Daily Archives: March 26, 2007

A Community of Successful Malcontents

Passover is one of the most involved, consuming holidays on the Jewish calendar. The list of don’ts is long, preparations are arduous, and it’s eight days long. A challenge for any individual, and yet it seems to be one of the most widely observed holidays. What gives?

Some time ago, a group of people appeared in our Chabad Center on a Friday night; they were new faces, always a nice surprise. Together with a friend—one of our regulars—I approached to welcome them.

University Refuses to Grant Chabad Chaplaincy

Princeton, NJ — Following the University’s denial of a request from the Jewish organization Chabad for a chaplaincy position in the Office of Religious Life, a group of students has started a petition asking President Tilghman to reconsider the decision.

“Chabad will continue to be on campus, regardless of what the University decides,” Chabad student board president Arthur Ewenczyk ’09 said. The University cited its policy to recognize only one Jewish chaplain under the Center for Jewish Life (CJL).

Passover Makes Rabbi into Kosher Cop

Bradenton, FL — Rabbi Shalom Adler slips a thin net over his short red hair and black yarmulke. Another over his bushy beard. He pops in bright orange earplugs. A pair of bulky protective goggles cover his wire-framed spectacles.

Inspector Rabbi is now in service.

For the past several weeks, Adler, co-director of the Chabad of Pinellas County, has brought his rabbinical knowledge of Jewish dietary law to the Tropicana plant in Bradenton.

Adler, who works for the Organized Kosher certification company, inspects the production of a special run of kosher-for-Passover orange juice.