Jewish Studies

Elon Hillel led the university community in honoring and remembering the millions of lives lost in the Holocaust through a series of events to commemorate Yom HaShoah.

Tune in for a presentation by local survivor Dr. Zev Harel, our virtual Ceremony of Remembrance, and sign up for the Reading of the Names.

Religious Studies Professor Geoffrey Claussen's new article appears in the Journal of Jewish Ethics.

In this series, Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences is shining the spotlight on distinguished members of the Class of 2020 from a wide array of disciplines.

Religious Studies Professor Geoffrey Claussen's chapter was published in the volume Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, edited by David Birnbaum and Martin S. Cohen

Elon community gathers to commemorate Yom HaShoah virtually.

Elon students, faculty and staff will share quotes and stories in an online ceremony of remembrance on Tuesday, April 21.

“Musar and Jewish Veganism” appears in Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions, a new volume edited by Jacob Ari Labendz and Shmuly Yanklowitz.

The couple, who met following World War II, shared with a packed crowded stories about their childhoods in Hungary, hiding during World War II and their lives after the war.

Agnes and Robert Heller will share their "Bittersweet Memories of Survival" in McKinnon Hall in this rare opportunity to hear a Holocaust survivor