DePauw Jewish Life

The DePauw Jewish community offers a unique and rich experience to Jewish students, as well as to our Jewish faculty, staff and community members. Our students come from diverse locations, and from many different Jewish traditions and expressions. The Center for Spiritual Life hosts monthly Shabbat services led by Rabbi Bruce Pfeffer in the Jewish Community Room on the bottom floor of Gobin Church.

The Jewish community at DePauw is a hub for religious observance, holiday celebrations, fellowship, learning, and service in the broader Greencastle area—from High Holy Day observances, to fun in the campus sukkah, to Hanukkah celebrations, to Passover seder at the home of the university president, challah-French toast, and more. These events are open to all members of the campus community and often serve as a learning opportunity for students who are curious about Judaism.