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Zeta Beta Tau
(ZBT)
Image:zbt crest.jpg
Founded December 29, 1898
City College of New York, New York, NY
Type Social
Scope National
Motto "A Powerhouse of Excellence"
Colors Medium blue and white with gold trim
Flower Gold Carnation (adopted 2004)
Chapters 80
Free label "My Brother, Here's My Hand"
Headquarters 3905 Vincennes Rd. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City College of The City University of New York (known more commonly as the City College of New York or simply City College, CCNY, or colloquially as Suite 300
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Homepage ZBT Website

Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT, brothers of which are nicknamed Zebes or Zeebs) is a historically Jewish, presently nonsectarian international fraternity. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Nonsectarian, in its most literal sense refers to a lack of Sectarianism. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood numbers over 130,000 initiated Brothers, and over 80 student chapter locations. The first verse of the fraternity song is "Here's to our fraternity. . . "

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History

Founding

The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was inspired by Dr. Richard J. H. Gottheil, a professor of languages at Columbia University and a Zionist. Richard James Horatio Gottheil (1862—1936 was an American Semitic scholar and Zionist. A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. On December 29, 1898, he formed a Zionist youth society with a group of Jewish students from several New York City universities. The City of New York

The society was called Z. B. T. , the meaning of which is revealed in the fraternity's ritual. In 1998, the meaning of Z. B. T. was announced to the world. The society Z. B. T. , referred to the first letters in the Hebrew phrase "Zion Bemishpat Tipadeh", which translated means "Zion shall be redeemed with justice". This is taken from Isaiah 1:27 - "Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness. The Book of Isaiah ( Hebrew: Sefer Y'sha'yah ספר ישעיה is a book of the Bible traditionally attributed to the Prophet Isaiah, who lived " ZBT has interpreted Isaiah's prophecy to mean in its ritual that "All Men Are Brothers". Isaiah (; Greek:, Ēsaiās; Arabic: اشعیاء, Ash-ee-yaa; "Salvation of/is YHWH " is Prophecy, generally describes the disclosing of Information that is not known to the Prophet by any ordinary means A ritual is a set of actions often thought to have Symbolic value the performance of which is usually prescribed by a Religion or by the Traditions At the time Jews were not allowed to join other fraternities due to anti-semitism, thus there was a need for an exclusively Jewish Greek letter fraternity. In 1903 Z. B. T. formally became Zeta Beta Tau and its purpose shifted away from that of a Zionist youth organization as other Zionist organizations grew in prominence. The original Hebrew meaning of Z. B. T. is not esoteric. It was publicly revealed in the official written history of Zeta Beta Tau, Here's to Our Fraternity: One Hundred Years of Zeta Beta Tau, 1898-1998, by Marianne Rachel Sanua. [1] The word "judgment" is sometimes translated as "justice". [2]

Zeta Beta Tau expanded rapidly. By 1909, it had established 13 Chapters throughout the Northeast and a 14th at Tulane University at New Orleans, thereby taking on a truly national dimension. Tulane University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1913, it established its first Canadian Chapter at McGill University in Montreal. Five years later, it founded its first West Coast Chapter at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly At the 1954 National Convention, the delegates amended Zeta Beta Tau's Constitution, ritual and internal procedures both in theory and in practice to eliminate sectarianism as a qualification for membership. [3]

Today, the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood is some 130,000 Brothers strong, and ZBT Chapters and Colonies are established at over 80 campus locations. Through good times and bad, ZBT has been in the forefront in pioneering new concepts - as evidenced by its very founding, its elimination of sectarian membership practices, its acceptance of mergers, its elimination of pledging, and its ability to solve enormous problems when others abandoned the effort.

Merging with other fraternities

The Zeta Beta Tau of today is the result of a merger with four other national fraternities, more than any other North-American Interfraternity Conference fraternity. Membership requirements Member The NIC membership requirements are detailed in the By-Laws of the North-American Interfraternity Conference In 1959, Phi Alpha merged into Phi Sigma Delta. In 1961 Kappa Nu merged into Phi Epsilon Pi. In 1969-70, Phi Sigma Delta and Phi Epsilon Pi merged into Zeta Beta Tau.

Pledging abolished

Zeta Beta Tau was also one of the first National fraternities to abolish the institution of pledging in 1989 as a way to combat and eliminate hazing. [4] This change was not new to the world of fraternities, as in 1971 Lambda Chi Alpha became the first North-American Interfraternity Conference (NAIC) fraternity to eliminate pledging, by replacing the process with an "Associated Membership" process. Lambda Chi Alpha ( ΛΧΑ) headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana, is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC and one of the largest Membership requirements Member The NIC membership requirements are detailed in the By-Laws of the North-American Interfraternity Conference Lambda Chi Alpha paved the way for Zeta Beta Tau in taking the first steps to offer a completely equal brotherhood experience. Zeta Beta Tau's decision to get rid of pledging did not involve an associate membership process however. Once a brother joins the fraternity he will receive all rights and responsibilities as the rest of the chapter, and shall be eligible for any position within the chapter regardless of how long he has been a brother. Sigma Phi Epsilon would soon follow with a somewhat similar plan in 1991. ΣΦΕ ( Sigma Phi Epsilon) commonly Nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social fraternity for male College students in the

