Students who keep kosher have the option of going to the Chabad House,
an off-campus house on Hillsdale Street that provides students with kosher food several times per week.
Besides offering a Sunday bagel brunch and Friday-night Shabbat dinner free of charge, Chabad has several programs that incorporate kosher food.
"We have a series going on right now called the Kosher Cooking club," Rabbi Tzvi Backman of the Chabad House said.
This three-part Tuesday night series has already had one night where a professional chef prepared Israeli and Mediterranean foods, and another night called the Kugel Craze.
According to Backman, the Chabad House is famous for its delicious butternut-squash kugel. "Anybody who's been here on Friday night knows that the squash kugel is what you've got to come for," he said.
According to Backman, students are utilizing the Chabad House's options, even though the house is located off-campus. Fifteen to 20 students showed up to the first installment of the Kosher Cooking Club.
Additionally, "anywhere between 20 and 40 students show up to the Friday-night Shabbat dinners," Backman added.
Some of Chabad's other attempts to offer kosher food to students, however, were not as successful.
"Last year we would offer one night a week when [students] could RSVP for a kosher dinner," Backman said. "It didn't take off in the way that we were hoping."
Still, the Chabad House also has a "Lunch n' Learn" program on Mondays that is located on campus.
Through the program, students
can eat lunch and study torah
together in Eaton Hall.
-compiled by Anne Fricker
