
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, classes, 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:
Weekdays:
Breakfast 8:00 am-9:00 am
Lunch 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Dinner 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Friday dinner: 6:30-8:30
Shabbat meal times can vary.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday are typically meat days.
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday are customarily dairy days.
Vegetarian choices are available at all meals.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Effective July 1, 2009, Dining Services will no longer accept checks or cash at the checker stations at the Center for Jewish Life. The only accepted transaction for non-students is Paw Points. By placing money on your TigerCard (University I.D.), or CJL Meal Card, you can set aside the funds you will need to buy food, Princeton University apparel, and more. More information about Paw Points is available on the TigerCard web site. www.princeton.edu/tigercard
Faculty and Staff
For University faculty and staff, Paw Points can be added to an account which is linked to the holder's TigerCard.
Guests and Friends
Guests who visit the CJL for meals can pick up a CJL Meal Card from the welcome Desk or from the Dining Hall. This card can then be filled with Paw Points for dining.
Purchasing
Paw Points
Paw
Points, whether for a generic or personal TigerCard, may be purchased in three
ways:
- Online at www.princeton.edu/tigercard.
Purchases may be made via a major credit card on a secure web site.
- TigerCard
Paw Points VTS machine in the Frist Campus Center, 100-level. This un-attended
kiosk accepts cash only and is available during Frist Campus Center business
hours (www.Princeton.edu/Frist).
A Bank of America ATM is conveniently located on the 100-Level in the Frist
Campus
Center.
- In
person at the TigerCard office, New South A-Level. The TigerCard office hours
may be found on-line at www.princeton.edu/tigercard.
Purchases may be made by cash, check or credit card at the TigerCard office.
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/
Contract meal plan
holders (undergraduate, graduate students).
Any student who has a
meal plan 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 any 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
Passover Meals
The CJL operates a
fully Kashered kitchen during the holiday of Passover.
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
Welcome Desk or Program Office to obtain a meal pass.
Room Reservations
Spaces at the CJL can be reserved for University affiliated groups by contacting the CJL administrator, Ruth Palmer, rpalmer@princeton.edu. Non-affiliated groups may reserve space through Princeton University Conference Services, cvcs@princeton.edu.
Kosher Food-to-Go
Kosher meals 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 or to view daily menus, visit
http://facilities.princeton.edu/dining/
CJL
Library
The CJL maintains an English language library of approximately 2,150 volumes,
on the second floor across from the main office. Although our primary mission
is to serve the students, faculty and staff of the University, we also welcome
community members and visitors. Library categories include Bible and Tanach,
Talmud and Midrash, Marriage and Family, Judaism and Contemporary Issues,
History, Mystery & Science Fiction, Israel, Holocaust and others. Most
books may be signed out for up to a semester. The Reference collection includes
a set of Encyclopedia Judaica and the Schottenstein edition of the Talmud
Bavli.
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 main office for the
complete list. |