In the past two years alone, attendance at Chabad events has doubled, reaching over 400 Jewish Deacs each semester. Every year, more students arrive seeking connection, community, and a place to feel at home.

What began as cozy Shabbat dinners in Rabbi Levi and Shaina’s dining room has grown into a vibrant community with a full calendar of programs, meals, classes, and celebrations that consistently stretch beyond our walls. The space that has held so much warmth and connection is now simply too small for our growing Jewish Deac community.

Our students need more. They need a center that is more spacious, more equipped, more available, more visible, and where there is always a seat for them.

After months of searching, an unexpected opportunity came along. Campus Gas, a restaurant just four houses from campus, was going out of business and looking to sell.