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Jewish students at Hopkins have had a long tradition of putting on a Purim party. In the 1960s, there was one community-oriented party with traditional Jewish music and a reading of themegillah, or Scroll of Esther. In later years, two parties were…

In 1966 the Kosher Dining Hall was established as a partnership between the University and the National Council of Young Israel as an option for kosher-observant students. It did not have an enormous following, and during the Seventies there were…

Due to the large number of Jews on campus, the Interfraternity board decided to open its membership to students from the Jewish fraternities as well as the non-Jewish ones. While this indicates structural anti-Semitism (Jewish students specifically…

On several occasions, the JSA or other Jewish student organizations would screen movies about Israel. Although there was occasional pushback from progressive political student groups, many students were in favor of these films, and also supported…