Georgia sit down for a Tuesday dinner
and Kabbalah class taught by Rabbi
Michoel Refson, co-director of the
campus-based Chabad House.
With the deal on the building done, thanks in large part to a generous grant from the Rohr Family Foundation arranged by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, chairman of the Chabad on Campus International Foundation and vice chairman of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the education arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, the Refsons have now turned their sights to the necessary renovations. After another round of fundraising for that project, they hope students will be able to use the facility – just a hop, skip and a jump from the Athens, Ga., school's freshman dormitories, football stadium, and track field, and just across the street from the local chapter of Sigma Delta Tau, a Jewish sorority – by September.
Students Rave About New Center Coming to University of Georgia
Georgia sit down for a Tuesday dinner
and Kabbalah class taught by Rabbi
Michoel Refson, co-director of the
campus-based Chabad House.
ATHENS, GA — Most capital campaigns take some time, but when Rabbi Michoel and Chana Refson, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch serving the University of Georgia, approached supporters about purchasing a vacated bank as the new home for their three-year-old Chabad House, they raised the money in just six weeks.
With the deal on the building done, thanks in large part to a generous grant from the Rohr Family Foundation arranged by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, chairman of the Chabad on Campus International Foundation and vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the education arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, the Refsons have now turned their sights to the necessary renovations. After another round of fundraising for that project, they hope students will be able to use the facility – just a hop, skip and a jump from the Athens, Ga., school’s freshman dormitories, football stadium, and track field, and just across the street from the local chapter of Sigma Delta Tau, a Jewish sorority – by September.
Serving an estimated Jewish student population of 2,000, the Refsons’ current home bursts every Friday night with visitors for Shabbat dinner. More than 200 people attended Purim festivities this spring.
Daryl Bloomberg, 22, said that the Chabad House’s activities have grown exponentially since she first walked through the door in 2005.
“I heard that there’s a Chabad couple that’s young and cool,” she said. “It was so unique that they were so young.”
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