"Jewish" Houses

[shopgirl]

Originally posted by MoxieGrrl
shopgirl: My sorority, Kappa Delta, is Christian. Theta Phi Alpha, I believe, is Catholic. I was very disappointed when I chose a school that did not have a chapter of Theta Phi. I thought it would have been awesome to join a house that incorporated the Catholic faith into their ritual.

Thanks MoxieGrrl. I was aware of Theta Phi and it's Catholic affiliation. I wonder if any others are specifically linked to specific faiths.

Thanks again.

[Kevin]

I know inclusiveness is very PC... and that's great. For most of us (including myself) that is the route I think is best. But let's take another PC attitude that we often forget when we push other PC rules upon people TOLERANCE.

By this I mean that we preach tolerance and acceptance of OUR ideas but if someone else has an idea that clashes with ours we are sometimes a bit too quick to get after them about it.

My feeling is that the greek community is different for everyone. If someone joined a sorority to be involved in the Greek system and to be with people they could truly identify with what's the harm in that? Furthermore, what the hell business of mine is it as long as they aren't hurting anyone?

We forget sometimes that GLO's are by their very nature selective. Be honest with me here... we cut people in rush for physical flaws (we don't like the way they look), personality flaws that we've had 5 minutes to jump to the conclusion about, etc.. If we find something like culture that unites us then I think that person is going to stand a hell of a better chance of joining.

So while you may think this is wrong it's not your GLO. It's not exactly our place to criticize these people. We should learn to be tolerant of other viewpoints and move on.

LHT
Kevin

[shadokat]

I still want to know if SDT and AE Phi Nationals say they are Jewish sororities, or if that's just chapters on campuses!! Does anyone know?

[PenguinTrax]

Neither the SDT or AEPhi web sites mention their Jewish heritage outside of the History/Founding sections of their sites.

[KarenC725]

Originally posted by PnguinTrax
Neither the SDT or AEPhi web sites mention their Jewish heritage outside of the History/Founding sections of their sites.

I checked those too. Its odd because a lot of the Hillel sites for colleges list those sororities as the "Jewish sorority".

[PenguinTrax]

Originally posted by KarenC725


I checked those too. Its odd because a lot of the Hillel sites for colleges list those sororities as the "Jewish sorority".

On those campuses the chapters could be predominantly Jewish, so as a favor to the campus the Hillel lists other 'Jewish Oriented" organizations. I know the Hillel at FSU does the same thing. I also know the AEPi and TEPhi chapters here are very diverse.

[maggieaxid]

Everyone needs to remove themselves from their high horses, get down on level ground and chill out. this is a chat room!!!! (and this includes you Rudey, who i see is fairly new to GC).

I am going to post my opinion, and honestly, don't care to much if it's not 100% PC and not what you want to hear. If you don't like it, don't read it. This is for people who just want to see what other people think or what their experiences might be.

In all honesty, i understand why it may be important to some people to have GLO's that are religion or culturly bound. It is a place for similar people with similar backgrounds to share and grow together. However, in defense of the people who think that these segragation houses are wrong, i don't think people in GLO's who are religous or culturally based should be shoving it in in the face of people who think that its not needed in the greek community. I believe that even tolerance has its limitations, and for someone to come on here and go on and on about how their GLO is specifically designed for a certain religion, even though their nationals doesnt say so, is pretty rediculous. Especially in this day and age when you can no longer discriminate on that basis and your chapter would probably end up in court if they actually promoted it that way. (just like the citadell said it was all men and they had to let a woman in, and just like the old fraternities and sororities had to institute a by-law in their national recruitment books that they could not discriminate on the basis of sex, religion, or ethnic background. And honestly, i don't think your nationals would be all to thrilled if they saw these posts telling people how you basically discriminate against all other religions.