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.
Slifka's dining hall, known as Kikar Schusterman - Yale's only source for kosher food - functions as a seamless part of the Yale University Dining System and is located in the middle of campus. Slifka's Lindenbaum Kosher Kitchen serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the week, as well as family-style Shabbat meals. We offer late dining Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, which are attended by thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish students and guests from across the university. Every other Sunday, Slifka offers a bagel brunch, often attended by more than 200 students from all backgrounds who come to enjoy dozens of bagels and mounds of lox. Through its dining program, Slifka Center is a destination for the whole Yale community for great food, great company, and a place to relax and enjoy.
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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I keep returning to one question: What does it mean to be an Asian Jew today?
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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