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Originally Posted by LPIDelta
Likewise, my impression of my own GLO is that DPhiE was never intended to be a "Jewish" organization--it was intended to be non-sectarian. But, because our founders were Jewish, so were many of our early members, and then most of the women in our chapters were....so I would say DPhiE might be considered "historically Jewish" although we certainly do not currently have a majority Jewish membership. And many older people who I run into that had DPhiE at their university back in the day assume that DPhiE is a Jewish sorority... and some have assumed that I am too. Maybe that is a good example of the distinction?
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I don't think I would ever call D Phi E a "historically Jewish" sorority. There's nothing in your founding history (as I read it online) saying that you were founded to serve the Jewish community. Your international philanthropies have nothing to do with Judaism or the Jewish community.
Whereas w/ A E Phi, their site says they were founded by "seven Jewish women" and w/ SDT, one of their philanthropies is Jewish Women International.
To me, "historically [this or that]" means that the group has a history of giving to causes affiliated with [this or that] and that they still support the [this or that] community, even if you don't now and never did have to be [this or that] to join.
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