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...Shabbat dinners attract close to 200 students every week...
...Shabbat 1000 attracted over 600 students to Harvard's Annenberg Hall to celebrate a traditional Sabbath meal...
...leave the labels at the door.” Yet the point stands: the two groups seeking the same students at the same times simply accept the inherent competition in their coexistence and go about their respective business. For instance, both Rohr and Herbstman speak proudly of the recent Shabbat 1000 dinner, for which Chabad and Hillel together shouldered costs and hosting duties, and Rohr says that more similar events can be expected. As Rohr says, “There’s no rivalry.” The bottom line? Officially, no conflict to be found. Students involved with...
...ouster, whether or not Harvard’s next president will be so resolute is less certain.Summers’ identification with the Jewish community was a product of little gestures—maintaining a relationship with Hillel, for instance, and lighting a menorah with Chabad. Summers attended Shabbat 1000, which drew 600 people to Annenberg Hall on February 10 for a mass celebration of beginning the sabbath.“He’s always been very generous concerning Harvard’s Jewish community,” says Chabad executive director Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi...
When the sun goes down, the candles and the Shabbat keys come out. This year, only six students in the Class of 2009 elected to receive the so-called “Shabbat key” from Hillel. They are observant Jews who cannot use electricity on the Sabbath, so they have to use a mechanical key to get into their dorms. Out of the seventeen freshmen dorms, only Hurlbut, Thayer, Massachusetts Hall, and Claverly have mechanical key access. The rest require swipe cards. But not all Shabbat keys are created equal. Austin M. Litoff...