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Fraternity life comes to Israel
Stacey Maltin
Published: 26.06.09, 08:24
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1. Fraternities. Ycch. Olaf Hage of Maine has a lecture on
Rivkah   (06.26.09)
the fraternities that shows how black they are. The big thing for frat rats to do nowadays is to invite women to a fraternity party, drug their drinks, then have another set of fraternity brothers the women did not see at the party, come in and rape them while unconscious. Then when the assaults are reported, the DNA in the women cannot be connected to anyone they remember at the party. That is likely what happened to the Black woman who says she was gang raped by Duke University LaCrosse team members. She said she normally only had sex with her boyfriend, but there was DNA from many men inside her from the hospital exam. But none of the DNA matched the LaCrosse players she remembered at the party. Even the District Attorney Paul Nifong lost his law license on that case, as well as getting fired. The mystery is solved by considering what happens when college boys cover each other's dirty deeds. Fraternity houses do no belong in Israel because of the evil they perpetuate in the attacks on women as a sort of sport.
2. Frat boys
Meir ,   Arad   (06.26.09)
Israel doesnt need more homosexuals. The bridge between Jews from Israel and the rest of the world is very strong. The differences between Israelis and Jews in Israel and the rest of the world are unbridgeable.
3. Not all frats are like that, Rivka
Chaiya ,   Israel   (06.26.09)
And I am sure that this frat will not be like that!
4. hey knucklehead - this is what we're doing!
Avishay Perez ,   Holon, Israel   (06.26.09)
Bridging the gap is exactly what we are doing - so knuckleheads such as yourself are left aside in envy.
5. I go to IDC-You got to be kidding me
David ,   USA-NY   (06.26.09)
These kids have it all wrong. Bringing fraternity to Israel and the IDC for the purpose of promoting Judaism is absurd. These kids at the intl' school of IDC should connect themselves more to Israel through volunteer work and other social causes. It is most important to get in touch with Israel as a country so that they can better represent her abroad. If they are looking for an American college to promote binge drinking and social climbing then this is not a place for them to be. This is ISRAEL.. This undermines the whole point of connection Jews who live abroad to the land of Israel. Let us hope that these young kids will mature fast enough to wear their heads on their shoulders. Leaders of the future my tuchas!
6. Rivkah, Please Watch The Libel
Brother ,   Canada   (06.26.09)
Rivkah, your untrue and downright libellous statements have no place on a major newspaper's website. Can you please prove that fraternities are drugging women and having other men rape them? The other stripper working the night of the Duke lacrosse incident said she was never away from the "victim" for more than 5 minutes, and was incredulous when she made the claim. Your vicious claim is counterproductive to the charity and community service meaningful organizations such as Alpha Epsilon Pi stand for, and I would hope others won't mistaken your bigotry as fact.
7. Proud to be a Pi!!!!
U ,   Oregon, USA   (06.26.09)
Congrats brothers, welcome to the best family. All you ignorant haters, you will never get it.
8. 6 Canada: Go to www.petragrail@yahoo.com or
Rivkah   (06.26.09)
Google Olaf Hage of Maine and purchase the lecture on college fraternities. It is shocking. Most college and university police and city police will not charge fraternity brothers or athletes with rape because the DNA will not match up because of the switch in players after drugging the female (s). You should be ashamed to admit you are affiliated with a filthy college fraternity. Ycch.
9. Too bad
Alison ,   New York USA   (06.26.09)
Too bad Israelis are trying to immitate all the bad aspects of American life.
10. You are all missing the point.
Downunder Thunder ,   Australia   (06.26.09)
Israel is all about pioneering, adapting and getting ahead of the pack. We take things from all over the world and have the capacity to israelify it and in alot of cases even improve it! Israel is now the first Country in the middle east to have a fraternity! and be assured, this will not be some movie imitation because we all know it wont work. Before you keyboard warriors make a comment, take a step back and look at yourselves. when was the last time you actually made a REAL difference in Israel?
11. I am confused will they be call greek or Israely
ghostq   (06.28.09)
12. This is an academic frat
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (06.28.09)
Big difference between animal house type party frats. Academic frats are also co-ed and helpful in international job hunting. I hope nobody will start whining about Greek letters, but I am sure that some of the fundamentalists (and I don't mean the Moslem ones) will.
13. Two years later....
Scrivener ,   Herzliya, Israel   (04.03.11)
30 Brothers initiated, over a dozen events run, over 10,000 shekels raised for philanthropy, 600 regular supporters on facebook, and a legacy of solidarity, cohesiveness, and promotion of integration and collegiate unity on campus. Sounds pretty good to me.
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