It’s accepted as gospel—or at least reliable urban legend—that at nearly every Ivy League school in the mid-20th century, there were limits on the number of Jews admitted each year. The Jewish population, it was said, was capped at 10 percent of the student body. But was that true?
Episode 4 of Gatecrashers investigates the real story of Jewish quotas, examining the practice at Yale University. You’ll hear reflections from Sen. Joe Lieberman (Yale ‘64), Benjamin Zucker (Yale ‘58), and Tim Oppenheimer (Yale ‘67, and father of Gatecrashers host Mark Oppenheimer). You’ll also hear from former Yale admissions director Henry “Sam” Chauncey, who shares what he was told when he started his job in 1957, and Dan Oren, author of Joining the Club: A History of Jews at Yale.
How did Jewish quotas start at Yale, and how did they finally end? Listen and find out:
Introducing: Covering Their Tracks
Ep. 8: Harvard and the End of the Jewish Ivy League
Ep. 7: Penn and the Great Sorority Coup of 1987
Ep. 6: Cornell and its Off-Campus, Off-Kilter Jewish Commune
Ep. 5: Brown University and Mrs. Smith’s Kosher Kitchen
Ep. 3: Dartmouth and the Jews who Loved it
Ep. 2: Princeton and the ‘Dirty Bicker’ of 1958
Ep. 1: Columbia and Its Forgotten Jewish Campus
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