Jewish life on campus, UNLV professor leads improvement efforts

Gregory Brown still remembers the feeling of watching history unfold as he received the news of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel.

Brown, a UNLV history professor and Jewish American, said he felt fearful at the time over how the attacks could spur a global increase in antisemitism. But in the past two years, he has aimed to turn the tragedy into a learning opportunity for students and faculty at UNLV.

Brown is one of the professors at UNLV spearheading the advocacy for improving Jewish life on campus and creating a stronger awareness of the Jewish diaspora.

These efforts in the last two years have included the creation of the UNLV Jewish Faculty and Staff Affinity Group and the Task Force on Jewish Identity and Inclusion, groups that Brown said try to identify concerns of UNLV’s Jewi