2+ week, 5+ day ago (1487+ words) Over 1,000 alums, students, faculty and parents flocked to College Hill this weekend to attend a celebration of 130 years of Jewish life at Brown. The event falls on the 130th anniversary of the graduation of Brown's first two openly Jewish students." The event featured a series of lectures, panels and religious services " several of which The Herald attended. Themed "L'dor V'dor," a Hebrew phrase that means "from generation to generation," the programming aimed to unpack the history of Jewish life at Brown and unite an intergenerational community, organizers said. "It's really about coming together," said Noel Rubinton '77, a member of the event steering committee and a former Herald editor-in-chief. "We are hoping that the Brown Jewish community is going to be much stronger and larger coming out of this." Since winter 2024, committees composed of almost 100 alums have worked to fundraise and schedule…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (849+ words) While other universities, especially in the Ivy League, have seen decreases in Jewish student enrollment over the past decade, Brown has seen a steady increase in the number of young Jews choosing to ... Canfield "28: 130 years after Brown"s first Jewish students graduated, Jewish life on College Hill is thriving As one of the first two Jews to graduate from Brown, Israel Strauss, class of 1894, was told by then-University President Elisha Andrews, class of 1870, to pursue different career paths because of his religion. Such comments were not unique in the long history of Jews in the diaspora. It would be hard to imagine that Strauss, in this Christian-centric University community, did not experience significant social isolation while receiving his education, but Jewish students at Brown are no longer pushed to the periphery. One hundred and thirty years later, Jewish life at…...