has more than doubled in attendance and is growing steadily. Sharon is amazing at teaching the students hebrew through fun, interactive - and tasty - mediums. Many games were played and much coffee consumed! Yalla Balagan!
Jewish Gamecock of The Month
MAYA SILVERMAN
BARSC Product Design and Entrepreneurship - Class of ‘28
“Being from out of state, I love Chabad because it always feels like my home away from home. Being so far away from my family is hard, however I’m very fortunate to have found a second family at Chabad. From weekly shabbat dinners to challah bakes, and everything in between, I'm so happy to have found a place that I can truly be myself. ”
- Maya Silverman, Class of ‘28
ISRAEL-LIT!
An Update from Chabad’s Israel Fellow
Bonfire, Hebrew, Tu Be'Shvat and Snow Day
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