Brother Joshua Goldstein (UC Riverside, 2017) knows about connections. He’s made them with his AEPi brothers and – twice – with strangers. “When I got to school here, I was interested in joining a fraternity and came down to two and as soon as I walked in the door...
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“I wouldn’t be where I am today without AEPi.” Today, Brother Yitzchak Kaldor (University of Waterloo, 2009) is part of a core group of brothers in Israel growing AEPi’s alumni club. When he started university in 2004, moving to Israel had not crossed his mind and he didn’t know fraternities existed...
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In the spring, the Beta Nu chapter at Binghamton University raised more than $12,000 for the American Cancer Association and the Israel Children’s Cancer Foundation at its second annual “Rock-A-Thon” philanthropy event. While this impressive feat put AEPi at the top of Greek philanthropy events at Binghamton, Philanthropy Chair Jake Vallen (Binghamton, 2018)...
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Brother Matt Van Horn’s (Arizona, 2006) entrepreneurial career has taken him from ride sharing to internet startups and now to home appliances but he’s never strayed far from the lessons he learned in the Upsilon Alpha chapter. “The real world experience I got in AEPi has been invaluable to...
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Brother Alex Jakubowski (Northwestern, 2014) has become the youngest person to ever be awarded the prestigious Pomegranate Prize, presented by the Covenant Foundation to honor rising leaders in the field of Jewish education. The Covenant Foundation honors outstanding Jewish educators and supports creative approaches to programming to strengthen educational...
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For Brother Tomer Kornfeld (Brooklyn 2017), AEPi has brought a sense of purpose, an outlet for giving back and, most importantly, family. The son of an Israeli father of Yemenite and Polish descent, and a mother who arrived in the United States as a refugee from the former Soviet...
Read moreSometimes philanthropy is important to the community. And, sometimes, philanthropy hits even closer to the home. Brother Ryan Gilderman (San Diego State University, 2017) knows that all too well. “My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was a sophomore. She fought it hard, had surgery and treatment...
Read moreBrother Matt Greenberg (University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, 2018) was looking to make a difference and help an organization with very close ties to the Omega chapter at North Carolina. Brother Jacob Becker’s (2017) sister, Cara Gwen Becker, was diagnosed with Acute Promylocydic Leukemia in 2012 and...
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Many AEPi alumni brothers often think wistfully of their days back on campus and wish they could return to school and relive their youth. For Brother Rabbi Evan Goodman (UC Berkeley), returning to campus meant an opportunity to make a difference. During college, Brother Goodman took some time off from...
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