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The Zionist society was founded and organized largely with support of Jewish faculty, especially Professor David Blondheim. He became the first editor ofKadimah, the journal of the Intercampus Zionist Council. The Baltimore chapter helped lead the…

This is one of the first times the University Zionist Society shows up in the records. The Zionist Society, though primarily focused on the nascent Jewish state, also served as a generally Jewish club, especially as the Menorah Society dwindled in…

over 50 couples went

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…

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.

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…

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…