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Geoffrey Claussen presents at Association for Jewish Studies Conference
January 4, 2013
Geoffrey Claussen, Lori and Eric Sklut Emerging Scholar in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, presented a paper at the annual conference of the Association of Jewish Studies on December 18 in Chicago.
Yom Kippur at Elon, September 25-26
September 18, 2012
Students, faculty, staff, their families and community members are invited to join Elon Hillel to observe the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, which begins on Tuesday evening, September 25, and ends at sundown on Wednesday, September 26.
Baccalaureate message: ‘Be comfortable being uncomfortable'
May 18, 2012
Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, encouraged students to be bold during Elon’s Baccalaureate sermon in Alumni Gym.
Ruth Messinger to deliver 2012 Baccalaureate address
May 17, 2012
The president of American Jewish World Service will visit Elon University for the Commencement week program scheduled for May 18.
David Crowe Book on Schindler discussed in New York Times
April 18, 2012
An article in the New York Times (June 19,2011) on Mietek Pemper, a Schindler Jew who claimed to be the author of "Schindler's List," discussed Crowe's biography on Schindler ("Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story behind 'The List.'"
Yoram Lubling to deliver keynote speech in Israel
April 18, 2012
Professor of philosophy Yoram Lubling's recent book in Hebrew, Met Pa-amaim, was chosen to be the topic of this year's meeting of the Center for Culture and History of the Jewish People at Haifa University, Israel.
Lynn Huber publishes article on Satan
April 18, 2012
Lynn R. Huber, associate professor of religious studies, has recently published an annotated bibliographic essay on biblical traditions about Satan.
Professor receives NEH funding for religious studies research
April 18, 2012
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded assistant professor Michael Pregill a $6,000 summer stipend to research medieval manuscripts preserved in Russia that may shed new light on the relationships between the Jewish and Muslim communities of the Mediterranean and Near East in the Middle Ages.