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Shabbat services and dinner were regularly held in the Kosher Dining Hall starting in 1966. Because they were not free except for students on the kosher dining plan, these dinners were primarily attended by a core of more observant Jews. However, as…

Pictured are selections from the Sonneborn Collection, currently located at Johns Hopkins Hillel. The Sonneborn Collection, donated in 1901, was perhaps the first University collection of "Jewish ceremonial objects"16. It was matched by "no doubt the…

JSA would often run a falafel stand at Spring Fair, exposing other students to Israeli food and giving Jewish students a kosher option. This was a very popular booth, so much so that when the University scheduled Spring Fair during Passover, the…

This is one of the first instances of a student holiday celebration, and presumably served Jewish students from outside Baltimore. Rabbi Rosenblatt was a regular lecturer at Hopkins, and published many articles in Jewish journals.

As Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Yitzhak Rabin visited and gave a lecture at Johns Hopkins. This was facilitated by the University in partnership with the JSA, and even included a visit between University President Steven Muller and…

over 50 couples went