Hundreds of college students from across Texas and Oklahoma descended on Texas A&M University for the second-annual Grand Texas Intercollegiate Shabbaton hosted by the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Student Center. Read more here:  Southern Students Put... 

Jewish students across the Lone Star State are excitedly saying this weekend’s second-annual Grand Texas Intercollegiate Shabbaton promises to be even bigger and better than last year’s event. View original post here:  Texas Weekend Draws Hundreds... 

To a Jewish soldier stationed far from home, a prayer book is a scarce and valuable commodity, as welcome as discovering a like-minded soldier to share a Shabbat evening dinner. An entire weekend dedicated to their spiritual wellbeing can be even rarer. More... 

Hundreds of Scotland’s Jews filled a hall in the Glasgow suburb of Giffnock for an exhibition extolling the variety of kosher foodstuffs in today’s marketplace. More here:  Scottish Jews Celebrate Variety of Country’s Kosher Food  Read More →

Declaring that a Jewish inmate who has languished on death row for more than a quarter of a century should not be executed next week, some 200 Jewish and non-Jewish organizations are petitioning Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to intervene and spare his life. Go... 

Hundreds of Jewish college students took over two S. Diego, Calif., hotels last weekend for the annual West Coast Intercollegiate Shabbaton. Read the rest here: Student Weekend Brings Music and Light to California Beach  Read More →

Deriving inspiration from the Jewish teaching that each and every Shabbat offers a “taste” of life after the final redemption, some 300 Jewish communities around the globe will be uniting this weekend as part of the One Shabbat One World program. View... 

Question: Why in the laws of Shabbat (the Sabbath day) are there so many complicated things we can’t do it is supposed to be a day of rest? We have to be so careful to not break the Shabbat laws and it is not ideal if we really want to be resting.... 

In the midst of snorkeling and lounging poolside this year, University of Miami junior Avi Insler did something he had never done before: He kept Shabbat. The rest is here:  Jewish Students Turn to Miami Beach for Self-Discovery  Read More →

Seeking to bring more light into the world one year after the Mumbai, India, terror attacks, thousands of Jewish students around the world will be inviting one friend each to the Shabbat table this Friday night. Here is the original post: Students Campaign...