{"id":583,"date":"2011-06-08T14:08:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/"},"modified":"2011-07-04T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T18:10:35","slug":"colleges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Jews in Maine&#8217;s Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- index.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-68b6c9e4f20cc3c2cc50a2b86c972618-1\">\n\n    \t<div class=\"slideshowlink\">\n        <a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/nggallery\/slideshow'>[Show as slideshow]<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/collegefront.jpg\"\n               title=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cThe prospect of Jewish and Christian students living under the same roof, sharing the same table, associating at parties together, dating one another, or being accepted at each other\u2019s parental homes as \u2018brothers\u2019 or \u2018sisters\u2019 was remote indeed.\u201d --Marianne Sanua, &lt;em&gt;Going Greek&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Breaking into the social scene on Maine\u2019s college campuses was difficult for Jewish students throughout most of the 20th century because of resistance from gentile peers.\u00a0 Many gentiles did not want to socialize with Jews. For that reason, fraternities routinely refused to admit Jewish candidates from the 1920s into the \u201960s. This meant that Jews had to form their own social organizations.&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Curated by Madeline Kurtz \\&#039;14&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/collegefront.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_collegefront.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"91\"\n               data-title=\"Jews in Maine\\&#039;s Colleges\"\n               data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cThe prospect of Jewish and Christian students living under the same roof, sharing the same table, associating at parties together, dating one another, or being accepted at each other\u2019s parental homes as \u2018brothers\u2019 or \u2018sisters\u2019 was remote indeed.\u201d --Marianne Sanua, &lt;em&gt;Going Greek&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Breaking into the social scene on Maine\u2019s college campuses was difficult for Jewish students throughout most of the 20th century because of resistance from gentile peers.\u00a0 Many gentiles did not want to socialize with Jews. For that reason, fraternities routinely refused to admit Jewish candidates from the 1920s into the \u201960s. This meant that Jews had to form their own social organizations.&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Curated by Madeline Kurtz &#039;14&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"jews-in-maines-colleges\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Jews in Maine\\&#039;s Colleges\"\n                    alt=\"Jews in Maine\\&#039;s Colleges\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_collegefront.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"60\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_05.jpg\"\n               title=\"&lt;p&gt;Jewish students at Colby founded Gamma Phi Epsilon in 1919. The student council, however, refused to recognize this organization until 1932. After its recognition, Gamma Phi Epsilon affiliated with the national fraternity Tau Delta Phi, an officially nonsectarian fraternity but one whose members were almost all Jewish.  &lt;\/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Harvey Lipman\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_05.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_05.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"79\"\n               data-title=\"Gamma Phi Epsilon members, Colby College (1930)\"\n               data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jewish students at Colby founded Gamma Phi Epsilon in 1919. The student council, however, refused to recognize this organization until 1932. After its recognition, Gamma Phi Epsilon affiliated with the national fraternity Tau Delta Phi, an officially nonsectarian fraternity but one whose members were almost all Jewish.  &lt;\/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Harvey Lipman\"\n               data-image-slug=\"gamma-phi-epsilon-members-colby-college-1930\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Gamma Phi Epsilon members, Colby College (1930)\"\n                    alt=\"Gamma Phi Epsilon members, Colby College (1930)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_05.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_01.jpg\"\n               title=\"For Jews on college campuses, finding a dance partner could be\r\ntricky. Jewish students often weren\u2019t invited to dances hosted\r\nby mainstream fraternities. When Jewish fraternities sponsored\r\ndances, like the one this card comes from, the men often tried\r\nto dance with \u201ctownies\u201d and other non-Jewish partners. Jewish\r\nwomen were not amused.\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Harvey Lipman&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_01.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_01.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"75\"\n               data-title=\"\u201cMay I have this dance?\u201d Colby College, 1931\"\n               data-description=\"For Jews on college campuses, finding a dance partner could be\r\ntricky. Jewish students often weren\u2019t invited to dances hosted\r\nby mainstream fraternities. When Jewish fraternities sponsored\r\ndances, like the one this card comes from, the men often tried\r\nto dance with \u201ctownies\u201d and other non-Jewish partners. Jewish\r\nwomen were not amused.\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Harvey Lipman&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-10\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"\u201cMay I have this dance?\u201d Colby College, 1931\"\n                    alt=\"\u201cMay I have this dance?