Lunch in the Fairfield University sukkah.

(l to r) Dr. Ellen Umansky, director of Fairfield University’s Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, demonstrated the use of the lulav and etrog at a meal attended by members of the campus community. Looking on are Bennett Center program manager Elaine Bowman, and William Johnson, the university’s associate dean of students and director of student diversity programs.

The Fairfield University community gathered in a campus sukkah constructed by the school’s Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies to commemorate the Jewish fall harvest festival of Sukkot. Students, faculty and staff shared meals, held classes and enjoyed quiet contemplation in the sukkah. The sukkah brought people together from all walks of campus life, and is an example of the many interfaith initiatives established at the Catholic, Jesuit institution.