Rushing Jewish Sororities

[ellebud]

Honeychile:

Well, the seder plate was a symbol of something. But I must admit that none of my sisters ever received a seder plate instead of an engagement ring. Oh well.

As for Andrea...since the creators of the show all went to Beverly (where I went) and based a lot of the original characters on real kids that I knew ((the characters in the little known movie the Chicken Chronicles were exactly the kids at Beverly..) no I don't.

While I know that many people don't want to leave their comfort zone at anytime...and for some young women (those who "keep" the Sabbath or kosher) it may be imperiative for them to join a Jewish house where fewer questions will be asked or their beliefs challenged...and again I do not know what the OP said...but for some people, possibly with family pressure...this may be their only option.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by ellebud

For some young women (those who "keep" the Sabbath or kosher) it may be imperiative for them to join a Jewish house where fewer questions will be asked or their beliefs challenged...

Just an FYI (for the sake of PNMs reading):

It's entirely possible to keep kosher and Sabbath (and observe all holidays) while NOT being in a historically Jewish sorority (SDT or AEPhi). My chapter had Jewish members and we always made allowances for them to do that, and we never challenged their beliefs. Other chapters on campus did the same for girls.

I just wanted to put this out there so PNMs don't read this and mistakenly think "If I don't join a historically Jewish sorority, then I won't be able to observe holidays and such."

Does it sometimes happen that members aren't understanding of Jewish customs? Probably? But it's not the case most of the time I'm sure.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I have a sister who when she went through rush HAD to be a DPHIE.
(She is all about her "Jewishness" as was made obvious the first time I met her because I swear that the whole conversation was about her being a Jew and she must have said the word at least 450 times in that 30 minutes chat fest).

During our chat she pointed out that after she realized our campuses chapter of DPHIE had like NO Jews she just went with what she liked the best...Phi Mu a sorority founded by Methodists...

So basically my point is that everyone else is right, keep an open mind because the "Jewish" house may not be for you.