\u201d Colby College, 1931\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_01.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/aruphoto.jpg\"\n               title=\"In 1946, Bowdoin students founded the fraternity Alpha Rho Upsilon. They chose the letters ARU to stand for \u201cAll Races United.\u201d The fraternity was founded with the goal of giving Jews and Blacks their own group so that they would feel accepted. Bowdoin\u2019s student newspaper, however, observed that the formation of ARU merely enabled the other fraternities to continue engaging in antisemitic discrimination. Its editors demanded that all fraternities accept Jewish students as members, which they eventually did.&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Bowdoin College Library&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/aruphoto.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_aruphoto.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"112\"\n               data-title=\"Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin &lt;em&gt;Bugle&lt;\/em&gt; (1948)\"\n               data-description=\"In 1946, Bowdoin students founded the fraternity Alpha Rho Upsilon. They chose the letters ARU to stand for \u201cAll Races United.\u201d The fraternity was founded with the goal of giving Jews and Blacks their own group so that they would feel accepted. Bowdoin\u2019s student newspaper, however, observed that the formation of ARU merely enabled the other fraternities to continue engaging in antisemitic discrimination. Its editors demanded that all fraternities accept Jewish students as members, which they eventually did.&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Bowdoin College Library&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"alpha-rho-upsilon-bowdoin-bugle-1948-2\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin &lt;em&gt;Bugle&lt;\/em&gt; (1948)\"\n                    alt=\"Alpha Rho Upsilon, Bowdoin &lt;em&gt;Bugle&lt;\/em&gt; (1948)\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_aruphoto.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                                    <br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n                    \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-4\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_03.jpg\"\n               title=\"&lt;p&gt;While their social integration was increasing, Jewish students also affirmed their own identity as Jews. By 1949, students at Bates, Colby, and the University of Maine at Orono had established chapters of Hillel, a national organization that supports Jewish life on college campuses.  These students gathered annually for a convention weekend that included Shabbat services, a semi-formal and a bagel and lox\r\nbreakfast.&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of &lt;a title=\\&quot;Maine Historical Society\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.mainehistory.org\/\\&quot;&gt;Maine Historical Society&lt;\/a&gt;[378 B629]&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_03.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_03.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"77\"\n               data-title=\"Maine Hillel Yearbook, 1949\"\n               data-description=\"&lt;p&gt;While their social integration was increasing, Jewish students also affirmed their own identity as Jews. By 1949, students at Bates, Colby, and the University of Maine at Orono had established chapters of Hillel, a national organization that supports Jewish life on college campuses.  These students gathered annually for a convention weekend that included Shabbat services, a semi-formal and a bagel and lox\r\nbreakfast.&lt;\/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of &lt;a title=&quot;Maine Historical Society&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mainehistory.org\/&quot;&gt;Maine Historical Society&lt;\/a&gt;[378 B629]&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"maine-hillel-yearbook-1949\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Maine Hillel Yearbook, 1949\"\n                    alt=\"Maine Hillel Yearbook, 1949\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_03.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_04.jpg\"\n               title=\"The Bates Multifaith Council, which includes Bates Hillel, hosts a\r\npopular annual banquet to foster religious tolerance on campus.\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/section7_04.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_04.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"78\"\n               data-title=\"Celebrating religious diversity\"\n               data-description=\"The Bates Multifaith Council, which includes Bates Hillel, hosts a\r\npopular annual banquet to foster religious tolerance on campus.\r\n\r\n&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of the Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates College&lt;\/p&gt;\"\n               data-image-slug=\"image-13\"\n               class='use_imagebrowser_effect' data-imagebrowser-url='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/exhibition\/colleges\/nggallery\/image\/%STUB%'>\n                <img\n                    title=\"Celebrating religious diversity\"\n                    alt=\"Celebrating religious diversity\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/168\/files\/college\/thumbs\/thumbs_section7_04.jpg\"\n                    width=\"100\"\n                    height=\"75\"\n                    style=\"max-width:100%;\"\n                \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n                            \n\t\t\n\t\t<!-- Pagination -->\n\t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":681,"featured_media":0,"parent":588,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/681"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":981,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions\/981"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/jewsinmaine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}