The day before a New York-based reporter set out for this rural east Texas enclave in search of Jewish college life at Texas A&M University, an e-mail landed in her inbox from Rabbi Peter Tarlow.

"Texans are a different sort of people than New Yorkers," the missive admonished.

Rabbi Tarlow, the New Jersey native who has presided over the Hillel at A&M for more than two decades, went on: "You can leave your saddle at home, but there are no taxis in College Station. This is Texas, not New York City. … Be slow and gentle when you speak here. Opinions are thought about rather than expressed."

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Posted By: Alvin Golman on 5/29/2008 10:14:00 PM How true. As a Jewish Aggie class of 1953 I recall how wonderful our Hillel was. The school was only 6,000 male students all existing in a military tradition. There were maybe 50/60 boys in Hillel,  and the organization gave us all a Jewish foundation to hang on to.Many thanks to Mrs Esther Taubenhaus and her successor Shirley Reiser for their total dedication to us as friends, students and Jews.

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