Rosa Ponselle singing with Carmela Ponselle at the piano
Rosa Ponselle singing with Carmela Ponselle at the piano [at their Riverside Drive apartment?]. Stamped on back Nov. 30 1925 and Jul 23 1990.
Interfraternity board opens membership to Jews
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 had to be let in from their segregated fraternities), it also indicates that Jews and non-Jews coexisted at this time rather than openly clashed.
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle on her wedding day with Carmela Ponselle
Photograph of Rosa Ponselle on her wedding day with Carmela. Stamp from Wide World Studio on reverse and handwritten "Rosa's wedding day with Carmela." Both holding large bouquets. Photograph by Wide World Photos from 1936.
University Passover Seder
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.
AEPi tops fraternities in scholastic average
Demonstrating the academic bent of the Jewish students at this time, two Jewish fraternities, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Phi Epsilon Pi, were in the top three of academic standing. This goes along with the Jewish students' no-nonsense striving attitude at this time, during which many were anxious about anti-Semitism in the University and, after graduation, in the job market.18
Shabbat on Chasidic Weekend
Pan-denominational Friday night services