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Sasi giving a speech at another location. - Photo via @leesasi

Re’im music festival massacre survivor Lee Sasi shares her story with Rowan students

Erik Gil March 27, 2024

Californian native Lee Sasi survived to tell the story of what she endured during the October 7 attacks in Israel. Sasi, who attended the Nova music festival that was attacked by Hamas, came to Rowan...

Students created the Star of David out of candles over the Rowan torch seal in support of the lives that have been lost to acts of terrorism. - Co-News Editor / Gianna Malgieri

Rowan students attend rally to support those in Israel

Gianna Malgieri and Brendan Cohen October 11, 2023

As a reaction to Saturday’s attack on scores of Israeli civilians near the Gaza Strip by the terrorist group Hamas, Rowan's chapter of Chabad, a world-renowned Jewish organization, created a “rally...

Rowan senior Alexander Rossen holds a Magen David necklace to honor his Jewish culture and beliefs - but does Rowan University have the same respect for religious plurality? - Photo by Brian Lawrence. Used with permission.

Rossen: Does our university truly respect Jewish Profs?

Alex Rossen September 8, 2020
We are just a fraction of the Jewish population at Rowan, and what we’ve experienced is only a fraction of what Rowan’s Jewish community as a whole has experienced. 
Rowan remembers those lost in the Holocaust

Rowan remembers those lost in the Holocaust

Lindsey D'Ambrosio January 30, 2020

Members of Hillel, Chabad, the Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Student Government Association, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Phi Alpha Theta, Rowan Republicans, Rowan Democrats, and the LGBTQIA+...

Ross Baron and Aaron Korbmin share a conversation at a table. - Staff Photo/Scott Brody

Jewish and secular members of Rowan community converge at annual mega-Sabbath

Scott Brody April 2, 2017

A growing Rowan campus and a growing Jewish community: at Shabbat 180, Rowan's second annual mega-Sabbath Jewish dinner, that theme was evident. With the tune of ancient rhythms in the air, Rowan's chapter...

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