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12-13-2008, 04:51 PM
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Two defunct Jewish sororities
No, no, nothing to do with Iota Alpha Pi!
1. Pi Alpha Tau was a small Jewish sorority in existence from 1920- 1950.
Chapters included Hunter College, N.Y.U., Albany, Saint Lawrence, Wisconsin, New Jersey Law, Syracuse.
(There were a few others.)
It was mentioned in several Jewish publications until the mid 1940s.
2. Iota Phi sorority has a photo in a history of Portland, ME's Jewish community. I have seen badges for this sorority on ebay, a certain online pin store, and a local antique store. The history book classifies this group as a high school sorority.
If anyone knows anything else about either of these groups, chime in...
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12-13-2008, 07:36 PM
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Click on the link, and go to Page 13 and 14 for Jewish Sororities and Fraternities
http://books.google.com/books?id=1u0...ewish#PPA14,M1
I didn't know anything about Iota Phi, though.
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12-13-2008, 11:37 PM
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Click on the link, and go to Page 13 and 14 for Jewish Sororities and Fraternities
http://books.google.com/books?id=1u0...ewish#PPA14,M1
I didn't know anything about Iota Phi, though.
THANK YOU BENZGIRL for the link. Very interesting imformation about Jewish Greeks. FYI....The author, Marianne Rachel Sanua wrote ZBT's Centennial Book..." Here's To Our Fraternity" and was one of several keynote speakers at our Centennial Conference in 1998.
ZBT:" Inspiring Today's College Men To Become Leaders Of Tomorrow."
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12-14-2008, 12:12 AM
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I spent one enitre afternoon reading what I could online. Would love to have a copy of the book; it is SO interesting.
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12-14-2008, 12:35 AM
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I spent one enitre afternoon reading what I could online. Would love to have a copy of the book; it is SO interesting
BENZGIRL....I found the link of Amazon.com for you.....
http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Our-Frat.../dp/0874518792
I hope this helps.
ZBT:"Inspiring Today's College Men To Become Leaders Of Tomorrow."
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12-14-2008, 12:39 AM
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Wow! That book is something. Going to have to get a copy.
Syracuse 1950 yearbook has a Pi Alpha Tau page. NYU does too. I requested a of the NYU pages. Can't believe they faded away into GLO obscurity.
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12-14-2008, 02:46 PM
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Nice book but it claims that Tau Delta Phi ceased operations in 1973, which would be a shock to it's members, as it continues as I speak.
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12-14-2008, 05:11 PM
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Interesting book. It does focus almost entirely on Jewish fraternities; sororities are little more than a footnote.
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12-15-2008, 02:53 PM
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Nice book but it claims that Tau Delta Phi ceased operations in 1973, which would be a shock to it's members, as it continues as I speak.
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Baird's manual of college fraternities (1990 printing) mistakenly has them as defunct as well but then shows them as active NIC. i think there was some misinformation floating around!
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12-23-2008, 10:46 PM
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It has Phi Sigma Sigma as a Jewish sorority. But in fact we are not. Our founders were Jewish, but we are founded on secular beliefs.
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12-27-2008, 10:07 AM
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It has Phi Sigma Sigma as a Jewish sorority. But in fact we are not. Our founders were Jewish, but we are founded on secular beliefs.
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Us to but in those days eve tho we were secular, Jewish women were predominantly the ones who joined. Take a look at any alumnae directory for your org - it wasn't until the 1970s we started to see truly diverse membership.
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My name is Pete Sasso. I am the national vice president for Tau Delta Phi Fraternity. Tau Delta Phi is active within the NIC and is headquartered in Manhattan. We currently have a number of active chapters, interest groups, and colonies in 5 different states across the East Coast. If you have any questions please visit www.taudelt.net or e-mail me at PSasso@taudelt.net.
The 1990 Baird's Manual does have us being inactive as a misprint. We were in the NIC in 1990. That still haunts us from time to time.
Also, just for a fact... Tau Delta Phi is nor longer Jewish. We are currently a Jewish heritage fraternity as we became non-sectarian in 1932. Tau Delta Phi was ethnically Jewish, not religiously Jewish when we were founded in 1910. Our earliest members were ethnically Jewish but were from all different religious background. For some reason, we are many times grouped with the Jewish fraternities when were never truly were. This also haunts us from time to time.
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My name is Pete Sasso. I am the national vice president for Tau Delta Phi Fraternity. Tau Delta Phi is active within the NIC and is headquartered in Manhattan. We currently have a number of active chapters, interest groups, and colonies in 5 different states across the East Coast. If you have any questions please visit www.taudelt.net or e-mail me at PSasso@taudelt.net.
The 1990 Baird's Manual does have us being inactive as a misprint. We were in the NIC in 1990. That still haunts us from time to time.
Also, just for a fact... Tau Delta Phi is nor longer Jewish. We are currently a Jewish heritage fraternity as we became non-sectarian in 1932. Tau Delta Phi was ethnically Jewish, not religiously Jewish when we were founded in 1910. Our earliest members were ethnically Jewish but were from all different religious background. For some reason, we are many times grouped with the Jewish fraternities when were never truly were. This also haunts us from time to time.
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Where are your active chapters and colonies? The website doesn't seem to have that info.
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12-31-2008, 06:57 PM
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I have in my notes that Tau Delta Phi was at Ohio State from 1926-1931, and they were dental students. As Pete indicated, they were predominately Jewish.
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Tau Delta Phi also had a chapter at University of Illinois, at least through sometime in the early 70s. My dad is an alum of that chapter. (As was a former boss of mine at the first newspaper I worked at - go figure. He pledged the semester after my dad graduated)
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