Daily Trojan
Meet the new look of cool on college campuses today: black suit, buttoned white shirt, long side-burns and a beard. They're not rock stars, movie stars or sports stars, but they are the new stars on the religious college scene. Rabbi Dov Wagner is orthodox and leader of the Chabad Jewish Student Center, a charismatic Jewish organization on campus. Fifteen years ago, there were only 25 full-time Chabad Student Centers throughout the United States; today there are 85, with more than 200 campuses served by a Chabad Center. What does Wagner attribute to the explosive growth of this orthodox-based college organization on mostly secular campuses?
Conveying New Vigor
Daily Trojan
Meet the new look of cool on college campuses today: black suit, buttoned white shirt, long side-burns and a beard. They’re not rock stars, movie stars or sports stars, but they are the new stars on the religious college scene.
Rabbi Dov Wagner is orthodox and leader of the Chabad Jewish Student Center, a charismatic Jewish organization on campus. Fifteen years ago, there were only 25 full-time Chabad Student Centers throughout the United States; today there are 85, with more than 200 campuses served by a Chabad Center. What does Wagner attribute to the explosive growth of this orthodox-based college organization on mostly secular campuses?
