Mission Statement of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Inc.

Alpha Epsilon Pi was founded to provide opportunities for the Jewish college man seeking the best possible college and fraternity experience. We have maintained the integrity of our purpose by strengthening our ties to the Jewish community and serving as a link between high school and career.

Our heritage stems from one source: young Jewish men banding together in allegiance. The role of Alpha Epsilon Pi has expanded since its inception in 1913. Initially, the Jewish fraternity served as a brotherhood of young men who came from similar religious backgrounds and who had experienced the same prejudices against their religious beliefs. Alpha Epsilon Pi soon broadened its role to include serving as the living quarters for some of its members. The fraternity became a home away from home, providing the same stabilizing and guiding values that students previously gained from their families. Armed with these values, Alpha Epsilon Pi faced changing conditions on the college campus and survived. Today, Jewish students search out Alpha Epsilon Pi because it is a Jewish Fraternity. In the fraternity’s 94-year history, over 83,000 men have worn the badge of Alpha Epsilon Pi and each year, over 2,000 undergraduates perform the Ritual of Initiation, which remains the same ritual adopted decades ago.

Perhaps of greater importance, Alpha Epsilon Pi develops leadership for the future of the American Jewish community. Tomorrow’s Jewish leaders are in our chapters today. These are the young men who must be counted upon to support Jewish causes and to prepare to be one of tomorrow’s Jewish leaders, so that they may aid themselves, their family, their community, and their people. Those students who enter the mainstream of non-Jewish life on the campus are far more likely to assimilate and to forsake their heritage. Working together with the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life/International Hillel, Alpha Epsilon Pi can play a vital role in helping reverse the growing trend among our young people to abandon Judaism at this critical time.

Throughout our history, the fraternity setting has served as a “learning laboratory”, a testing ground for young men who later become leaders in business, education, government, religion, and science. A goal of our fraternity is to help each student to develop character, to learn responsibility, and to develop a proper set of values through living together in brotherhood. Alpha Epsilon Pi prepares young men for their role in life as responsible citizens.

Therefore, our basic purpose is to provide the opportunity for a Jewish man to be able to join a Jewish organization whose purpose is not specifically religious, but rather social and cultural in nature. Alpha Epsilon Pi is a Jewish fraternity, though non-discriminatory and open to all who are willing to espouse its purpose and values.

No Hazing Policy

Our National fraternity as well as our individual chapter is adamant about our “No Hazing Policy.”  Our pledge period is designed to teach our new members about the fraternity, while gaining leadership skills, and experiencing Jewish culture.  Our concept is why would we want to hurt someone that one day we wish to call our brother?

Some of our awards

2010 Western Regional Conclave Most Spirited Delegation

2009 Western Regional Conclave Most Outstanding Delegation

2003 AEPi National Convention Outstanding Delegation Award

2002 AEPi National Convention Outstanding Colony Award

2001 AEPi National Convention Outstanding Delegation Award

Alpha Epsilon Pi National Esponda Club

When I say “fraternity,” most people think of an out of control, academically destructive, fry-your-liver-and-your-brain experience.  Now I want to tell you about a chapter that is an exception to this impression.  The social outlet that Alpha Epsilon Pi provides can be crazy at times, yet always safe and responsible.  Many also believe that while you’re enjoying the opportunities provided by a fraternity and having fun, you lose sight of your academic goals and your grades begin to slip.  However, our members strive to be the best in all we do.  Therefore, it comes as no surprise that AEPi at CSUN always has one of the highest chapter GPAs on campus.

Now you may ask yourself:  “Why a fraternity and why AEPi?”  To begin, studies show that 76% of Congress members, 71% of the men listed in “Who’s Who in America,” and 85% of the Fortune 500 Executives have been fraternity members.  All but two U.S. presidents since 1825 have been fraternity men, and 63% of the U.S. presidents’ cabinet members since 1900 have been fraternity men.  As for AEPi, if you’re a Jewish male, there is no experience like it on campus.  As a chapter, we have been given many awards by national AEPi last year, including Philanthropy of the Year.

