New Executive Board Members Elected!

Recently, the Alpha Pi chapter elected 4 new outstanding brothers to Executive Board. These young men will proudly serve the chapter come spring semester. Congratulations to the following brothers.

Rush Chairman - Ron Mentel

Brother-at-Large - Troy Taroff

Social Chair - Dylan Isadore

We look forward to another successful semester ahead!

Congratulations to the Gamma Triton pledge class!

This past week, the newest pledge class, Gamma Triton, became brothers of the Alpha Pi chapter at the traditional ritual held at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house. These 20 outstanding gentlemen were successfully guided through the pledge program by pledgemaster Yosef McIntosh. Congratulations to these new brothers!

-Cory Josephs
-Aaron Sherman
-Alex Winokur
-Taylor Antosiewicz
-Neal Kayastha
-Lawrence Watling
-Marc Blumenthal
-Cody Goldstein
-Jordan Cohen
-Eliezer Rosenberg
-Gaffney Pierre
-Dan Vessal
-Noah Goren
-Brian Greenblatt
-Dan Sommer
-Eric Getzoff
-Adam Solomon
-Brett Riley
-Aaron Walinsky
-Mike Hall

Alpha Pi Block Cleanup

This past weekend, the brother of the Alpha Pi chapter joined together to give back to the Philadelphia community. Brothers aided local authorities in sweeping and cleaning a block of Carlise Street. Mutual helpfulness is one of the values held highest for Alpha Epsilon Pi and we're always trying to give back to the community in any way possible!

AEPi Police Appreciation Night

This past Tuesday, The Alpha Pi chapter gave back to the Temple University and Philadelphia Police Departments for all their hard work. Brothers brought donuts and coffee out to officers on duty and several boxes to the police station. Both Temple and Philadelphia Police play such a vital role in keeping students safe, it's only right to give back a little bit. To all the officers, thank you from the brothers of the Alpha Pi chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity!

A Great New Year Ahead And September Birthdays!

Another school year is here upon us and what is going to be another incredible year for the Alpha Pi chapter!

Happy birthday to the following brothers!

- Dave Silver turns 20 on Sept. 1st

-Randy Kravitz turns 20 on Sept. 2nd

-Brian Engle turns 23 on Sept. 29th

Once again, happy birthday brothers and we look forward to another great year here at the Alpha Pi chapter at Temple University!

Alpha Pi Chapter Wins IFC Chapter of the Year!

We're proud to announce that the Alpha Pi chapter was awarded the Temple University Interfraternal Council Chapter of the Year award for the 2010-2011 academic year. It was an incredible year for the chapter and our presence grew even more throughout campus. With this recognition, Alpha Pi secures itself as the top fraternity here at Temple University. Thanks to everyone for making it a successful and award winning year!

Busy Times At Alpha Pi

It's been a busy and exciting few weeks here at Temple University. As the school year comes to a close, the men of the Alpha Pi chapter have been busier than ever.

Recently, Temple University, in conjunction with the Temple University Greek Association, held it's annual Greek Week. With events ranging from a block party to greek olympics, the Alpha Pi chapter had an amazing showing. We were proud to take home 3rd place overall!

Over the past few months, brothers Gavi Cohen and Nate Rosen have been working hard to put together a Holocaust Remembrance event. Last Wednesday, the culmination of their efforts came together for an incredible event held at the Hillel Center here on campus. The night included two incredible speakers, Anthony Morrone and Sarita Russ Gocial. Mr. Morrone was a United States soldier who was among the first to liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. He was gracious enough to share his experience and remind us all of the horrific events that took place. Sarita Russ Gocial is a child of two Holocaust survivors. She has held many positions with various local and international organizations. For the past five years she has been Chair of Philadelphia’s Annual Memorial Ceremony for the Six Million Jewish Martyrs. This event was initiated by the Survivor community of Philadelphia in 1964 with the dedication of the Monument to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs; the first monument to the Six Million in the United States. Nate and Gavi did an amazing job and the event was a great experience as wel as a reminder that we can never forget the horrors of the Holocaust.

This past Sunday, Alpha Pi held it's annual Parenthood Day at the house. This great event allowed parents to come out and see the wonderful house and meet the brothers. Featuring a beautiful catered lunch and a video presentation, a great time was had by all!

New Executive Board

Two weeks ago, the Alpha Pi chapter held elections to appoint the new Executive Board for the 2011-2012 year. Over the past year, the chapter grew by leaps and bounds and saw one of our best years to date. A special thank you goes out to the Executive Board of this past year for helping the chapter achieve such a great year. With the new board of leaders, there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the Alpha Pi chapter will only continue to grow and will have another incredible year.

Executive Board 2011-2012

Master - Scott Rosnov

Lt. Master - Alex Scott Mandel

Exchequer - J Maxwell Kenion

Rush Chairman Fall 2011 - Ryan Josephs

Pledgemaster Fall 2011 - Yosef McIntosh

House Manager - Steven Wiseman

Scribe - Michael Small

Brother at Large - Taylor Forlano

Social Chair - Dave Silver

Sentinel - Alex Gionet

Congratulations and here's to an incredible year!

