I think the UF Jewish houses may have gotten better in the past few years. A lot of girls that went to my high school who are Catholic went DPhiE and AEPhi (and it was obvious to these sororities that they were Catholic because these girls had Italian last names). A good friend of mine preffed at DPhiE who has a very Italian last name. She ultimately decided to go Chi-O though. And, the girls who went DPhiE and AEPhi and who are Jewish, were some of my good friends in high school. You would think those would be the type that those organizations would drop because they were blonde, blue eyed....they definitely do not like look like a stereotypical Jew. And, they have last names such as Robinson, Ashton, Small, and Cooperstock. They all got into these sororities without a problem (they also mention to me that they said nothing about their religion during rush). A friend of mine who goes to UF was telling me that DPhiE is only half Jewish. I don't think there's a true way to tell if someone is Jewish just by looking at them. Most of my Jewish friends have blonde hair and blue eyes. I have only one Jewish friend who has dark curly hair. You'd probably never guess that I am Jewish. I am tall with dark blonde hair and green eyes and my nose is....um....not the size of a stereotypical Jew.
In my opinion, I think that most Jews do not look like the stereotypical Jew. Look at Sarah Michelle Gellar or Alicia Silverstone.
So, I was talking to one of my friends the other day who is an AEPhi there. She told me that they do place a greater emphasis on people who are Jewish. But, she told me that sometimes there is no way to tell. And, directly from her, "We are not going to cut an awesome girl because she is Christian. A few years ago, we did. Now, we are not going to cut a bunch of girls who are awesome and who would fit in so well with us just because they are not Jewish."
It has been two years since my friends rushed at UF (wow...I am so old
). Out of the 8 Jewish friends who joined Jewish sororities, only 4 are still active. Out of my 5 Catholic/Protestant friends who joined the Jewish sororities, all 5 are still very active.