Zeta Beta Tau

Officer Webinar: Introducing ZBT’s New Brother Experience
2025-08-20 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
ZBT is launching a new four-week educational experience for first-semester brothers. As part of a revamp of THE JOURNEY, this onboarding program provides structure, critical education on key Fraternity concepts, and flexibility for local chapter traditions and content. Learn how to implement this program in your chapter starting this fall! Register here.

2025 International Convention
2025-07-31 15:00 - 2025-08-02 22:00 (America/New_York) | New Orleans Marriott, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
2025 International Convention will be from July 31 to Aug. 2 in New Orleans. This is the Fraternity’s 113th convention and it serves as a time for both education and governance of the Fraternity for the upcoming year. Stay tuned for specific times, locations and activities.
Educational programming at International Convention is made possible in part by the generous support of the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation. Learn how you can support the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation at zbtfoundation.org!

Alumni Event: Chicago
2025-07-01 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Games, food and drink at Puttshack Oakbrook, Puttshack, Oakbrook Center 1828, Oak Brook, IL 60523. Moved to July 1 from original June date.

Questions or concerns can be sent to our email, zbtchicagolandalumni@gmail.com

Alumni Event: NYC Midtown Happy Hour
2025-06-26 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Announcing our next event: Happy Hour at American Whiskey. We are excited to celebrate brotherhood and connect fellow ZBTs!
RSVP

When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26.
Where: American Whiskey, 247 W 30th St, New York, NY 10001.
Who: Alumni brothers who live and work in the New York area regardless of generation, alma mater or chapter of initiation.

RSVP: Please help us get a good head count with your response. Brothers are responsible for their own food and drink orders.

Alumni Event: SoCal Happy Hour
2025-06-18 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join the Zeta Beta Tau Southern California Alumni Association for our first Happy Hour — reconnect, reminisce, and meet brothers from chapters nationwide.
📍 The Nickel Mine, 11363 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025
📅 Tuesday, June 18
🕕 6:00 PM Pacific
RSVP

Officer Summits
2025-05-18 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
BDD Summit
Attendees will take a deep-dive into THE JOURNEY, auditing and discussing each element carefully and providing feedback toward a pending overhaul of the program. Click here to sign up.
Recruitment Director Summit
Attendees will discuss overall growth strategies and tactics, hone event planning skills, review chapter-specific growth data, and learn marketing tips and tricks. Click here to sign up.
For questions on either event, contact Kristin Fouts at kfouts@zbtnational.org.

Yom Haatzmaut
2025-05-01
Yom Haatzmaut is Israel Independence Day, celebrated by Jews worldwide. Fifty years prior to the establishment of the Israeli state in 1948, ZBT’s founders formed a student organization supporting Zionism, the movement supporting statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland of Israel. Today, ZBT is still proud to support Israel and Zionism.

Advisor Connect
2025-04-29 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-03-25 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-02-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-01-28 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom
ZBT International Headquarters will be hosting an advisor connect to provide updates, connect brothers to other advisors, answer any questions and address any concerns. If you are a Chapter Advisor and interested in joining, contact Jonathan Levin at jlevin@zbtnational.org to receive the Zoom link.

Yom HaShoah
2025-04-24
The State of Israel remembers the 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust on YomHaShoah, and it has become a day commemorated by Jewish communities and individuals worldwide. ZBT chapters are encouraged to perform the Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony in ZBT’s Gold Book ritual guide or take part in a campus Holocaust vigil.

April Webinar: Alumni Engagement Best Practices
2025-04-23 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Keeping chapter and local alumni updated about chapter business and events can be easier said than done. Attendees will hear best practices from a chapter that does it well, as well as alumni who have tips for engaging graduates who are in different stages of life. April 23. Register here.

Passover
2025-04-12 19:00 - 2025-04-20 19:00 (America/New_York)
More widely observed than any other holiday, Passover celebrates the exodus of the Israelites and redemption after 400 years of Egyptian slavery. It is a week-long major Jewish holiday. During this week, it is tradition to avoid breads made with yeast to recreate the experience of passing over Egypt. Leavened bread was forbidden during the exodus since the Jews were in a hurry to leave. Today, matzo bread, similar to a cracker, is substituted.

