Traditionally-Jewish fraternities and sororities are not often considered sites of Jewish community. In this session, Jenny L. Small will discuss findings from interviews with fraternity and sorority life (FSL) educators, revealing their perspectives that students in these organizations bear distinctly gendered burdens around Jewish heritage and continuity. The educators in this study lacked a strong understanding of Jewish identity and how students express those identities through FSL; however, effectively supporting these organizations can help them function as sites of belonging for Jewish college students during turbulent times on campus.
Hosted by professor Jonathan Krasner (Brandeis University).
Dr. Jenny L. Small is the associate director of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. She is a scholarly expert on college students’ religious identities, and she developed Critical Religious Pluralism Theory to address issues of religious privilege and marginalization in higher education and American society. Jenny has previously taught at Salem State University and Boston College, consulted with Hillel International, and served as the associate director for education and content at Convergence on Campus, a nonprofit organization with the mission of making colleges and universities more equitable for students from all religious, secular, and spiritual backgrounds.
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