Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Student Center

What they offer

Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Student Center is a Chabad house on campus in Gainesville, led by Rabbi Berl Goldman.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Kosher meals are available on a meal plan. They kosher kitchens for the community.

Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is a children's club and a mother-and-child group.

They officiate at funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage. A chevra kadisha serves the community.

The center visits patients in hospital, visits Jewish prisoners, looks after the elderly, works with children with special needs, distributes food packages, provides humanitarian aid and counsels families facing cults and missionaries.

There is a women's group. Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here. The building is wheelchair accessible. There is a Torah phone line.