Chabad on Campus and Sababa have recently launched at UCF. Chabad is a national organization of the Lubavitch Hasidic sect that hosts traditional Jewish activities for students, like Sabbath meals and holiday celebrations.
Sababa describes itself as a social Jewish organization without emphasis on religion. I’ll have more information about it after I interview the president tomorrow.
Thus far, some students seem to have had a hard time understanding the differences among the two new groups and Hillel.
The interesting dynamic of an expanding Jewish population and its needs, combined with the different approaches of these Jewish organizations vying for their membership, will be further explored in coming posts.