The News-Letter's spring 1918 issues prominently feature war-related articles, images, and advertisements, as evidenced by this cover depicting a flag flown on campus honoring Hopkins men engaged in wartime military service.
By 1943, there was clearly enough interest in Jewish services that the YMCA facilitated Friday night services for those service men who could not go on Saturday. This suggests that there was a moderate level of observance-- students who would go to…