College Chapel
A Diversity of Belief and Practice
Thursday 9:50 – 10:20 a.m.
Whitley Auditorium
Rabbi Andy Koren – Temple Emmanuel of Greensboro
Music: Kierstin Coatney ’12, voice
Join us this Thursday in Whitley Auditorium for College Chapel. This semester we will be learning about the religious and nonreligious diversity that is part of our Elon community. We will hear from religious leaders, faculty and students about the different beliefs that shape our university and how students practice and participate in their respective faith traditions.
Thursday Chapel is a time and space to take a break from the busyness of the week and refresh the spirit. It is not a “worship service,” rather a time of reflection offered by a member of the Elon community or guest speaker. Music is provided each week by students and faculty from the Music department. Refreshments will be served following Chapel. All are welcome!
About our speaker:
Rabbi Andy Koren is a native of North Miami, Florida. As a college student at Tufts University, Rabbi Koren majored in International Relations and focused on Middle Eastern Studies and Israeli Foreign Policy. He was also active in Hillel on the local, regional, and national levels. Rabbi Koren has been to Israel many times since first traveling there as a student on the Alexander Muss High School in Israel program.
In 1993 Rabbi Koren received his ordination from the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. For the past 10 years, he worked primarily with the campus Jewish community, as the Director of North Carolina Hillel and for the past five years as the Campus Rabbi for the Hillel at the University of Florida. He also spent three years in Columbus, Ohio as the Program Associate for the Wexner Foundation.
In 2003, Rabbi Koren took his first congregational position as the Rabbi/Director of Religious Education for Temple Emanuel in Greensboro, North Carolina where he currently lives with his wife Michal and their children Avishai & Shiri.