Chabad at Monmouth University
Your Jewish home away from home.
Friday night dinners, free lunch every Wednesday, holidays, trips, and a Rabbi who knows your name. Everyone’s welcome, whatever your background.
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Food for the Soul
Free lunch between classes: sushi, pizza, bagels, Chinese, it rotates. Plus a few words of inspiration and people worth knowing. Bring a friend.
Friday Night Shabbat Dinner
Home-cooked kosher dinner, great people, lively conversation. Zero pressure, total pleasure. Text us for this week’s time.
Challah Baking
Roll up your sleeves and knead some dough. Learn the braid, hear the story behind it, and take a warm loaf home. Rivki’s recipe has a reputation.
Holidays, classes, trips and parties too. See what’s coming up or just text 732-338-0773.
Don’t miss
Two things every Monmouth student should do
October 23–25, 2026 · Brooklyn, NY
Pegisha NYC Shabbaton
An unforgettable Shabbat weekend in the heart of Chabad’s world headquarters with Jewish students from all over the world. All meals included, Friday night through Sunday lunch. Monmouth goes as a group.
Free · earn credits toward trips
JewishU at Monmouth
Explore your Jewish heritage. Easily. Deeply. Rewardingly. Four-lesson minicourses on ethics, mysticism, history, philosophy and more, built for the busy college student. No homework, no fees, no sweat.
Who we are
A home, not a program.
Chabad MU is where Jewish students at Monmouth eat, celebrate, argue, learn and hang out. No membership, no dues, no test of how Jewish you are. If you’re a student and you’re curious, you belong here.
- Every Jew is family, whatever your background or affiliation.
- A place to question your faith without being judged for it.
- Doors open 24/7 when you’re stressed, lonely, or just hungry.
- Great food. Really.
Programs
More than dinner
$250 stipend
Jewish Discovery Experience
Eight Tuesday-night sessions on the big questions of Judaism, with dinner. Finish the course and earn a $250 stipend.
For your dorm
Mezuzah loan program
Spiritual insurance for your room. Borrow a mezuzah for a $20 refundable deposit, free installation included. Supply is limited, so ask early.
Your pace
Classes & one-on-one
Lunch ‘n Learn, Kabbalah, the Talmud series, or one-on-one study on any topic you choose, whenever it fits your schedule.
Mon & Thu
JText trivia
Jewish trivia by text, twice a week. The seventh correct answer wins a $20 Amazon gift card. Text JTEXT to 732-800-9242 to play.
All year
Holidays on campus
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Chanukah party and menorah lighting, the Purim bash, free Passover Seders and a kosher-for-Passover meal plan.
Free trip
Birthright Israel
Ten days in Israel, free, with Mayanot. Ask the Rabbi about the next trip and who from Monmouth is going.
For parents
“See Mom, I made it to something Jewish.”
That’s the sign we hand out at events, and the photo you’ll get from your kid. Chabad MU is the place at Monmouth where your student has a Shabbat table, a Rabbi’s cell number, and people who notice when they don’t show up.
Every event. One text.
Text 732-338-0773
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