Semi-Annual Brotherhood Review Vote

In conjunction with the 1989 abolishment of pledging, ZBT National instituted a very progressive concept in fraternities then and now, the S. B. R. V. (Semi-Annual Brotherhood Review Vote). ZBT National mandates that all Chapters, twice a year (once a semester) have a vote to see who, if anyone, should be removed from membership within a Chapter. All brothers participate in, and are subject to, the anonymous vote, which are tallied by the Brotherhood Development Director. [5] If a brother does not receive a simple majority of supportive votes, he is kicked out of the fraternity. What makes this policy so different from all other NAIC fraternities is that ZBT does not consider you to be a brother for life once initiated, as any brother has the possibility of being voted out during his college career. Also unique to Zeta Beta Tau is the fact that a former ZBT brother who has been voted out by the Semi-Annual Brotherhood Review Vote may request an unconditional release from ZBT National, and if granted, may join another NAIC fraternity.

Notable Alumni

Academia

Business/Philanthropy

Civil service

Arts/Entertainment

Media/Literature

Sports

Chapters

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The following is a list of campuses with chapters and colonies currently recognized by the Zeta Beta Tau national fraternity.

References

  1. ^ ZBT Centennial History Book. Adelphi University is a private Nonsectarian university located in Garden City, in Nassau County New York. The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a Land-grant and space-grant public institution Arkansas Tech University is a mid sized state supported collegiate institution located in Russellville Arkansas. Bernard M Baruch College, known more commonly as Baruch College is a Public university and one of the constituent colleges comprising the City University The State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton or Binghamton University is one of the four university centers in New York State’s system of For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Brandeis University is a private research University with a Liberal arts focus located in Waltham Massachusetts, United States. Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn New York. Buffalo State College, often referred to colloquially as Buff State, is a public Liberal arts college in Buffalo New York and is part of the California State University Long Beach (also known as Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach State, CSU Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU California State University Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits California State University San Marcos (also CSUSM or Cal State San Marcos) is a campus of the California State University (CSU system located in The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus The University of Colorado at Boulder ( CU-Boulder, UCB officially Colorado and CU colloquially is the Flagship University Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. The University of Connecticut ( Connecticut or UConn) is the State of Connecticut 's Land-grant university. The University of Delaware ( UD) is the largest University in the U The University of Denver ( DU) founded in 1864 is the oldest private University in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania is a public University located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County, Fairleigh Dickinson University is an American Private university founded in 1942 The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee Gannon University is a private, Roman Catholic university located in Erie Pennsylvania. The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, or Tech, is a public, Coeducational Research university in The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D The University of Hartford, often called UHA or UHart, was founded in 1877 and is a private independent and nonsectarian Hofstra University is a private Nonsectarian, Coeducational institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead and the hamlet of Uniondale This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Lynn University ( LU) is a private non-profit University in Boca Raton Florida, founded in 1962 Lyon College is an independent residential co-educational undergraduate liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research The University of Massachusetts Amherst (otherwise known as UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, or UMass) is a research and Land-grant university in The University of Memphis is an American public Research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida, UM, or just The U) is a private non-sectarian University founded in 1925 The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research Monmouth College is a four-year Coeducational private liberal arts college located in Monmouth Illinois, United States. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. Pace University is a private, Co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus University in the New York metropolitan area with campuses The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn) is a private University located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant, space grant public research University The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a non-sectarian coeducational independent state-related, "public" research University Ramapo College of New Jersey is a public Liberal arts and professional studies institution of the New Jersey system of higher education The University of Rhode Island, commonly abbreviated as URI, is the principal public research university in the State of Rhode Island, with its main campus in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, is a Nonsectarian private Research University located in Troy, New York The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey located in Pomona New Jersey an hour from Philadelphia and 20 minutes from Atlantic City is a public liberal arts and professional studies Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey History Established on March 13 1897 San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School intended to educate local future female elementary school teachers The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The University of South Florida ( USF) known within its system as USF Tampa, is a public research University system located in Tampa, Florida Stephen F Austin State University (commonly SFA) is a Public university located in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. The State University of New York at Oswego, also known as SUNY Oswego and Oswego State, was founded in 1861 as Oswego Normal School by Edward Austin The State University of New York at Plattsburgh (also known as SUNY Plattsburgh or Plattsburgh State) is a four-year public Liberal arts college in State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York Syracuse University (SU is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. Towson University, often referred to as TU or simply Towson for short is an American Public university located in Towson in Tulane University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Vanderbilt University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in Nashville, Tennessee, The University of Virginia (also called UVa, UVA, Mr Jefferson's University, or The University) is a highly selective public research See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Western Connecticut State University ( Western, WestConn or WCSU) is a public University in Danbury, Connecticut. York College of The City University of New York is one of several senior colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY system Retrieved on March 4, 2008. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
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  3. ^ ZBT Bax Chapter. Retrieved on November 19, 2007. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
  4. ^ ZBT History. Retrieved on August 11, 2006. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  5. ^ Chapter Officers Responsibilities. Retrieved on March 4, 2008. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
  6. ^ Stanley Marcus. Minding the Store: A Memoir (1974), p. 24

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