Over 1,000 Jewish students celebrate Purim at Chabad Houses on campuses across the UK

As Purim falls during university term, over a thousand Jewish students attended Chabad on Campus Purim celebrations across the United Kingdom.

The themes of Chabad on campus UK Purim parties that attracted substantial crowds of students included a successful Purim Party in Cabaret Voltaire bar in Edinburgh, Purim in Mexico at Leeds Chabad student centre, Latin-America Purim party at the Slager Chabad centre in Oxford, Purim in China party at Nottingham University Chabad House and Sushi in Shushan Purim party for Chabad at South London campuses.

A mix of creative themed Purim parties and the pure joy and excitement for Jewish life that Chabad on campus exudes attracted huge crowds of students who would have unlikely celebrated Purim this year if not for Chabad on campus, said Rabbi Eli Brackman, chairman of Chabad on campus UK.

One participant in Edinburgh commented that ‘Chabad rabbis on campus seem to have a special energy that excites people about being Jewish’.

Chabad on campus UK has grown recently with the support of philanthropist and Oxford alumnus David Slager to have a vibrant presence on eleven campuses in the UK. This includes Oxford, Cambridge, Bloomsbury, South London, Imperial College, Leeds, Nottingham, Bristol, Liverpool and Edinburgh.

With Pesach around the corner Chabad on Campus is gearing up for large public Pesach Sedarim across the country.

If any student or young person wishes to attend a Seder at one of the Chabad Houses on campuses across the UK, please contact 07772 079 940.