The Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale is a thriving pluralistic home to Jewish students of all backgrounds. Hosting daily services, a certified kosher kitchen, an active undergraduate Hillel board, a variety of graduate student organizations and activities, lounges, study spaces, a library and a professional staff of 18, Slifka serves the needs of a diverse group of Jewish students, bringing Jewish meaning to activities across Yale.
The Lindenbaum Kosher Kitchen, run by Slifka Dining, functions as a seamless part of the Yale University Dining System in the middle of campus. Slifka Dining serves breakfast, lunch and dinner during the week, family-style Shabbat meals, and Sunday brunch and dinner inside the beautiful Sam and Ronnie Heyman Commons. Every other Sunday, Slifka offers a bagel brunch, often attended by more than 500 students who come to chow down on dozens and dozens of bagels and mounds of lox - just one example of Slifka Dining's focus on providing a full-service dining option for all, serving excellent food that happens to be kosher.
Options: University meal plan-no extra cost;Kosher food available nearby
Orthodox minyan holds twice daily services (Shaharit and Mincha/Ma'ariv). On Friday nights there are 3 options, Orthodox, Egalitarian and Reform. Orthodox services are also held every Saturday morning and afternoon/evening (including se'udah shelishit); Egalitarian Saturday services are every week. Everyone eats a festive Shabbat dinner together.
Frequency: Daily
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500 students from 13 colleges and universities across the Northeast gathered at Yale University’s Slifka Center for Jewish Life in late October for their first-ever Asian Jewish Shabbaton
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