Friday, April 3, 2015

Taking Pause: Shabbat at Harvard

Growing up, observing Shabbat “wasn’t really a thing” in Klein’s family. But since arriving on campus he has become more observant, he explains. It’s a transformation he attributes to spending more and more time among other adherents to the Jewish faith. According to Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi, co-founder of the Chabad House at Harvard, this is common. Shabbat has been “the vehicle through which many young Jews have entered or connected with the Jewish community,” he explains.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/2/taking-pause-shabbat-at-harvard/