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Originally posted by aephi alum
I'm seeing a lot of talk in this thread, about the "Jewish houses" and how people only see themselves in particular sororities because of their religious affiliation.
Let me point out that AEPhi was founded on the basis of non-discrimination. The 7 founding sisters were all Jewish, but they did not feel comfortable at the existing sororities at Barnard because all of those sororities were based on Christianity - so they formed their own sorority. My own chapter had Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Eastern Orthodox, Hindu, and Atheist sisters, and that was only while I was an active. We do not discriminate on the basis of religion.
To address the topic at hand - if any rushee came through our rush room assuming she'd be an AEPhi just because of her religion (and this has happened) she'd be cut so fast.....
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I'm sorry, I in no way meant to offend you if it came out that way. However, on my campus, the predominantly Jewish houses make it no secret that they want to remain that way. Of course, there are girls that get released from one or the other, but for the most part, the two houses are in stiff competition for certain women.
Many of the Jewish girls participating in recruitment are legacies to one or the other, and know many of the girls from high school. These chapters draw from the north suburbs, and everyone knows everyone else. So obviously there are no guarantees, but we have had some god-awful rushees that have been picked up by one of the Jewish houses.
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