<p>the events calendar seems to list a lot of events (look before May – remember that was near the end of their semester so there may have been fewer events). don’t assume shabbat meals don’t happen if not listed on the events calendar – they just may not list them there. contact the people at hillel to clarify if you need to.</p>
<p>^^re: Towson Hillel; there is a girl there (junior) from our town who is on the Hillel board; extremely active Hillel, apparently…events calendar is probably not updated as they have been home for most of May (and did not have events during finals…)</p>
<p>I don’t know why there is a question about specific nationalities–the OP and others on this thread are looking for colleges that match a B plus student who wants to find some Jewish activities, such as Hillel, on campus plus other Jewish students (not asking for any specific nationality).</p>
<p>I do think if you are looking for colleges with a higher number of Iranian Jews, I think (but don’t know for a fact) that you will find more Iranian Jews in the Los Angeles area (Santa Monica City College, UCLA, Cal State Northridge) because there is a large Iranian Jewish population in LA. I don’t know where Ethiopian Jews are in the U.S., but do know that they are in Israel.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the clarification that the Towson Hillel is active and that May is a slow month for activities because of finals. I now feel better about Towson.</p>
<p>also, Stonehill is Jesuit. some of my more devout Catholic friends were very excited about sending their kids there because it is a traditional Catholic school.</p>
<p>I think it is highly unlikely that Calimami cares at all about Ethiopian or Iranian Jews. I think that, because of its reference to Jewish students, this thread will attract nasty or absurd comments periodically.</p>
<p>Re URI, it is near the beach and very receptive to OOS kids (perhaps because RI is a very small state to have at least 2 state schools I know about and at least 6 private schools).</p>
<p>I’ll second the suggestion of Clark. D1 went to take a look and spent some time talking with the Hillel director, who is a great guy. He was very forthright about the positives and negatives of the school and the Jewish community, asked where else D1 was going to be looking, and sincerely praised the Hillel directors at those schools. It’s not on D1’s list, but it fits on this thread.</p>
<p>I do not know anything about Jewish life at Stonehill or Endicott, but diligent parents on the other B student thread liked the schools, so I thought someone seeking good small B student New England schools might want to check them out. </p>
<p>I am not sure a Jesuit school is incompatible with Jewish kids–after all, Muhlenberg is church-affiliated. And Jesuit education tends to be very rigorous and with a strong emphasis on public service, which is good for most kids.</p>
<p>@yabeyabe: I completely agree that the core values of a Jesuit school are compatible with Jewish beliefs. I think that a Jewish student might feel a bit like a fish out of water at Stonehill, though. </p>
<p>^also, the dairy/meat prohibition is such that you wait to have dairy after having meat. The laws of kashrut do allow meat right after dairy, but in practice most kosher people do wait the allotted time before having meat after dairy.</p>
<p>observant Jews who follow the rules for keeping kosher do not mix dairy and meat products. this includes waiting a certain amount of time after eating meat before eating dairy. the reverse is not true, though some may wait a little while after eating dairy before eating meat as part of maintaining that separation. the length of time waited after eating meat before eating dairy varies based on the custom that their family follows – some Jews wait as little as 1 hour, others as much as 6 hours, and still others wait 3 hours. the differences are generally based on ancestral custom (often where the family originally came from) as well as denomination.</p>
<p>not all Jews keep kosher. among those who keep kosher, there will be a wide range of observance. so it is safest not to think that “Jews must” do anything – different Jews will choose to do different things – some will be more concerned with the framework of what religious laws provides than others – these differences in observance are generally based upon both family history and personal choices.</p>
<p>A very informative Q & A about being Jewish at Boston College - a bit of a reach for a B student, but I thought some on this thread considering a Jesuit school might find the comments helpful:</p>
<p>Having been a grad student at a Jesuit school, where I spent a lot of time working with undergrads, I would agree with just about all of what was written in this Q & A. ( I found the very honest comments about dating to be amusing…even if true!)</p>
<p>Wanted one of my kids to consider Georgetown, which, academically would have been a good fit…but that child found the crucifixes in every classroom to be a dealbreaker. I decided not to share the story about one of the professors from my catholic university experience…not a Jesuit but an actively practicing catholic…who started each class with the Lord’s Prayer!</p>
<p>The USC mention was for Sephardic Jews who are looking for similar communities at college, not for B students. Hey, it’s an inclusive thread. We welcome Sephardim, Ashkenazim, A students, B students, C students…:)</p>
<p>I don’t know if this is at all helpful, it is a little diversion from the topic, but for those of you who may have a problem with religious symbols in the classroom I’ll share in case it helps.</p>
<p>Years ago my Dad was in a Catholic hospital after having a heart attack. There was a crusifix on the wall next to his bed. My mom made a comment indicating that this was somehow offensive. My dad all monitored and on oxygen replied, " Its okay, he was a Jew." I’m not sure what about that simple comment resonated with me but somehow it gave me a sense of peace and unity accross religions. It made that okay for me, perhaps it will do the same for someone else. </p>
<p>spectrum2, that reminds me of an old joke about the Jewish boy who was sent to Catholic school and his grades and behavior improved dramatically. When his parents asked “why?” His answer was “you should see what they did to the last Jew who went there and misbehaved.” ;)</p>