Tag: Binghamton University
Meet Mia Raskin: A Shomer Shabbat college basketball player at Binghamton
For Mia Raskin, basketball and Judaism are essential parts of life. Her deep and simultaneous commitment to her favorite sport and religion never came into conflict; at least, until Raskin began considering her college...
Binghamton University’s Mitzvah Marathon to mark 20th year of Sept. 11 attacks
The Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life and Hillel at Binghamton will sponsor its annual Mitzvah Marathon Fair in remembrance of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks for members of the campus...
Shabbat student dinner for 1,850 goes off without a hitch
While Israelis spent their Shabbat on April 5 gearing up for national elections, a group of Americans—a very large group, at that—was getting their Shabbat underway with a little more than the usual pre-preparations....
Binghamton University to host alternative graduation ceremony for Jewish students
For the first time to date, Binghamton University will host an alternative graduation ceremony to accommodate observant Jewish students and their family members who would otherwise be unable to attend graduation.
In the past, commencement...