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Chabad on Campus International Foundation

Jewish college organization

Jewish college organization

FieldValue
nameChabad on Campus International Foundation
formation1969
logoLogo of Chabad on campus.png
founderMenachem Mendel Schneerson
founding_locationUniversity of Southern California
typeNonprofit organization
statusfoundation
purposeJewish outreach
headquarters719 Eastern Parkway, Suite 1 Brooklyn, NY 11213
regionglobal
sec_genRabbi Eitan Webb
leader_titleCEO
leader_nameRabbi Yossy Gordon
leader_title2President
leader_name2Rabbi Menachem Schmidt
leader_title3Chairman
leader_name3George Rohr
parent_organizationMerkos L'Inyonei Chinuch
subsidiariesChabad Lubavitch
websitehttps://chabadoncampus.org

Chabad on Campus International is a division of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad Lubavitch movement. It is the umbrella organization for the Chabad on Campus network one of the largest Jewish organizations serving college campuses, with over 482 permanent branches on North American campuses, and an additional 468 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, UCLA Chabad House, was established under the Lubavitcher Rebbe's direction by Rabbi Shlomo Cunin on the UCLA 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, Louisiana State University, the University of Utah, Tulane University, Caltech, and the University of Alabama.” Chabad mentioned increasing anti-semitism 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 Inside Higher Ed, the number of Chabad on Campus centers grew from 36 in 2000 to 258 in 2021. Chabad claims that it serves Jewish students on over 950 colleges internationally.

References

References

  1. [http://www.chabad.edu Chabad on Campus Homepage]
  2. "JLI to offer medicine, morals course". gmnews.com.
  3. The Visual Culture of Chabad, Maya Balakirsky Katz, Cambridge University Press, 2010, page 152.
  4. The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch, Sue Fishkoff, Random House, 2009
  5. "Medicine and Morals course in Brisbane". www.jwire.com.au.
  6. Sokol, Sam. (27 August 2015). "Chabad expands campus presence in bid to combat anti-Semitism". Jerusalem Post.
  7. (7 January 2022). "Chabad grows its presence on college campuses". [[Inside Higher Ed]].
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