URBANA, IL — The other night, a group of about 100 Jewish students were enjoying their dinner in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Allen Hall dining area, when another came bursting through the doors screaming, “Yea! Kosher!”
Kosher Meals at University Leave Students Hungry for More
URBANA, IL — The other night, a group of about 100 Jewish students were enjoying their dinner in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Allen Hall dining area, when another came bursting through the doors screaming, “Yea! Kosher!”
He wasn’t the only one excited: After much effort to get a kosher dinner plan for the predominantly Jewish dorm, a newly worked out agreement has the cafeteria providing kosher meals Monday through Thursday.
The meal plan came about through the efforts of Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel, co-director with wife Pearl Tiechtel of the university’s Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life. After watching Jewish students deal with the frustrations of keeping kosher in their dorm rooms, the rabbi set out to work with the school’s administration to explore other possibilities.
“We’ve been working towards this goal for a few years,” said Tiechtel, who after many meetings with the university’s Department of Student Affairs, supervised a trial program last year that gave students the option of buying kosher dinners twice a month.
“The trial attracted crowds of Jewish students,” he related. “The school saw a big turnout, and appreciated the need.”
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Dovid & Goldie, you guys are amazing! Keep up the great work!