Chabad on Campus International is a division of

Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch ( he, מרכז לענייני חינוך, lit. Central Organization for Education) is the central educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. It was founded in 1943 by the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersoh ...

, the educational arm of the

Chabad Lubavitch Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups ...

movement. It is one of the largest Jewish organizations serving college campuses, with over 185 permanent branches on North American campuses, and an additional 250 globally.

Mission

The Chabad on Campus International assists local Chabad Student Centers worldwide. This includes logistical support and staff training, as well as centralized programming such as national Shabbatons and student leadership retreats. The foundation provides grants to encourage creative local programming.

History

The first campus

Chabad House A Chabad house is a centre for disseminating traditional Judaism by the Chabad movement. Chabad houses are run by a Chabad Shaliach (emissary), and Shalucha (fem. for emissary) and their family. They are located in cities and on or near college ...

UCLA Chabad House The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the Califor ...

, was established under the Lubavitcher Rebbe's direction by Rabbi

Shlomo Cunin Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Eliyahu Cunin (Hebrew ברוך שלמה אליהו קונין) (Shlomo Cunin) is a Hasidic Rabbi, associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Cunin is the director of Chabad-Lubavitch of California, and Chabad activities on t ...

on the

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campus in 1969. Since 2001 the Chabad campus presence has tripled (78 new centers). In August 2015, Chabad on Campus announced that 19 "emissary couples" would be sent to schools across the United States to open up Jewish cultural centers. Target campuses include "the University of South Carolina,

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, the

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, and the

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.” Chabad mentioned increasing

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as a partial motive for its expansion. Chabad is generally more known for its outreach to non-religious Jews than for pro-Israel activism. According to a report by

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, the number of Chabad on Campus centers grew from 36 in 2000 to 258 in 2021. Chabad claims that it serves Jewish students at 708 colleges internationally.

References

External links

Chabad on Campus Official Website
{{Authority control Jewish youth organizations Chabad houses Chabad organizations Jewish organizations established in 1969 International student religious organizations Student religious organizations in the United States Chabad-Lubavitch (Hasidic dynasty)

Mission

History

See also

References

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