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Center for Jewish Life Building The Center for Jewish Life building is owned and maintained by Princeton University through the Office of Religious Life in order to serve the Jewish needs of the Princeton University community. The University also runs the kosher dining hall. The building houses two auditoriums which are also used for prayer services, lectures, and other events, a kosher dining hall, library, Beit Midrash, computer cluster, lounge, offices, pool room and TV lounge. The building is handicapped accessible. Outside groups wishing to use the space are referred to Conference and Event Services Dining Hall and Kosher Food Services The CJL Dinning Hall is supervised by the Orthodox Union For over 80 years the Orthodox Union has maintained the highest standard of kosher supervision. Today the OU certifies more than 400,000 products making it the world’s most recognized and the world’s most trusted kosher symbol. For more information check out http://oukosher.org/. The Kosher Dining Hall is open to all Princeton students and part of the University’s meal plan. The dining hall hours are: Shabbat meal times can vary. Meals for Shabbat, Passover and other Holidays The CJL dining hall prepares special meals for Shabbat, Passover & other Jewish holidays. For these events, meal times vary from the typical schedule. For more information, visit http://www.princetonhillel.org/
Purchasing or paying for food There are 4 ways to pay for food at the CJL: Meal contracts, PU Points, Cash, Check.
Contract meal plan holders (undergraduate, graduate students). Any student who has a meal contract with the University can eat at the CJL by presenting their PU ID card at the entrance to the dining hall.
Meal Card Information A student’s University ID card serves as his or her meal card. The student must present this card to be admitted to meals.
Meal prices Please see residential dining services web site for current meal prices
PU Points. The Points system turns an Princeton University ID card into a debit card which may be used at any dining facility on campus. Points may be purchased at this site. http://facilities.princeton.edu/dining/points_plans.htm
Cash, check meal purchases Meals may be purchased via cash or check at the CJL administrative office located on the second floor of the building. The office is open from 9-4:30. Therefore, dinner and weekend meals must be purchased in advance.
Passover meals The CJL operates a fully Kashered kitchen during the holiday of Passover. Meals are preordered beginning in late March 2007.
Prospective students visiting campus The CJL is pleased to provide one guest meal to our dining hall for each prospective undergraduate or graduate student during their visit to Princeton. Stop by the administrative office to obtain a meal pass.
Room reservations A small dining hall with maximum seating for 24 may be reserved by contacting the CJL Administrator, swaskow@princeton.edu. Admission to the small dining hall is through the main dining hall. Individuals eating in the small dining hall pay the same meal rate as those in the main dining hall.
Kosher food to go Kosher food to go may be pre-ordered by emailing iczarny@princeton.edu in advance. Meals may by picked up during regular meal hours.
Kosher catering The CJL dining hall is available to cater PU Kosher functions on campus. For more information, contact oscarsm@princeton.edu. For more information about Princeton Dining, visit http://facilities.princeton.edu/dining/ CJL Library The Hebrew language collection, housed further down the hall in the Beit Midrash, is available for borrowing and study. CJL Video Collection Movies may be signed out from the CJL during office hours. We have around 300 videos and DVDs including many from the Jewish Heritage Video Collection. For a representative sample of titles see their website: www.jhvc.org or stop in the CJL office for the complete list. For more information on our video rental policy, please email our librarian at elizag@princeton.edu.
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