Chabad at Rutgers
Your home away from home! The place for Jewish life at Rutgers!
Latest Events
47th National Founders Anniversary Dinner
12/09/2025
6PM
Chabad Ball Room 
Sukkot at Chabad
10/06/2025 
High Holidays at Rutgers Chabad
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Kaparot at Rutgers Chabad
09/28/2025
2:00 PM
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Campus Housing
Do you want beautiful dorms, kosher food, fun activities and Jewish life in one building?
Over 100 Jewish students get to live together at Chabad’s dorm. It is the largest Jewish student center in the world. Over 7000 students have come through these halls.
Chabad House Residence Hall – “Your Home Away from Home”
Housing Application
Housing Application – First-Time Applicants
Welcome! This application is for first-time housing applicants only.
Please note that there is a $200 non-refundable application fee. This fee is not a deposit and does not guarantee housing. We encourage all applicants to carefully review the Housing Fees and the Housing Contract for full details regarding fees, terms, and conditions before submitting their application.
Have questions? Please email us at info@chabadnj.org.
If you are a returning student, do not fill out this application – contact our office at info@chabadnj.org.
Housing Fees
Please read thoroughly for an understanding of our fees, deadlines and terms of payments.
ApplySubmit a Reference letter
Please read the form thoroughly for an understanding and add suitable answers!
ApplyDownload the Housing Contract
All students accepted to live at Chabad House must have a completed and signed Housing contract which also includes meal plan enrollment. Do NOT fill out a separate meal plan form. This form must be submitted with all requested documents and deposit payment towards the dorm.
ApplyHousing Application
Housing Application – First-Time Applicants
Welcome! This application is for first-time housing applicants only.
Please note that there is a $200 non-refundable application fee. This fee is not a deposit and does not guarantee housing. We encourage all applicants to carefully review the Housing Fees and the Housing Contract for full details regarding fees, terms, and conditions before submitting their application.
Have questions? Please email us at info@chabadnj.org.
If you are a returning student, do not fill out this application – contact our office at info@chabadnj.org.
Housing Fees
Please read thoroughly for an understanding of our fees, deadlines and terms of payments.
ApplySubmit a Reference letter
Please read the form thoroughly for an understanding and add suitable answers!
ApplyDownload the Housing Contract
All students accepted to live at Chabad House must have a completed and signed Housing contract which also includes meal plan enrollment. Do NOT fill out a separate meal plan form. This form must be submitted with all requested documents and deposit payment towards the dorm.
ApplyKosher Campus Dining
Chabad offers an amazing kosher dining hall with three delicious meals a day, every day.
How can you have a great college experience without mouth-watering food?
Need to Connect?
We invite you to connect to any of our Chabad Rabbis to ask any questions you have.
Rabbi Yosef Carlebach
Rabbi Yosef Carlebach is the Shliach of the Rebbe in Central NJ with 10 Chabad Houses, the Executive Director and founding rabbi at Rutgers Chabad House, chaplain of the NJ State Police, NJ Transit Police, St. Peters Medical Center and Monmouth Medical Center; and most importantly, father of 13 loving children and numerous grandchildren (BA”H).
Rabbi Baruch Goodman
Rabbi Goodman is the heart of the Chabad House. He has encouraged thousands of students to believe in themselves, each other, and in Judaism. He, along with his wife and growing family, spend every Shabbat and Jewish holiday on campus, at Rutgers Chabad.
Rebbetzin Sarah Goodman
Sarah Goodman teaches engaging and fascinating Jewish discovery classes, as well as hands-on Challah baking at Rutgers Chabad. She, her husband, and many of her 13 children and growing number of grandchildren, sleep in Rutgers Chabad every Shabbat and Yom Tov.
Rabbi Shaya Shagalow
Shortly after arriving at Rutgers in 2009, Rabbi Shaya Shagalow became an integral part of a new project, the Jon Shevell Sinai Scholars Program. This is a ten-week course sponsored by Mr. Myron Shevell in memory of his son. In developing the program, Rabbi Shagalow sought to build a curriculum that would provide students with an enjoyable, yet intensive, learning experience.
Rabbi Mendy Carlebach
Rabbi Mendy Carlebach is the administrator at Rutgers Chabad. Additionally, he is the Director of Chabad of North and South Brunswick, Chaplain of the Port Authority of NY & NJ Police Dept., Chaplain of South Brunswick Police Dept., Jewish Chaplain to MCC – Federal Bureau of Prisons NY, NY, and member of NJ.
Rabbi Shneur and Menucha Majeski
Rabbi Shneur and Menucha Majeski are dedicated to Jewish young adult programming, including Shabbat events, camps, and learning groups. Their mission is to inspire others with the beauty of Torah and Mitzvot, following the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s vision. They lead Chabad of East Brunswick and engage with students at Chabad of Rutgers University, sharing their passion for meaningful connections and Jewish life.
Contact Us
Or Email us at: info@chabadnj.org
CANDLE LIGHTING
New Brunswick, NJ
Candle lighting: 4:55pm: January 30, 2026
Shabbat Shirah: January 31, 2026
Parashat Beshalach: January 31, 2026
Havdalah : 6:05pm: January 31, 2026
