I had the pleasure of attending the American Zionist Movement’s Biennial National Assembly, where I met extraordinary leaders transforming our community at one of the most difficult times in modern Jewish life. But just months  earlier, something equally powerful unfolded at the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) International Convention in Houston — a gathering that revealed exactly where the next generation of Jewish leadership is coming from.

To understand how Jewish life on campus will survive the next decade, you need to understand AEPi.
And to understand AEPi, you need to hear Rob Derdiger, the fraternity’s CEO.

Because when Rob speaks about this moment, he doesn’t mince words:

“You cannot build a people off of being anti-something.
You have to be pro something.

In an era of spiraling antisemitism, Rob’s message is a strategic reset — and a lifeline.

Rob has spent decades watching campus culture shift, evolve, and explode. But this moment — post–October 7 — is different.

“College campuses have always been the epicenter of political craziness and inappropriate behavior.
Now it’s spilling into anti-Zionism and antisemitism.

Students aren’t just dealing with tense debates in classrooms. They’re facing harassment, intimidation, and isolation in dorms, dining........

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