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Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Living at U of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Campus Chabad House

Chabad Center for Jewish Life at University of Illinois & Champaign-Urbana

Shalom and Welcome to the Chabad Jewish Center serving the University of Illinois and Champaign-Urbana.

The Chabad Jewish Center was established in August 2003. Our aim is to give meaning, share joy and add spirituality to the every day. Our dream is to teach these values in a warm and nurturing environment where people can grow together, enjoying life and Judaism simultaneously.

Chabad recognizes all, regardless of affiliation, background or levels of observances.

We invite you to explore our site and join in our many programs, celebrations, and events. You will find a calendar packed with something for everyone - undergraduates, graduates, children, youth and adults.

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Schedule

FRIDAY EVENINGS AT 6:45 PM

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Programs

Illini Class of 2025 - Senior Farewell Event
Passover 2024
Purim ChaBance '24
Downtown Champaign Chanukah Celebration 2023
Chanukah on the Quad
Purim 2023
Rosh Hashanah 2022
Chanukah 2021
Yom Kippur with Illini Chabad 2021
Get Your Mezuzah
Classes and Lectures
Kosher Food
Shabbat Dinner Sponsor
Lunch 'n Learn
The Chabad Library
Jewish Holidays

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People

Rabbi Dovid TiechtelCo-director
Mrs. Goldie TiechtelCo-director

What they offer

Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Living at U of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is a Chabad house on campus in Champaign, led by Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. Kosher meals are available on a meal plan. A kosher store is run here. There is a Judaica shop. They kosher kitchens for the community. A mikveh is available.

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

For children there is a preschool, after-school programmes, a children's club and a mother-and-child group.

Older children and young adults have a teen club, bar and bat mitzvah instruction, a bar mitzvah club, a bat mitzvah club and a young professionals' circle.

They officiate at weddings and 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, distributes food packages and provides humanitarian aid.

There is a women's group. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here. The building is wheelchair accessible.