Two defunct Jewish sororities

[psasso]

In 1973, Tau Delta Phi had 18 active chapters after we rejected a merger from Alpha Epsilon Pi. No active chapters merged into Alpha Epsilon Pi. The remainder remained Tau Delta Phi and others found homes with other larger national fraternities. We have since re-emerged as a national fraternity and are an active member in the NIC. We have active chapters in PA, NJ, NY, and NH. We are also in a strong period of growth as we are aggressively expanding to reach our goal of becoming more modest in size.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by psasso

In 1973, Tau Delta Phi had 18 active chapters after we rejected a merger from Alpha Epsilon Pi. No active chapters merged into Alpha Epsilon Pi. The remainder remained Tau Delta Phi and others found homes with other larger national fraternities. We have since re-emerged as a national fraternity and are an active member in the NIC. We have active chapters in PA, NJ, NY, and NH. We are also in a strong period of growth as we are aggressively expanding to reach our goal of becoming more modest in size.

And reportedly there's a new Tau Delta Phi colony at Penn State. Looks like it's made up in large part of men who were members of the Phi Delta Theta chapter that was recently closed, if I'm understanding the campus paper's April 7 '09 article correctly:

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive...es_colony.aspx

[IvyAEPHI]

I am a relatively new reader of GreekChat, although have been involved in greek life since the mid '90s. Something in this post rang a bell and after checking in with my mother, I learned that she was a member of Iota Phi in Portland in the mid 50s. She remembers that it was one of two Jewish high school social sororities (apparently very common at that time) and has no idea if they had a presence larger than her high school. My mom describes the sorority as "slightly upscale," which was very funny given the context that her sister belonged the other Jewish sorority. My mom couldn't remember much more about it, but did note that a former mayor of Portland Linda Ellowitch (her maiden name and not the right spelling) was a member of Iota Phi as well.