re: How long has Tulane had a fairly large jewish population?

B’nai Israel isn’t as Reformed as it used to be. They actually pray, sing, and do readings in Hebrew some now. It really threw me off when I went for a funeral after having not visited in at least a decade.

Any large US city, especially a port city, is going to have a significant Jewish population. Are you dumb?
Plus, they’re typically wealthy and pretty smart so Tulane it is...

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Merrill Lynch (founded in New Orleans by Jews), United Fruit Co. (Jewish), DH Homes/Maison Blanche/Godchauxs (all Jewish).

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Edith Stern made her home in NOLA. She was the daughter of one of the founders of Sears and Roebuck (Julius Rosenwald) and her home was Longue Vue Garden. She brought tons of money to NOLA.
Years ago there was an interview with her in the Times Picayune where she said even though she was who she was, her family was not accepted into the big Mardi Gras krewes so they left town every year during the season.

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Not an actual shul. Used to be, but no actual jewish congregation there.

Somewhat if a Jews for Jesus place.

If it isn’t a synagogue then it isn’t the oldest. Touro in RI is still functioning. Since 1759.

Tulane grad, New Orleans lifelong and fellow Yid here. They've always had a sizeable Jewish enrollment usually runs 20-30%. Most of the students from the NE come to Tulane through family reference or rejected by NYU. BAMA is sim8lar in many respects.

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I once read a guide to colleges written in the '60s which said Tulane existed "to save Ivy League rejects from the supposed horrors of attending their state universities"

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This is actually spot-on.

I have talked with old timers in New Orleans, and from them have heard that Tulane was more of a southern, regional school of distinction back before the sixties. Beginning around that time, lots of things began to change. Nationwide, more people began to go to college; civil rights act was passed; and Tulane left the SEC and de-emphasized athletics. It got harder for northeastern folks to get into Ivys and such. Those who couldn't get into an Ivy started going to Tulane (which I have heard referred to more than once as the "Harvard of the South").

You also had nationwide in private colleges a shift from legacy admissions to more merit-based admission, thus all across the country you had schools like Tulane and the Ivys, which were primarily WASP institutions, having a larger and larger % of Jews and later Asians-- 'over-achieving' cultures who highly value education.

Generally, yes you are correct.

One of them voodoo jews huh.