I was invited earlier this week to the Grand Opening ceremony of the New Dining Hall and Lounge for Jewish students and community at the Chabad House of Oxford (on Cowley Road in East Oxford) so I went along.  I was very impressed by what I saw – a house of welcome and resources for Jewish students and community.  Clearly a lot of work has gone on as the dining area and the lounge are now positively sparkling!  There were some good speeches including from the Lord Mayor of Oxford and the President of OUSU and it was good to hear from the families of those who had made the work possible by their kind donations.

I was quite moved by the story from the son of Reb Yitzchok Dovid Tajtelbaum, who had survived the holocaust and done so much to rebuild Jewish communities in so many places.
It’s so good that Oxford has proper provision for students and community members of so many faiths and this Chabad House is just another example of that.

It’s great to see too  that Rabbi Eli has his own blog.