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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 as Carmen with headdress and lacy veil holding fan with inscription "To Jaroslar Bures, Cordially Yours, Carmela Ponselle"

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…

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.

Ketzev is Hopkins' Jewish a cappella group

Jewish students at Hopkins have had a long tradition of putting on a Purim party. In the 1960s, there was one community-oriented party with traditional Jewish music and a reading of themegillah, or Scroll of Esther. In later years, two parties were…

Records of the Menorah Society board, along with that of the later Zionist Society, give us an idea of the Jewish leaders on campus at that time. Several of Baltimore's leading families were involved with the organizations-- in this case including…

The Menorah Society was an inter-campus group that studied topics related to Jews, among them Israel (then Ottoman and later Mandatory Palestine), Judaism, and Biblical studies. Although it was primarily a Jewish group, apparently non-Jews were also…

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…