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As a large contingent of students (reportedly 38%) were Jewish in 1972, the University seriously considered a student request to cancel classes on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. While they never cancelled the classes that day, the…

As Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Yitzhak Rabin visited and gave a lecture at Johns Hopkins. This was facilitated by the University in partnership with the JSA, and even included a visit between University President Steven Muller and…

The JSA Purim party was the Jewish students' way to "give back" to the Baltimore community which supported them financially. At these Purim parties, there would be a traditional service, as well as festivities with klezmer music. Many students, as…

JSA would often run a falafel stand at Spring Fair, exposing other students to Israeli food and giving Jewish students a kosher option. This was a very popular booth, so much so that when the University scheduled Spring Fair during Passover, the…

On several occasions, the JSA or other Jewish student organizations would screen movies about Israel. Although there was occasional pushback from progressive political student groups, many students were in favor of these films, and also supported…

This is an example of one of many JSA social events which had the goal of bringing Jewish students together. These were very successful during this time period, and facilitated a popular JSA.