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Photograph of Rosa and Carmela Ponselle for press for "La Gioconda"
Photograph of Rosa and Carmela Ponselle for press for "La Gioconda" at the Metropolitan Opera with newspaper clipping on the back "Associated Press Photo. Play 'Sister Act' in Opera. Rosa (right) and Carmela Ponselle, both famous in grand opera,…
JSA-Progressive Student Union clash
The JSA and the Progressive Student Union at times clashed regarding Israel and the Middle East. This took place in person and through the News-Letter, but ultimately the campus supported Israel and maintained the JSA.
Photograph of Carmela Ponselle as Dalila in Saint-Saëns's Samson et Dalila
Photograph of Carmela Ponselle as Dalilah in white long gown and floral wreath. Inscription "Carmela Ponselle as Dalilah." Reverse has handwritten "Carmela Ponselle Former Mezzo of Met. O. H."
First time JSA is in the yearbook
This is the first time JSA had a page in the yearbook; however, there were people who listed it as an activity since 1958. For the past sixty years, the JSA has served as the major organization for Jewish life, partnering with the Baltimore Jewish…
Photograph of Carmela Ponselle as Carmen
Photograph of Carmela Ponselle as Carmen with headdress and lacy veil holding fan with inscription "To Jaroslar Bures, Cordially Yours, Carmela Ponselle"
Phi Epsilon Pi, first Jewish purely social fraternity
There had been other fraternities which had accepted Jews--notably the honor societies (e.g., Phi Beta Kappa) and Phi Alpha. The latter was a fraternity which was often grouped with the honorary and professional fraternities, but some accounts speak…
Photograph of Carmela Ponselle in Carmen
Photograph of Carmela Ponselle in Carmen long fringe dress with cigarette with faint writing to Rosa Ponselle: "Carmela Ponselle as Carmen 1940; Blessings sister, Carmela Ponzillo Ponselle, 12/59, 2nd Act of Carmen"
JHU Zionist Society
This early description of the Zionist Society indicates its high level of activity in the Baltimore and national Zionist communities. Notably, it mentions the publication of Kadimahfrom the IZAA, which had been previously edited by Hopkins Professor…
Menorah Society information
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…