WALTHAM, MA — The dynamic at Chabad on campus is typically a simple one: Campus Shluchim give and give, and then give some more. A warm home where students can always find someone willing to listen, someone ready to teach, Shabbat dinners, holiday celebrations, and whatever else comes up for students living on campus pining for a place to call home.
At Brandeis University, Students To Host Gala In Support of Chabad
WALTHAM, MA — The dynamic at Chabad on campus is typically a simple one: Campus Shluchim give and give, and then give some more. A warm home where students can always find someone willing to listen, someone ready to teach, Shabbat dinners, holiday celebrations, and whatever else comes up for students living on campus pining for a place to call home.
This kind of love costs Rabbi Peretz and Chani Chein at Brandeis University, more than $200,000 a year.
But what the Cheins give, says Cindy Kaplan, a student at Brandeis,“is priceless.”
So on February 10, she and other students at Brandeis University will be giving back.
They’ll be hosting a formal gala on behalf of the Chabad Student Center.
A student-run committee is shouldering responsibility for the entire dinner. Several weeks before the event, the guest list reached 100, with each of them committed to raising $180 for Chabad from friends and family. Most participants have brought in well above that amount.
“People have been raising money to come to the dinner because they feel that Chabad has given them something that is priceless,” admits Cindy.
“Until I found out about Chabad, I didn’t have anywhere to go on Shabbat. I felt disconnected from Judaism. Without Peretz and Chanie, my college experience would not have been as great as it is.”
