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Fraternities noted "undergraduates of different faiths" or rumored as a Protestant, aCatholic and a Jew. 61In 1898, fourteen students at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York cametogether and founded the ZBT Fraternity. As mentioned early, the Viennese Kadimafraternity served as early inspiration for the men of ZBT. Zeta Beta Tau founded underthe direction of Dr. Richard J. Gottheil, the then president of the Federation of AmericanZionists (ZOA). While recruiting for the movement, Gottheil began to take notice of hiswell-educated, American born or raised, fluent-English speaking Jewish students. 62 Hepresented his students with a proposition, the creation of Zionist group. The dualcurriculumseminary students by morning and Columbia, City College or NYU studentsby evening, accepted their beloved professor's offer. Another professor, Rabbi BernardDrachtman, who served as the boys Bible instructor, chose the name. 63 The studentschose the colors blue and white as their fraternity colors, and the Star of David as theiremblem. 64 Unlike the Greek letter fraternities, ZBT found the origin of its name inHebrew, and it stood for במשפט תיפדה'‏ zion‏–ציון bmishpat tipadeh,' a passage from Isaiah1:27 which translates as 'Zion shall be redeemed through justice.' 65 As its name suggests,the constitution and ritual of the fraternity were deeply Jewish and focused on Zionistideals. 66 In addition to Jewish icons, they adopted modern and biblical Hebrew for thetitles of the members of their governing board and their judicial system. The Nasi served61 Sanua, 4962 Sanua, Here's To Our Fraternity, 1063 Sanua, Here's To Our Fraternity, 1164 Sanua, Here's To Our Fraternity, 1265 Sanua, Here's To Our Fraternity, 166 Sanua, 4816