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!

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!

Fall 2010 Alpha Pi Chapter!!!

76ers Brotherhood Event

Last night, a group of brothers went down to the Wells Fargo Center to watch the Philadelphia 76ers face the Portland Trailblazers for our brotherhood event. More than 25 brothers attended and watched quite a game! Brotherhood events are something that our chapter loves to do and we can't wait until the next one!

Congratulations New Executive Board Members

Today at the Alpha Pi house we held elections for the spring Eboard positions. The following brothers gained the support of the brotherhood and are ready to step up as leaders in the fraternity:

• Taylor Forlano (2013) Rush Chairman
• Alex Scott Mandel (2013) Pledge Master
• Alex Gionet (2012) Social Chairman

Congratulations and good luck for the spring 2011 semester new Executive board members!!

AEPI PENN Official House Opening

Earlier today members of our chapter took a trip to West Philadelphia to be there and support our fellow brothers as the Gamma Chapter Of Alpha Epsilon Pi at the University of Pennsylvania had the ceremony Hanukat Ha'Bayit and officially welcomed the home to the chapter. Our chapter along with the AEPi chapter at Drexel University were there for the celebration. This happened to be one of the only times that brothers of all three chapters in the Philadelphia area were together besides conclave. We hope that the Gamma chapter has many, many great years in their new home and we wish them the best of luck!

Jewish Relief Agency

Sunday, October 17th, the Alpha Pi Chapter took a visit to the Jewish Relief Agency for its first package delivery event of the year! Upwards of 20 brothers paired up with many brothers from the Drexel Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi to help out our community. Our chapters helped to package up the boxes and load them into volunteers cars. The Jewish Relief Agency is located Northeast of Philadelphia and its primary goal is to deliver food to under privileged families across the region. We will continue to go the the JRA's events all year long!!

AEPI & DZ Pancake fundraiser!!

Friday night at the AEPi mansion the Alpha Pi Chapter and the lovely ladies from Delta Zeta hosted a pancake fundraiser! This was our second year of putting on the event and it was a complete success. We look forward to making this an annual event for many years to come!

Alpha Triton Pledge Class!!

Monday September 27th, the Alpha Triton Pledge Class was initiated as pledges after performing ritual at the house. The new pledge class includes 20 quality men who have strong interest in joining the brotherhood of the Alpha Pi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. Pledge Master Alex Gionet is ready to help these fine men become quality brothers.

Intramural Volleyball

In our last intramural match, we faced AXP in heated battle on the volleyball courts. Everyone played extremely well but unfortunately the Alpha Pi team could not hold on for the victory. We are looking forward to getting back out there and winning.

Police Appreciation Night

Last night, September 1st, the Alpha Pi chapter hosted its first event of the the 2010 school year. Our chapter gave thanks to the men and women who have our backs on a daily basis by inviting both the Temple Police Department and the Philadelphia Police Department to our house for coffee and doughnuts. The event was a great success; several officers stopped by and took part in the festivities. This is a small way to show our gratitude for these fine people in our area, we know that this showed how much we appreciate the law enforcement and the hard work they do protecting us.

More Outstanding Brother Awards

Alpha Pi is proud to congratulate Alex Gionet and Dan Lyons for the the outstanding end of the year awards they received. Not only great friends, but fantastic leaders, Dan and Alex both put in great effort to contribute to the Greek community though out this past year. Alex with his wonderful leadership with the IFC, two semesters on rush committee, one semester as assistant pledge master, and one semester as Rush Chairman earned the IFC's Alpha Epsilon Pi Brother of the Year. Dan with his year long term as Temple University Greek Association Vice President of Finance, one semester as rush chairman, one semester as AEPi's philanthorpy chairman, and being elected President of Temple University Greek Association received the IFC's Emerging Leader Award. All the brothers of the Alpha Pi chapter congratulate you guys for the phenomenal job you did all year!