AEPi will provide you with countless opportunities that will help build you for the “real world.”  We have a wonderful social life, but more importantly we surround ourselves with a wonderful sense of brotherhood, accentuated by our Jewish commonality

Here are some organizations that AEPi XN supports:

• Alpha Epsilon Pi International

  Alpha Epsilon Pi, the Jewish Fraternity of North America, was founded to provide opportunities for a Jewish man seeking the best possible college and fraternity experience. We have maintained the integrity of our purpose by strengthening our ties to the Jewish community and serving as a link between high school and career. Alpha Epsilon Pi develops leadership for the North American Jewish community at a critical time in a young man’s life.

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• Cal State University Northridge

  California State University, Northridge exists to enable students to realize their educational goals. The University’s first priority is to promote the welfare and intellectual progress of students. To fulfill this mission, we design programs and activities to help students develop the academic competencies, professional skills, critical and creative abilities, and ethical values of learned persons who live in a democratic society, an interdependent world, and a technological age; we seek to foster a rigorous and contemporary understanding of the liberal arts, sciences, and professional disciplines, and we believe in the following values.

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• CSUN Fraternity Intramural

  Intramural Sports Fraternity League. This website gives schedules, teams, and various sports information for the Greek system.

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• Pierce College

  Pierce College is a flourishing two-year public institution in Southern California providing opportunities for occupational training, transfer education and life-long learning.

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• Moorpark College

  Moorpark College opened September 11, 1967, with 2,500 students. The campus is located at the eastern edge of the city of Moorpark. MC is one of the most beautiful community colleges in California. The 150-acre campus is a short drive from the Thousand Oaks/Agoura Hills areas and is situated near the city of Simi Valley. It includes 15 buildings, a football stadium, track, other athletic facilities, an exotic animal compound, and an observatory. Moorpark College is one of the three colleges in the Ventura County Community College District, and part of the California Community College system of 109 community colleges. MC offers two semesters throughout the year (Fall and Spring) in addition to a summer session (May through August).

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• Chai Lifeline

  The birthright of every child. Stolen by pediatric illness.

  Since 1987, Chai Lifeline’s mission has been to restore the light of childhood to children whose innocence ended when life-threatening or lifelong illness was diagnosed.

  Through programs that address the emotional, social, and financial needs of seriously ill children, their families, and communities, Chai Lifeline restores normalcy to family life, and better enables families to withstand the crises and challenges of serious pediatric illness.

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• CSUN Hillel

  Hillel\'s mission is to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world. Hillel student leaders, professionals and lay leaders are dedicated to creating a pluralistic, welcoming and inclusive environment for Jewish college students, where they are encouraged to grow intellectually, spiritually and socially. Hillel helps students find a balance in being distinctively Jewish and universally human by encouraging them to pursue tzedek (social justice), tikkun olam (repairing the world) and Jewish learning, and to support Israel and global Jewish peoplehood.

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• Chabad CSUN

  Chabad at CSUN is the warmest place to be away from home...

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• Judaism Online - Simple to Remember

  Every person should ask: Why do I exist?
  We live in a world with so many distractions that it is hard to find time to think.
  Life will go by whether we choose to contemplate it or not. When we have reached old age, we will inevitably gaze back, having the time to sit and analyze our lives.

  Did I look sincerely for truth and meaning?
  Did I fulfill my potential with my talents and abilities?
  Did I work to have close and authentic relationships?
  What will they say when I’m gone?

  Historically, Jews chose torture and death rather than conversion. Today, Jews are assimilating at numbers rivaling the Holocaust.

  What is it that generations of Jews felt worth dying for?
  What is it about the Jew that has captured the world’s attention?
  If my children asked me, “Why should I be Jewish?” What would I answer?

  Judaism contains a world of depth tragically unknown to most of its people. Thousands of years of the most incredible history lie in our backyard. We should at least open the door.

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