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MIT students de-pledge Jewish sorority
BOSTON (JTA) - A Boston-area Jewish sorority has lost members who say they didn't know about the organization's Jewish orientation.
About a dozen pledges and current members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi, the nation's oldest Jewish sorority, have de-affiliated.
According to Elizabeth Katcoff, an MIT sophomore who is the sorority's vice president of recruitment, most of these young women didn't realize they were joining a Jewish sorority. They were not told about it during recruitment, she says. When chapter officials explained the sorority's history at a February meeting, the exodus occurred. The chapter is recruiting again and has a new pledge class of five students, four of whom are Jewish.
Bonnie Wunsch, the sorority's national executive director, says the sorority is open to anyone regardless of religion but is committed to its Jewish orientation. "It was accepted onto MIT to meet the needs of Jewish women on campus, and it's important that we continue to meet those needs,” she said.
About a dozen pledges and current members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology chapter of Alpha Epsilon Phi, the nation's oldest Jewish sorority, have de-affiliated.
According to Elizabeth Katcoff, an MIT sophomore who is the sorority's vice president of recruitment, most of these young women didn't realize they were joining a Jewish sorority. They were not told about it during recruitment, she says. When chapter officials explained the sorority's history at a February meeting, the exodus occurred. The chapter is recruiting again and has a new pledge class of five students, four of whom are Jewish.
Bonnie Wunsch, the sorority's national executive director, says the sorority is open to anyone regardless of religion but is committed to its Jewish orientation. "It was accepted onto MIT to meet the needs of Jewish women on campus, and it's important that we continue to meet those needs,” she said.
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