Hillel – Jewish Life at Muhlenberg
The outsized Jewish life of a large university in the intimate environment of a top liberal arts college
Muhlenberg Hillel at The Leffell Center for Jewish Student Life
We engage students, faculty, and staff across campus to advance our mission: enriching the lives of Jewish students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. In addition to the resources provided on campus, Muhlenberg benefits from being situated in the heart of Jewish Allentown, with the orthodox and Reform synagogues, JCC, and Jewish Day School all within walking distance.
There are weekly singing-filled Reform and Conservative services and a scrumptious Friday night dinner afterward. Find tons of student-driven programming each week.
Renovated in February 2011, the Leffell Center includes a Shabbat Dining Room with seating for over 300, a dedicated sanctuary, a beit midrash and library, an institutional kitchen, student and staff office space, and a student-designated lounge.
Current students can find a calendar of events, including Shabbat and holiday services and meals, on BergConnect.
- We have Friday night dinner at Hillel and regular Seudah Shleisheit (Third Meals).
- The Allentown Eruv also covers the majority of campus.
- Off campus resources include the local Orthodox synagogue, Sons of Israel (10-minute walk), where many traditional and observant students regularly attend Shabbat morning services and are often hosted by families for Shabbat meals (a 40+ year tradition between Muhlenberg students and Sons of Israel families).
- There is also a Chabad Student Center serving Muhlenberg (an unaffiliated organization from Muhlenberg College) that provides Shabbat lunch and other options for observant students.
- Star-K Supervised Kosher Dining Services: Muhlenberg has fully-integrated kosher dining services (meat and dairy stations) that are open every lunch and dinner and operate as just another station in the dining hall, open to all students without any prior arrangements. (Our dairy station is Star-D and does not require Halav Yisrael dairy products.)
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