ember, 19 FRIEDA'S CORNER The Menorah A Message From the Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Girls and B'nai B'rith Young Women National BBG President Vol. II, No. 1 JANUARY, 1946 Send address changes to The Menora 1746 M St., N. W., Washington 6, D. By FRIEDA TISCHLER OUR B'nai B'rith Youth Organi- zation begins its second year Convention of District 1 BBG's BBG's Sponsor of activities with an outlook for advancement in Jewish education, dignity and so- cial obligations Planned for May 5-6 in Boston Inter-Faith Mee under the lead- HUNTINGTON, W. Va.-An i ership of Dr. Abram L. Sach- ter-faith meeting, sponsor by BBG and AZA here, had ar, newly ap- pointed national guests the young peoples organ zations of various churches. Gue BBYO director. Nationally speaker was Dr. Williams, pres dent of Marshall College, W known spoke on "Inter-Faith Relations educator, histo- rian and lectur- "The main reason for bigot and irritations between one er, Dr. Sachar Frieda Tischler will also con- more groups of people," said I tinue as national director of Hillel Williams, "is caused by lack Foundations. We welcome Dr. understanding each other and t Sachar and pledge our co-operation prejudice we created by n to him and his aides. knowing each other's ways a Recently, I visited national head- contributions to our country a PLANNERS FOR DISTRICT 1 GIRLS quarters and met with Alice Elson, to mankind." n Alperste our new acting director of girls' This meeting was the first in Albert Ma work. I spent an entire day with NEW YORK-Members of the ceive mileage allowance to help series. The second was a SOC dkin, Barba her. discussing the various prob- District 1 B'nai B'rith Girls defray travelling expenses. Con- and dance at the YMCA. nt. Reyo R Iems about which many of you executive committee met here to vention delegates will discuss the BBYW'S STÜDY JEWISH Roy Jenki had written to me. We made ten- plan to form a separate BBYW formulate plans and programs for nt row: Bei tative plans for a national execu- council, and the formation of re- Buffalo-Mark Krug of t tive meeting of our national district activities during the com- gional associations for BBG and Jewish Bureau of Education nonbrun, Sha ing season. Judith Elson, New officers, chairmen and district BBYW. Bokar, Frei leading a group of BBYW's York, district president, presided. , Helene Zu presidents to be held during Suggestions for oratory con- further their Jewish education Pictured above are those who es and Ju February. tests, bowling tournaments, and attended. Seated: Mrs. Frances WAS present at a District 3 board other competitive activities, to be Gans, president, Women's District held on a district-wide basis, Jewish Heroine meeting in Harrisburg, Pa., Grand Lodge 1; Mrs. Charlotte were discussed by the committee. Defied the Nazis e Chose which was attended by 22 BBG's Koss Goldstein, district BBG first and BBYW's. Shirley Miller, dis- Mrs. Frieda Rother, program com- vice-president; Judith Elson, dis- resident trict president, presided. Among mittee chairman, was put in trict BBG president; Mrs. Frieda THE name of Hanna Senesh the important matters discussed charge of setting up a district- Rother, district BBG second vice- sure to become a symbol ada Sher was the dividing of BBG and wide program for BBG and president; Mrs. Ida Cook Farber, Jewish heroism. A Palestinian g cted preside BBYW, which will take place at BBYW. National B'nai B'rith Youth Com- The executive committee voted of Hungarian origin, she volu h BBG he the next convention. Until now, missioner from District 1, and Ida rtha Parad District 3 had a goal system to continue the 30 cents per capita teered to help in liberating Je Kravitz, district BBG financial tax for all BBG and BBYW from ghettoes and concentrati by Tarada whereby each chapter was given secretary. Standing: Mildred Glo- a set amount of money to raise groups. Letters will be sent to all camps. ident; Glad gover, district BBG secretary; throughout the year. This system chapters by Ida Kravitz, financial After having served in the B ecretary; Mi Gloria Brandt, district BBG war secretary, explaining the collec- ish army she was dropped bonding sec has been abolished and fund-rais- service chairman, and Helene ing has been left to the discretion tion procedure. parachute somewhere in Yu hinsky, fina Lechner, district BBG publicity Mrs. Ida Cook Farber, who is slavia and smuggled by Ti Rudin, trea of the chapters who were losing chairman. chairman of the National B'nai partisans across the border i los, councillo sight of the cultural and social nel, and Mo aspect of our youth program and THE district convention was set B'rith campaign to send kits for Hungary. There she was even for May 5 and 6 in Boston, displaced persons overseas, sug- ally caught and sentenced to de concentrating mainly on fund- raising, Mass. All arrangements are to be gested that the BBG might par- by a Hungarian Nazi court. handled by the Greater Boston ticipate. The project was as- Though completely broken TOURNEY This month's mail brought news from Isabel Goldberg, District 4 BBG and BBYW Associations. signed to Gloria Brandt for fur- body as a result of barbaric t four bowli president. Their paper, the News- Elected chapter delegates will re- ther study. tures the 23-year-old girl carr ar BBYW herself with such dignity in co ette, tells of many activities, in- tournament that her judges were deeply i cluding a drive to collect musical Hillside Girls Hold instruments for refugees in Pales- pressed and passed the inevita EY TROT Chanukkah Service A Beautiful Custom tine. Mildred Shechtman, District sentence only after unpreceden 2 president, sent the minutes of HILLSIDE, N.J.-D borah BBG's A BEAUTIFUL and practical delay. When the president of achar BBY of the ye their board meeting, which dis- gave a Chanukkah presenta- custom was observed in an- court whispered to her that closed an inspiring program for asking for mercy she might S Guests we tion at the Sinai Congregation. cient Palestine on Chamisha stly form the year. A letter from President her life she replied in a loud VO Members participated in the light- Asar Bi-Shevat. A tree was Dorothy Katz discloses that Dis- "I do not ask murderers for me BBYM me ing of the candles during a nar- trict 7 is buzzing with activity-a planted upon the birth of a and would not accept it." ration by Evelyn Raynor, religious (Continued on Page 2) chairman, who arranged the pro- child-a cedar sapling for each Facing her executioners the n boy born that year and cypress morning, she refused to be bli gram. man folded. Her last words were: Mass. Jo Inside The Menorah DISCUSS BALFOUR DAY for a girl. When the children comrades will avenge me." Page Boston Haym Salomon BBG married, branches of these The life of Hannah Senesh W BBG and Book Reviews 4 Editor's Corner held a Balfour Day meeting when portrayed on the "Eternal Light reasury De 4 trees were used for the "chup- radio program by the Jewis for sellin Editor's Mailbag 6 Gertrude Roffman, cultural chair- Great Men of History pah" or bridal canopy. Theological Seminary Fr 2 man, discussed Balfour Day and scripts are available from "Ete during th Luach 2 nal Light," 3080 Broadway, Ne war loans News in Review 7 what it meant to Jewry. York, N. Y.