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With many of the University's students coming from Baltimore at this time, the Menorah Society, like many other early Jewish organizations, serviced several other Baltimore campuses. This helped maintain a unified Baltimore Jewish community among…

Although it is not mentioned here that Aaron Ember ('01) was Jewish, it is noted later, as he would go on to teach Semitics at Hopkins. He was one of the first Jews to come from outside the Baltimore community and showcases the level of acceptance…

This reply to a request to fund the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society indicates, that the University did in fact support early Jewish institutes. As evidence of this, President Goodnow cites the University's support of Hebrew University of…

Photograph of Carmela Ponselle as Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana wearing a laced bodice and shawl looking up.

2 letters of Jews praising chaplain Chet Wickwire

listed as being founded in 1936, no mention until 1938

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…

Similar to the Rink and Drink event, the JSA semiformal was designed to bring Jewish students together on a social, rather than religious, basis. These events were well attended, likely due to their variety and the high proportion of Jewish students…

The Black Student Union wrote a letter encouraging Spring Fair to change the date from Passover. Not only would many Jewish students have been home for the holiday, but they also could not eat bread, harshly limiting their choices at Spring Fair…