Last night at the AEPi house, our newest pledge class was initiated as brothers of the Alpha Pi chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity where they underwent the traditional ritual ceremony. These eight gentlemen grew to be rightful brothers with the help of Pledge Master Alex Scott Mandel and Assistant Pledge Masters Mike Small, Yosef McIntosh, and Dave Silver. Congratulations to the following new brothers...

• Marc Bennett
• Matthew Brenner
• Andrew Mermelstein
• Jeff Miller
• Jake Blady
• Lou Ashodian
• Yoshua Freed
• Ron MenTel

April Birthdays!

-Andrew Saltzman turns 22 on the 4th

-Alex Mandel turns 22 on the 6th

-Rob Farber turns 21 on the 6th

-Corey Feldman turns 19 on the 9th

-Alex Scott Mandel turns 20 on the 11th

-Evan Krieg turns 22 on the 14th

-Jonathan Kriner turns 22 on the 15th

-Dave Paley turns 21 on the 16th

-Brandon Blum turns 19 on the 27th

-Alex Shelow turns 22 on the 29th

Happy birthday to all the bros!

Purim Time!

Jewish holidays in Alpha Epsilon Pi are always something that our brothers look forward to! The most recent holiday of Purim was one of celebration and togetherness within the Alpha Pi house on broad street! Last night Temple Universities Chabad Rabbi, Baruch Kantor, came over to the house for the reading of the Megillah and to help our brothers celebrate the holiday right! Brothers from the chapter gathered around the rabbi while snacking on bagels and hamantash while we took part in the Jewish readings together!

Brother Taylor Forlano's Bar Mitzvah!!

Saturday morning, March 19th, Sophomore brother Taylor J. Forlano took a large step into identifying his Jewish roots by becoming a Bar Mitzvah at the Edward H. Rosen Hillel Center for Jewish Life at Temple University. The service was ran by Rabbinical Intern Jessica Shimberg and was a delight for all of the brothers of the Alpha Pi Chapter and for Taylor's family members who were in attendance. Taylor looks forward to continuing his Jewish studies!

Alpha Pi's 55th Anniversary!

Today marks the 55th Anniversary of our beloved Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi! Through the years of our chapter we have rushed such wonderful young Jewish men and helped them find their ways into the ranks of the brotherhood of Alpha Epsilon Pi. Currently our chapter has 72 active brothers and is going strong. We are on top of the race for chapter of the year on Temple University's Campus, have the largest house on campus, great alumni relations and obviously we have the strongest brotherhood bond! Tonight after our brotherhood meeting we had a small birthday celebration for the Alpha Pi Chapter! We look forward to progressing this great brotherhood for another 55 plus years!

Above is a small clip from the birthday celebration!

March Birthdays!!!

• Ben Nadell turned 22 on the 9th
• Steve Brecher turned 22 on the 10th
• Addison Levitt turned 22 on the 11th
• Sean Rapp will be turning 22 on the 17th
• Geoffrey Allen will be turning 20 on the 17th
• Brad Feldman will be turning 20 on the 20th
• J Maxwell Kenion will be turning 21 on the 28th
• Yoseph Mcintosh will be turning 20 on the 29th

Happy Birthday Bros!

Brothers From AEPi Canada Visiting!

This past Sunday, the Alpha Pi Chapter opened up our house to the brothers of the Eta Theta Chapter from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada who were on a road trip. It was very exciting to have brothers from a chapter in another country over our house! The Alpha Pi Chapter is always there to support our brothers if they need a place to crash for the night.

AEPi Mid-Atlantic Conclave in Virginia Tech

From Friday the 18th to Sunday the 20th, 20 brothers of the Alpha Pi Chapter took the drive down to Virginia Tech University for the mid-atlantic conclave. The Sigma Alpha Chapter at Virginia Tech hosted its first conclave ever and it was an extreme success. Brothers from all over the east coast were in attendance! During the weekend, two current brothers Alex Gionet and Brandon Cohen both taught executive board classes to other AEPi brothers from other chapters. The brothers from the Alpha Pi Chapter really go a lot out of this experience and are ready to share what they learned during the weekend with the other brothers in the chapter.

Intramural Basketball!

The Alpha Pi basketball team played our first playoff game Tuesday night! Although we did not come through with the victory we played extremely hard and are very excited for the rest of the spring Intramurals!

Valentines Day Candy Grams!

In the weeks approaching Valentines day, brothers from the chapter set up a Philanthropy to sell candy grams to students on Temple University's Campus who have a crush or loved one they wanted to express their feelings to! All of the profits from this event are going to Sharsheret which is a national non-profit organization of cancer survivors dedicated to addressing the challenges facing young Jewish women living with breast cancer. You can visit the web site here to see more information!

Beta Triton Pledge Class!

Sunday February 13th, after under going the ritual ceremony at the house, the Beta Triton Pledge Class was initiated as pledges of the Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. These 8 quality young men seek entrance into our brotherhood. Pledge Master Alex Scott Mandel is ready to guide the Beta Tritons though this process!

RUSH Shabbat Dinner!

