Name: Larisa Vaynshteyn
Major: Psychobiology
Future Plans: Upstate Medical School
1) It encouraged me not only accept the fact that I was Jewish but to embrace it, in the way that made me feel most most at home.
2) The ones that involved laughing, food, hugs, and lots of dancing (so pretty much all of them). If being a Jew means attending such events, then they made me proud of who I am and who my people are.
3) Without Chabad, Friday nights would be homework nights, Murray Hill would be reflector-less, our comestibles would be a lot less palatable, the Jewish students of Binghamton would not be the community we have become.
4) I would like more people (Jewish and not) to want to know that Jews are not simply the eccentric ones, rather they are a unified group of students who do volunteer work, celebrate peace, and know how to party.
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