3rd Annual Holocaust Remembrance Event

Tuesday April 27th, Alpha Epsilon Pi presented its 3rd annual Holocaust remembrance event in partnership with Israel week, Hillel at Temple, Delta Phi Epsilon, and Sigma Alpha Mu. In the early morning on the center of campus we held a name reading for all of the victims of the Holocaust. This event lead into our Holocaust banquet where Holocaust survivor, Michel Jeruchim, told his riveting survival story. The whole event went extremely well due to the great showing of brothers and supporters. Alpha Epsilon Pi looks forward to doing many more Holocaust remembrance events in the future because we know that it is important to always remember and never forget what happened to our ancestors.

Another Outstanding Brother!

Josh Schrager (2010) a senior brother of the Alpha Pi Chapter was awarded the Kalas Award, named after the Philadelphia Phillies beloved past announcer Harry Kalas. This award was given to Josh because of his hard work and determination in the field of Broadcast Journalism, and his personal work he did with the Phillies and Harry Kalas himself. Josh worked as a runner for the Phillies telecast with Comcast Sportsnet, in addition he interned under Harry. There was no one more deserving for this award and we are so proud to say that he is our brother. Josh will be graduating this May with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and we wish him the best of luck for the future!

Hoops for Hope Hosted by AEPi and Kappa Alpha Psi

Today on the middle of Liacouras Walk Alpha Epsilon Pi and Kappa Alpha Psi hosted Hoops for Hope. Both chapters were raising money for Shaare Tzedek youth terrorist victims hospital in Jerusalem and St. Judes Children's Research Hospital. Many people came out to support the cause and enjoyed themselves greatly! This is just one of many different successful Philanthropy events that AEPi has done with other organizations on campus this year.

Omega Deuteron Pledge Class Initiated

Last night, The Omega Deuteron Pledge class became official brothers of Alpha Epsilon Pi after going through the ceremonial ritual at the house. The Pledge Master, Andrew Saltzman (2011), did a wonderful job taking the guys that Rush Chairman Dan Lyons (2012) brought to the chapter, and led them to be rightful brothers of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity.

The new brothers include:

-Taylor Forlano (Norristown, PA)

-Yosef Mcintosh (Harlem, NY)

-Joseph Schaefer (Derwood, MD)

-Ryan Josephs (Philadelphia, PA)

-Benjamin Hirsch (West Paterson, NJ)

-Geoffrey Allen (Philadelphia, PA)

AEPi on top of TUGA

Three Brothers from the Alpha Pi Chapter were elected to be on the Temple University Greek Association Eboard! TUGA is one of the largest organizations on campus and is in control of the ever growing greek community. Dan Lyons (2012) was elected President, Scott Rosnov (2013) was elected Vice President of Finance, and Aaron Wolf (2012) was voted in as Vice President of Communications. Once again AEPi is on top of the greek community! All three elected Eboard members will be installed to office at the end of the month!

Pancake Fundraiser with Deta Zeta

This past Thursday AEPi and Delta Zeta held a Pancake Fundraiser at the AEPi house. It was a major success!! There were dozens of pancakes sold for a great cause! The proceeds went to Sharre Zedek Medical Center in Israel.

Chiddy Bang at the AEPi house!

Chiddy Bang and Ground Up were at the mansion last night and put on a stellar performance! We raised money for our philanthropy Shaare Zedek and rocked out to some great music! Everyone had a blast and we plan on doing more events like this in the future.

Upcoming Events

It's a busy Spring here at the Alpha Pi house. We recently hosted our 3rd Open Mic Night, which was very successful. We have a lot more coming up though, including a live concert of the up and coming rap group, Chiddy Bang. Here's a list and dates of some of our other upcoming events:

Chiddy Bang Philanthropy Concert- April 3rd

Pancake Fundraiser with Delta Zeta- April 8th

Alumni Banquet- April 11th

Parenthood Event- April 25th

Holocaust Event- April 27th