Geoffrey Claussen is an American rabbi and scholar who serves as a professor of Religious Studies at Elon University.
[5][6] Claussen has argued that teachings of the Musar movement may enrich Jewish vegan practices today.
[7] Claussen has been noted for his book Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar.
Christian B. Miller claimed that in his book, Claussen "succeeded in making the teachings of Simhah Zissel Ziv relevant today, both to contemporary Jewish ethics and, I would argue, to other traditions of both secular and religious thought about morality.
"[8] Claussen's work has also pointed to the significance of the 21st century revival of the Musar movement[9] and the value of a virtue-centered approach to moral reasoning.