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!!

Fall 2010 Alpha Pi Chapter!!!

November and Semester Awards

The Alpha Pi brotherhood tonight at our brotherhood meeting announced the awards for the month of November and for the entire semester. The following brothers stepped up big time for the chapter and deserved their awards for the great work they have done:

• Minor Board Member of the Month - Alex Scott Mandel (Philanthropy Chairman)
• Executive Board Member of the Month - Alex Gionet (Pledge Master)
• Brother of the Month - David Paley

• Minor Board of the Semester - Taylor Forlano (IFC Representative)
• Executive Board Member of the Semester - Scott Rosnov (Scribe)
• Brother of the Semester - Benjamin Nadell

Congratulations to these brothers and thank you for all the work you have done!