March Webinar: Utilizing CrowdChange
2025-03-26 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Did you know cash apps like Venmo and PayPal are prohibited for chapter use? CrowdChange (zbt.crowdchange.co) is ZBT’s recommended fundraising platform that allows you to take your philanthropy efforts to the next level while staying safe. March 26. Register here.

ZBT Career Fair (Virtual)
2025-03-26 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Please join us for a Zeta Beta Tau brothers-only ZBT Career Fair. This virtual career fair will provide opportunities for brothers of ZBT to interact with alumni and alumni-sponsored jobs, learn more about networking, resume-building and more. This is a great opportunity to hear directly from alumni about their experiences in specific fields. Sign up for the fair on March 26 and be part of this Brotherhood for a Lifetime event!
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Israel Now: Survivor Stories
2025-03-23 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Israel Now invites all ZBT Brothers to engage in important conversations about Israel through real-life storytelling and meaningful narratives from inspiring speakers, highlighting our fraternity’s deep connection to Israel. As the world’s first Jewish Fraternity, ZBT has a responsibility to educate our brothers on Israel, its culture and its people.
REGISTER

Roger Williams Day
2025-03-22
On March 22 every year, Zeta Beta Tau proudly celebrates the life and legacy of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island who was committed to religious freedom and equality. Williams is a central theologian who was dedicated to the principles of religious freedom and equality for all. ZBT chapters are encouraged to host an educational event such as a panel discussion with different ethnicities and religions, performing community service at a place of worship or bringing a speaker to campus.
Learn more.

Purim
2025-03-13 17:00 - 2025-03-14 17:00 (America/New_York)
Purim is a festive celebration of good triumphing over evil, centering around the Jewish people being saved by Queen Esther when the evil Haman wanted to kill all Jews in Persia. Many people dress up in costume. Synagogues and communities hold plays and festivals. Food and gifts abound.

Zeta Beta Tau Foundation scholarship application deadline
2025-02-28 23:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York)
See full details at Scholarships – Zeta Beta Tau.

February Webinar: All About Plaid
2025-02-26 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Did you know ZBT offers FREE leadership training and personal development resources in myZBT? Learn about modules and other useful content that’s behind that “Plaid” tab you’ve seen in your dashboard. There’s something for every brother! February 26. Register here.

Regional Officer Institute: Atlanta
2025-02-23 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Details on all four ROI sessions can be found here: Regional Officer Institutes

Regional Officer Institute: Chicago
2025-02-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Regional Officer Institute: Washington, D.C.
2025-02-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
2025-01-29
The United Nations has designated January 27 — the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. U.N. member states are urged to honor the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism.

Regional Officer Institues: Phoenix
2025-01-26 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

Virtual Officer Institute
2025-01-19 12:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
Officer Institutes support student-leaders of all ZBT chapters serving in leadership roles are hosted early each year.
VOI sessions will be offered at two times on the same day. Check this page for more information.
Registration will be in myZBT.

James E. Greer, Jr. Presidents’ Leadership Academy
2025-01-10 17:00 - 2025-01-12 12:30 (America/New_York)
The James E. Greer, Jr. Presidents’ Leadership Academy is one of the Fraternity’s premiere leadership programs. The program is intended to be an intensive leadership development program that challenges brothers to create positive change in their chapters and communities by equipping them with the necessary tools and skills.
Registration is open in myZBT. See full program details here.
This program is made possible in part by the generous support of the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation. To learn more about your Foundation, please visit zbtfoundation.org.

Founders Day
2024-12-29
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity was inspired by Richard J. H. Gottheil, a professor of languages at Columbia University and a leader in the early American Zionist movement. On December 29, 1898, Professor Gottheil gathered a group of Jewish students from several New York City universities to form a Zionist youth society. The society was called Z.B.T. Just more
than 125 years later, Zeta Beta Tau is proud to be the world’s oldest and largest Jewish fraternity.

ZBT History
ZBT Founders

Hanukkah
2024-12-25 17:00 - 2024-12-31 17:00 (America/New_York)
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights. This eight-day holiday celebrates when the Jewish people reclaimed the Holy Temple, having found oil supposed to only last one day that miraculously lasted eight days. Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday from the perspective of Jewish tradition, its importance is often magnified due to its proximity to other major December
celebrations.
