Does anyone know what Jewish life is like as a student at Elon?

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<p>Check this out! Elon is one of 6 schools featured in this article.</p>

<p>[Reform</a> Judaism Magazine - Admissions 105: Unexpected Welcomes](<a href=“http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=2865]Reform”>http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=2865)</p>

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Elon University (NC)</p>

<p>The growth in the Jewish population at Elon University, in the town of Elon, was featured in the RJ Insider’s Guide to College Life in 2008, when nearly 4% of the freshman class was Jewish. The surge has continued; today, entering Jewish students constitute 7%. The university has committed to turning over a house on campus to serve as the Hillel center effective 2012, has hired its first rabbinic faculty member in Religious Studies, is offering a course in Modern Hebrew, is developing a Jewish Studies minor, and has established a study abroad program at Haifa University.</p>

<p>Before last Passover, the Hillel campus director and the special assistant to the president sent out a joint “Support during Passover” memo to the predominantly non-Jewish faculty and staff explaining that no wheat or rice products would be eaten by Jewish students; that free kosher-for-Passover lunches at the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life would be available on each day of Passover; that tickets for the campus-wide seder were available for purchase (and students in Global Studies classes were encouraged to attend as a cultural event). The letter closed with, “We greatly appreciate your continued efforts to make Elon a welcoming environment for all.”

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