Amelia Leach, Campus Life Reporter
• April 13, 2023
Passover, a major Jewish holiday that celebrates the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt, took place this year from April 5 through 13. For many Whitman students, this holiday is a time of community...
Illustration by Sophie Cooper-Ellis.
It's the people, not the perks, that are important to Whitman students when it comes to religious holidays. Celebrating with the people they know is what is important...
I'm sitting in my apartment in Jerusalem, Israel, where I am studying abroad this semester at Hebrew University with the DOME program: Dynamics of the Middle East. I came here primarily for the academic...
Active religious participation among Whitman students, and college students in general, appears to be small compared to that of the rest of the population. The small groups of students who do practice their religions, in whatever form, at times feel stigmatized, and thus religious discussion is further muted. Where is the room for religious freedom at Whitman?
