“For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to support Israel and to serve in the IDF to defend her and the Israeli people so, when I had a chance, I did just that,” said Brother Brad Legum (Albany, 2007). “When I got to college, I joined...
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In the fall of 2014, members of the Palestinian Solidarity Society at the University of York decided to perform the 10-minute, anti-Semitic play by Caryl Churchill, Seven Jewish Children, written in response to the Israeli bombing of Gaza. Brother Zachary Confino (University of York, 2016) challenged the group by distributing pro-Israel...
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In a couple of weeks, hundreds of politicians, thousands of delegates from across the United States and the worldwide media will descend on Cleveland, Ohio for the Republican National Convention. At the center of it all will be Brother David Gilbert (Ohio State, 1989). Brother Gilbert is the Chief...
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Brother Sam Alfassy (London, 2017) was born in Israel and has lived abroad most of his life, with stops in places like Rome and Switzerland, before settling in London two years to attend university. As a result, he already speaks four languages and has a very broad world view. “But, I was...
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One of AEPi’s newest chapters (just chartered earlier this year) is at Georgia Southern University, located in Statesboro, Georgia. While not a hotbed of Jewish life (Hillel’s official guide says that the student body is approximately one percent Jewish), the brothers of AEPi have already begun to make their...
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Like many first year students, Nissim Said (Brooklyn College, 2017) struggled with the decision of which campus organizations to join. Being a student leader and actively involved on campus was never part of the plan for Brother Said, a rising senior studying public accounting, business management and finance. “I entered...
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