When Julie Levey, 18, started Princeton in the fall, her roommates were her three younger siblings and parents.
Talking about her experience with Jewish life “on campus,” Levey was tempted to stay positive, grateful. She wanted to describe a paradise of Jewish learning, prayer and community, to say it’s been everything she had hoped for her college experience. But that wouldn’t be the whole truth.
“I think it would be dishonest of me to color this perfect picture of campus Jewish life in the fall,” said Levey, who spent her fall semester living at home. “I felt like there was an emotional disconnect between me and the other first-years, and the rest of the community.”