Joining the club : a history of Jews and Yale / Dan A. Oren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oren, Dan A., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yale University--Students--History.

Yale University.

Jewish college students--Connecticut--New Haven--History.

Jewish college students.

Jewish college teachers--Connecticut--New Haven--History.

Jewish college teachers.

Discrimination in education--Connecticut--New Haven.

Discrimination in education.

Jews--Education--Connecticut--New Haven--History.

Jews.

Jews--United States--Intellectual life.

Jews--Education.

History.

United States.

Intellectual life.

Connecticut--New Haven.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 486 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2000]

Summary:

This unique and richly informative addition to American educational, religious, and cultural history examines the college life of Jews at Yale from the first Jewish graduate in 1809 to the present time, drawing comparisons to the Jewish experience at other elite colleges and universities and to the experiences of other minorities at Yale. In this revised edition, Oren draws on new interviews and references to present the dramatic events of the past twenty years, describing the tensions between majority and minority cultures in an academic world increasingly committed to inclusiveness and the solidification of meritocracy.

Contents:

Part 1 1701-1878

1 The Beginnings 3

Part 2 1878-1941

2 Increasing Biases: Undergraduate Life until the First World War 19

3 The Limitation of Numbers: Undergraduate Admissions between the World Wars 41

4 Mixed Messages: Undergraduate Life between the World Wars 69

5 Religious Spirit 103

6 The Faculty 120

7 The School of Medicine 146

Part 3 1941-1980

8 Evolving Meritocracy: Undergraduate Life after the Second World War 171

9 Undergraduate Admissions 186

10 Hillel 231

11 A Kosher Whiffenpoof: The Religiously Observant Student 247

12 Finding the Best Doctors 268

13 Breaking the Barriers: The Faculty, Corporation, and Administration 278

14 The Club 300

15 Coda

1980 and Beyond 311

1 The Yale Seal 339

2 Connecticut and United States Populations 349

3 "Church Members" at Yale College, 1873-1904 351

4 Sheffield Scientific School Enrollment, 1873-1921 353

5 Enrollment at Yale College (and Sheffield Scientific School, Where Indicated), 1902-1969 354

6 Background of Jewish Students, Yale College Classes of 1911-1926 357

7 Enrollment in the Yale Graduate and Professional Schools 359

8 Full Professors on the Yale Faculties, 1900-1970 361

9 A Chronology of Judaic Studies at Yale 363.

Notes:

"1701-2001, Yale University tercentennial."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-467) and index.

ISBN:

0300084684

OCLC:

45103028