Spring 2019 Newsletter

“Thank you for supporting parts of ourselves that the academic world just doesn’t, and for that I am so very grateful.”

Read Mia’s story inside

Connecting You To Your Jewish Impact on Campus

CHABAD ON FULTON Jewish Student Center

Serving Vassar Students

YOUR GIVING

You shared the tradition of Challah making and passed it on to those in need!

Students learned the joy of rolling and kneading Challah and delivered the Challah to seniors in the Poughkeepsie area.

You helped give students a space to celebrate Purim over Spring Break!

Maya Horowitz ‘16 hosted a young alumnae/i and student Purim party in her NYC apartment. You showed students that wherever they are, they can proudly be Jewish and have a thriving community!

IN ACTION!

You gave students a full Passover experience in a welcoming home!

Before Passover, you taught students about koshering a kitchen for Passover. During Passover, you served them delicious homecooked kosher meals. And after Passover, you gave them hot pizza for a post-holiday party.

You involved students in the continuity of Jewish practices!

We celebrated our son’s Bris with students, where you showed them the power of Jewish pride and the importance of keeping communal Jewish traditions alive.

By: Mia Geiduschek

Last week, I walked to Chabad on a Thursday night for Study Week. It was closing in on Finals period and my brain felt truly fried from school work and the general stress of the end of the year. But there was something so special about walking the 10 minutes off campus and into a home.

It felt like pressing a reset button on my week, giving me some perspective, reminding me that my body and soul need some support, not just my brain. So, instead of pulling out the homework that I had brought, and settling in at the dining room table.

I left my backpack at the door and spent a long evening in the kitchen cooking for Shabbat and talking with Dalia and Rabbi. I left feeling more balanced, relaxed, and fulfilled.

It reminded me how grateful I am to have this home away from home when I’m

not just my brain.

here at Vassar, somewhere I can disappear to, and somewhere that I often find exactly what I need, even if it isn’t what I thought that I needed. That is what I have found here at Chabad.

Of course this place is here for big important things, like celebrating holidays and learning Torah.

But they are also here for the small moments. For doing homework at a dining room table instead of in the library. For cooking on a Thursday night instead of studying for the 11th hour in a row.

For answering weird questions about Halacha (Jewish Law) via Facebook message at 10pm and for a cookie in the retreat on Tuesdays and for very loud laughter around a Shabbat table.

It’s for supporting that parts of ourselves that the academic world just doesn’t, and for that I am so very grateful.

Grand Prize: $10,000 2nd Place: Trip to Israel for Two

Somewhere that I often find exactly what I need, even if it isn’t what I thought that I needed.