An interesting idea, but apparently not fully developed. It seems that when you try to make a 'group within a group' there is a risk of creating a niche that is so small no one feels like they belong.
Despite an attempt to set the wheels in motion for a new Greek Jewish Council, co-founder Ross Diamond said the outlook is not bright for the organization's future. "I don't think anything constructive will come out of continuing it," he said. "People just don't want to put time into it."
Interfraternity Council President Brian Bertges said he was not aware of any successful religiously affiliated groups within the greek system, or any other organizations.
Bertges said starting an organization is always difficult, and said an obstacle in the Greek Jewish Council's path might have been the Jewish organizations already in existence on campus.
Dan Hadas (freshman-economics and political science), a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 524 Locust Lane, said even though he is one of six Jewish members in his fraternity, he has no great desire to maintain Jewish ties.
"I don't really care who I am with, with respect to religious background," he said. "But if the opportunity to participate [in the council] was still there, I would take it."
