[aephi alum]

Ok. *takes a deep breath*

robinseggblue, I understand that you had no idea that I was a chapter founder at MIT. It rubbed me the wrong way that you happened to single out my chapter as an example of "kick out all the non-Jews". I overreacted, and I apologize for that.

All: AEPhi accepts members of any and all faiths, so long as they are ok with Jewish ideals. I wasn't turned back on my way to initiation because I was Catholic. You don't even have to be of a monotheistic faith (note my earlier comment that we had a Hindu sister while I was an active). We even had a chapter bylaw that forbade mandatory events on the major religious holidays of any member's faith - and I once went toe to toe with my chapter's president to ensure that we did not have a chapter meeting on Easter Sunday.

AEPhi was founded by seven Jewish women who - after being turned down by other sororities because they were Jewish (this was commonplace back in 1909) - connected with each other.

From time to time, if the "Powers That Be" within AEPhi feel that a chapter as a whole has drifted away from the sorority's Jewish identity, they may intervene. It seems that AEPi uses a somewhat heavier hand when determining whether a chapter has drifted away from the fraternity's Jewish roots.

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