This past Friday, the local Chabad Rabbi helped host a wonderful Shabbat dinner with brothers from the chapter and spring 2011 Rushes! The dinner was great! The Alpha Pi Chapter thanks Chabad and the other alumni who helped fund this dinner!

Alpha Pi's 1986 Re-Founding Fathers and Alumni Event

Saturday afternoon the Alpha Pi Chapter may have held the most memorable event of the year at the house. The re-founding fathers of the Alpha Pi Chapter and other alumni came by to reunite with each other and the current brothers of the chapter. The event lasted several hours and was an unbelievable experience for all. The current brothers of the chapter really got some great insight on the history of our beloved brotherhood. You could see from the alumni how much it meant to them to see the chapter's success today. Alumni events like this will definitely be a focus for us in the future. Pictured above are the re-founding fathers from 1986!!

Below is the video that was made by a re-founding father for our event!

Third Bi-Annual Police Appreciation Night

Tonight, February 1st, the Alpha Pi Chapter hosted its third bi-annual Police Appreciation Night for the Temple University Police Department and for the Philadelphia Police Department. The event kicked off early in the evening for the men and women officers that were on shift who wanted to get out of the cold and grab a nice warm cup of joe! We as a Chapter enjoy putting on this event every semester because it gives us an opportunity to thank the officers for how much they do for us on a daily basis. After having coffee and donuts at the house for the officers on shift, we decided to also take a portion of the goods to the local campus police station so that even the men and woman not out patrolling could enjoy! We look forward to continuing this event next semester!

Above shows brothers outside of the Temple University Police Station delivering hot coffee and donuts to the officers.

(Brothers pictured from left to right: Aaron Saks, Mike Small, Ben Nadell and Alex Gionet)

January Brotherhood Awards!!

For the month of January the following brothers received awards for their outstanding work with the Chapter!

Minor Board of the Month - Nate Rosen (2013)

Executive Board of the Month - Peter Vakarev (2012)

Brother of the Month - Steve Wiseman (2014)

Good job Bros!!

Spring Rush 2011!!!

The time has come, the Spring 2011 rush for the Alpha Pi Chapter will be getting started tomorrow night! Rush Chairman Taylor Forlano is excited to get going with these awesome weeks of events that he has planned. The Rush schedule goes like this:

Wednesday 2/2 - Rush Starts - Meet the Brothers

Thursday 2/3 - Flyers Vs. Predators @ The House

Friday 2/4 - Shabbat Dinner @ The House

Saturday 2/5 - Temple Basketball Vs. Rhode Island

Sunday 2/6 - SUPERBOWL XLV @ The House

Monday 2/7 - Hookah and Hummus Night

Tuesday 2/8 - Poker Tournament

Wednesday 2/9 - Temple Basketball Vs. Fordham

Thursday 2/10 - Hoagies and Stoagies Night

Friday 2/11 - Around The World (Invite Only)

Sunday 2/13 - Bid Dinner (Invite Only)

AEPi at Super Sunday!!

This afternoon, the 30th of January, brothers from the Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi took part in an event that is held by many of the 155 Jewish Federations in North America with the help of Temple's Hillel. Super Sunday is an annual phone-a-thon that raises money for charity and typically to raise most of the budget for the federation and its constituent agencies. The brothers who took part in the event helped raised hundreds of dollars for the organizations! We as a chapter look forward to participating in any future Super Sundays that the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia plans.

January and February Birthdays!

January Birthdays:

• Robert Franklin turned 20 on the 18th
• Joseph Schaefer turned 20 on the 22nd
• Jeff Mermelstein turned 19 on the 23rd
• Michael Abrams turned 22 on the 23rd
• Alan Dashoff turns 22 tomorrow, the 31st

February Birthdays:

• Aaron Lentz turns 19 on the 3rd
• Josh Weinfeld turns 19 on the 14th
• Mike Small turns 21 on the 15th
• Gavi Cohen turns 19 on the 16th
• Dylan Isadore turns 19 on the 17th
• Troy Taroff turns 19 on the 27th

Happy Birthday Bros!!

Alpha Pi in Israel!!

Over the winter break, 8 brothers of the Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi traveled to the beautiful Jewish homeland for Taglit - Birthright. The brothers who took part in this trip of a lifetime had nothing but wonderful memories to bring back to the chapter. This experience was a great one, especially when spent with eight of our brothers. Younger members of the Alpha Pi chapter were educated by the brothers who took the trip and now are also looking forward to taking to voyage to Israel. With there being an Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter in Israel, this really meant a lot to the brothers who went, and to our brotherhood.

Above shows the group of brothers who went on the trip, along with the two Israeli Soldiers who also joined us.(Front)

The brothers shown above from left to right. (Mike Abrams (2011), Peter Vakarev (2012), Yosef Mcintosh (2013), Skylar Rudolph (2013), Alex Shelow (2011), Geoff Allen (2013), Scott Rosnov (2013), Nate Rosen(2013) )

Among the great experiences in Israel, this picture above may show one of the most memorable. Brother Peter Vakarev (2012) took a large step into finding his Jewish roots by becoming a Bar Mitzvah!!