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We Walk To Remember 2015: B'nai B'rith & Vanderbilt AEPi (Video)

4/14/2015

B’nai B’rith International is proud to partner with the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity to bring Holocaust commemoration programs to college campuses nationwide.

Hundreds of people congregated at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. for the 2015 We Walk to Remember program. This event was coordinated as a Holocaust awareness and remembrance walk, and was also in direct response to anti-Semitic vandalism at the Vanderbilt AEPi house in March, 2015.

Unto Every Person There Is A Name 2015

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Photos: Behind The Scenes At B'nai B'rith U.N. Advocacy In Geneva

3/19/2015

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Each spring, leadership and volunteers from B'nai B'rith International and B'nai B'rith Europe hold a week of meetings with members of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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This year, some two-dozen B’nai B’rith International leaders and supporters, including with three representatives from the national Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), met with senior representatives from more than 40 countries. B'nai B'rith is proud to partner with AEPi through community service, educational programming and advocacy. We work together to encourage brothers to remain involved in the Jewish community after college graduation.

AEPi's David Marias, Civic Engagement Coordinator, recorded highlights of his advocacy experience on Instagram.

Enjoy a slideshow of his images, below:

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Infographic: B'nai B'rith Timeline of Major Achievements

10/14/2014

B'nai B'rith celebrated its 171st birthday on Oct. 13, reviewing its first 17 decades at the forefront of Jewish advocacy in the United States and around the world.

Here is an infographic detailing the major achievements in the organization's history:

JBS: B'nai B'rith Condemns Swastika Graffiti On AEPi House

10/8/2014

B'nai B'rith International was featured on JBS (formerly Shalom TV), denouncing an outrageous act of anti-Semitism on an American college campus following Yom Kippur.

The heinous act was committed at an Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) fraternity house at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Spray-painted swastikas on the front of the AEPi fraternity house were found during the evening of Oct. 4.

The story begins at the 3:00 mark in the video:

Allan Jacobs: We Couldn't Be More Pleased With AEPi Partnership

10/7/2014

B'nai B'rith International President Allan J. Jacobs addressed the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) 2013 International Conference, thanking them for a fruitful partnership over the last five years.

Watch and listen to his full remarks, courtesy of AEPi, below:

VIDEO: B'nai B'rith Hosts A Bingo Social For Seniors, AEPi Brothers

9/9/2014

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Shalom TV: B'nai B'rith Receives Disaster Relief Grant From AEPi

9/8/2014

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Shalom TV Daily News featured B'nai B'rith International's Disaster Relief Fund as one recipient of Alpha Epsilon Pi's new $1 million philanthropy initiative.

B’nai B’rith was one of ten organizations selected during the Jewish fraternity's annual international convention, and will invest the generous grant in humanitarian aid efforts around the globe.

The story begins at the 3:48 mark in the video:

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Jewish Tribune: B’nai B’rith Hosts AEPi For Community Service

9/2/2014

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During the 2014 Alpha Epsilon Pi International Convention in Toronto, B'nai B'rith International sponsored a community service project for the brothers at a B'nai B'rith Canada affiliated senior housing facility.

The event was covered in the Jewish Tribune and the entirety of the article can be read, below:

Nearly 100 Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) brothers from North America, Europe and Israel gathered at B’nai Brith Canada headquarters earlier this month to take part in a Hineni project sponsored by B’nai B’rith International. The brothers ate lunch and socialized with senior citizens as part of an enrichment conference stressing Jewish identity in an intergenerational forum.

B’nai B’rith staff and AEPi brothers facilitated games of bingo, ate pizza and swapped stories with residents from Toronto senior housing facilities.

Connecting the seniors with students created some unique intergenerational bonds. One such encounter occurred for Calgary University brother Shane Hamilton.

“I sat down with a lovely lady named Esther, who was from Lithuania and had survived the Holocaust. My grandmother was also from Lithuania; she escaped the Holocaust and her name was also Esther,” Hamilton said. “I thought that was pretty cool. This project has been a great way to get involved with the community, and I would recommend it for anyone.”

This is the eighth year of their partnership and fifth year that B’nai B’rith teamed with AEPi for a community service project as part of the fraternity’s annual international convention. Previous projects include assembling disaster kits, rebuilding a park in New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and repainting a community centre in New York damaged by Super Storm Sandy.

“The ties that bind AEPi and B’nai B’rith are strong. From working together to help communities recover from disasters to walking together to bring Holocaust awareness to college campuses, B’nai B’rith and AEPi share similar goals and values,” B’nai B’rith International Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin said. “We continue to be impressed with the level of dedication to global human rights issues and support of Israel that the AEPi brothers demonstrate on a day-to-day basis.”

B’nai B’rith is the largest Jewish sponsor of government housing in North America, offering 45 facilities and thousands of apartment units in 29 communities between the United States and Canada.

Alpha Epsilon Pi is the largest fraternity of any kind in Canada and carries a mission of helping each student to develop character, responsibility and a proper set of Jewish values.

“I’m thrilled to talk about AEPi’s relationship with B’nai B’rith,” AEPi Executive Director Andy Borans said. “This Hineni program was fabulous, the way that the brothers interacted with the residents. I think both of our groups benefit tremendously from this partnership.”

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NIU: Students Walk In Silence To Remember Holocaust

4/29/2014

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On Yom Hashoah, college students from across the nation honored those lost in the Holocaust with name recitations and silent walks around campus.

One such event occurred at Northern Illinois University, where a silent walk was chronicled by the student-led paper, The Northern Star. An excerpt of the article can be found below.

For the past seven springs, B'nai B'rith International and AEPi have come together to bring Yom Hashoah programming to campuses nationwide. The initiative brings together AEPi’s “We Walk to Remember” with B'nai B'rith International’s “Unto Every Person There is a Name.”

Click here to learn more about B'nai B'rith's efforts on the Day of Remembrance.

Students honored Yom Ha’Shoah and remembered the Holocaust through a silent walk Monday.

The event was organized by the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity partnered with Hillel, a Jewish student group, and other volunteers in remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.

Participants wore signs that said “Never Forget” and walked in silence with a police escort. They carried fliers they handed out to students during the afternoon walk.

Chad Harris, Alpha Epsilon Pi president and junior business management major, said the silence of the 12 participants was meant to reflect the somber mood of the event.

“Any chance we get to honor the fallen Holocaust victims, we do,” Harris said.

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We Walk To Remember 2015: B'nai B'rith & Vanderbilt AEPi (Video)

Photos: Behind The Scenes At B'nai B'rith U.N. Advocacy In Geneva

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Infographic: B'nai B'rith Timeline of Major Achievements

JBS: B'nai B'rith Condemns Swastika Graffiti On AEPi House

Allan Jacobs: We Couldn't Be More Pleased With AEPi Partnership

VIDEO: B'nai B'rith Hosts A Bingo Social For Seniors, AEPi Brothers

Shalom TV: B'nai B'rith Receives Disaster Relief Grant From AEPi

Jewish Tribune: B’nai B’rith Hosts AEPi For Community Service

NIU: Students Walk In Silence To Remember Holocaust

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