About 50 students joined together on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center to celebrate Tu B’Shvat with a Fondue Social. The hour-long event allowed students who had gone home for the break to reconnect with friends over chocolate fondue and a make-your-own smoothie station. In the welcoming atmosphere of the Chabad House, students also had the chance to mingle with Rabbi Zev and Ariela Johnson, and play with their adorable five children.
Freshman Sheera Krengel said she was happy to be back in the liveliness and warmth of the Chabad House.
“After a great winter break at home, it is such a nice feeling to have Chabad to return to,” Krengel said. “There is no better place to fill that familial comfort of home than with Rabbi Zev and his family and my friends at the Chabad House.”
While people discussed their breaks and their plans for the new semester, Rabbi Zev led a discussion about the origins of Tu B’shvat as the New Year for the Trees. The holiday’s theme as a fresh start could not have been more fitting for those who returned to Austin for a semester filled with new courses, professors, friends and experiences ahead of them.
Rachel Goodman, right, poses for a picture at the Chocolate Fondue Tu B'Shvat Social on Jan. 15. Sheera Krengel is on the left.
