Truitt Center For Religious & Spiritual Life

The celebration was held during Elon's Family Weekend on Sept. 25-27.

Elon University is featuring a variety of photos every month to highlight the exceptional learning, work and activities of students, faculty and staff.

Elon Jewish Life and Elon Hillel will celebrate the Sklut Hillel Center’s 13th anniversary with a Shabbat Oneg and annual Family Weekend Bagel Brunch, bringing together students, families and friends to mark the milestone.

Rabbi Maor Greene delivered this teaching at Elon’s Kol Nidrei Service for Yom Kippur on Sept. 20, 2026. Yom Kippur is a day of repentance and return. It is a day for the Jewish community to consider its actions of the past year and commit to living better in the year to come. This sermon explores the power of speech and how we can choose to use it for good.

This teaching was delivered at Elon’s Rosh Hashanah Seder Service on Sept. 11, 2026. It explores the intersection of memory and shofar, core themes of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. This year, Rosh Hashanah coincides with the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Student leaders joined seven other campuses to engage in experiential learning around dialogue.

Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley offers this weekly message to help students stay informed and prepare for the week ahead.

Jewish Life at Elon welcomed the incoming class of 2030 with a shabbat dinner and Jewish activity fair. Rabbi Maor Greene delivered a teaching on how the Jewish community at Elon supports one another. Representatives from Hillel, Chabad, AEPi, AEPhi and Hebrew Club also attended the event.

Associate Chaplain for Catholic Life Father Peter Tremblay achieved a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in Preaching from the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri, in May 2026.

The journey took the participants to and from Rome and then to Franciscan sites in the towns of La Verna, Assisi, Gubbio and Greccio.