The Menorah PRESIDENTS Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Girls and B'nai B'rith Young Women CORNER Vol. II, No. 10 JANUARY, 1947 Send address changes to The Menorah 1746 M St.. N W.. Washington 6, D. - E G As time progresses, each of us should stop to see just what we are contributing to BBYO CHAPTERS our community, our nation, Chapters Urged our brethren across the SEEK GROWTH To Send Forms, oceans, nd With re-registration and u r selves the new year, BBYO chap- Dues Quickly through the ters in every area are under- B'nai B'rith taking drives to increase The annual re-registra- program their own membership and tion of all members and The postwar to form new chapters. The chapters is taking place period has addition of new chapters now. Chapters were urged placed many and new members insures by the national office and burdens on greater success in all pro- national officers to re- our shoul- grams, the continuation of register immediately. Mail- ders and it is the chapter and the general ing lists for The Shofar, Sara Rose a challenge welfare of the entire organ- The Menorah and all other Schwartz for us to ization. It also means that announcements and publi- carry additional burdens. more of the -Jewish young cations from national, dis- We must not, above all, people in the community trict and regional officers forget our duty to carry for- can share in the BBYO pro- are made up from your re- ward our cultural heritage gram. registration cards. Prompt of which we are rightly City, regional and district and accurate re-registration proud. There are in the BBYO directors are pre- is one way to make sure coming months many occa- pared to help any chapter that each member and chap- sions for us to absorb and interested in finding and en- ter will receive all such enrich our inheritance- rolling new members. They publications. Jewish holidays, Jewish will offer advice and co- The method fo re-regis- Music Festival and all the operation to any BBYO tration is as follows: A other significant dates in our group requesting them. registration card must be cultural life. Among the most inter- filled out for each member The B'nai B'rith Girls esting reports being re- of the chapter. These cards strive at all times to partici- ceived in the national office are available from the pate in all the community are those indicating that MUSIC IN PALESTINE.- Jewish refugee children in Palestine regional or district office. activities where our services chapters are helping to form taking a music lesson. The need for instruments to enable more All information requested can be of help. This prin- groups in other sections of such children to learn and enjoy music is great. The national on the card must be given. ciple also applies to nation- BBYO. AZA chapters and BBYW project is designed to meet this need. The annual national dues of wide projects. Our brethren alumni have been organiz- one dollar ($1.00) for each need every bit of aid that ing BBYM chapters and member must be paid at the we. the more fortunate, can sister BBG chapters. BBYW Musical Instrument Collection time of re-registration. provide. and BBYM groups have The registration cards for been helping to form BBG If BBG is making us bet- New BBYW National Project all members of the chapter ter future citizens of this and AZA chapters. Gener- with a check or money order ally, all groups have shown chaotic world, its objective New national project of living. Music is basic in the for as many dollars as there is being reached. The time their interest in having the BBYW is the collection heart of man and one of the are cards should then be will soon arrive when we representation for all of given or sent to the regional BBYO in their own com- of musical instruments for best methods of keeping or district office. Checks or can put the values derived munity Palestine, it was announced him happy is the teaching money orders should be from our BBG activity to At this time of year re- use. But we need/not by Isabel Goldberg, national and practise of music. made payable to "B'nai "stand and wait" until that cruiting of new members is BBYW projects chairman. "Palestine has teachers of B'rith Youth Organization." time. Let us take the/initia- simplest since new members This undertaking, decided music!' she continued. The regional or district of- can be included in the fiee will then clear these re- tive, and make our chapter upon at the 1946 national "Palestine has men, women annual re-registration. registrations and forward one of which all B'nai B'rith convention, is designed to and especially children them to the national office. can be proud. By such ac- Cincinnatil BBYW provide musical instruments anxious to learn music. But Make sure that names, tion we draw closer to the for educational and re- Palestine does not have addresses and all other in- day when we are ready to Prints Manual habilitation purposes in music and musical instru- formation is correct. Avoid mistakes which will have to take over the reins from In order to help their members Palestine. ments. Our project will help be corrected later. Re- those who will entrust them and to explain the organization to The campaign for the col- meet their need." register your chapter now! to us with pride. prospective members, the BBYW lection of these instruments All BBYW chapters are officers of Cincinnati, O., have pre- SARA ROSE SCHWARTZ, pared and published a BBYW is planned to coincide with expected to gather small National President, BBG. member's manual. The booklet, Jewish Music Festival, Isa- and medium-sized instru- District 3 Girls small enough to fit comfortably in bel announced. She urged ments, new and used, pack Plan Art Contest Attention, Presidents! a purse, contains basic information on BBYW, B'nai B'rith, and pur- all chapters to make their them carefully and ship BBG and BBYW chapters are poses and methods of a chapter's plans at once for conduct- them to the designated de- An art contest for members of BBG and BBYW in District 3 has reminded that their work on functioning. ing this drive. pot. Miss Goldberg also been announced by the district of- the Sewing Kit project should All the work of writing and be reported both to Mr. Sha- "In recent years," said reminded all chapters that ficers. preparing the material and seeing reports of materials and There will be three prizes piro at the national office and it through the presses was carried Isabel, "several thousand instruments collected and awarded: 1. For the best painting to their district project chair- out by the girls themselves. The refugees have entered Pales- sent, on both this project or drawing; 2. For the best work man, From reports received material in this manual is being tine from war-torn Europe. and the sewing kits project, dealing with a Jewish subject: from the various districts, it considered by the national BBYW These human beings-men, has become apparent that many should be sent to Mr. and 3. For the picture chosen as officers as they make plans for the women and children-need chapters which did excellent Shapiro at the national of- best by a popular vote of the dele- national member's manual. work on this project have failed an uplifting of morale which gates to the District Convention. fice. One of the prime movers in this to send their reports of what will restore them to normal venture was Shirlie Finkelstein, (See Page 2) they accomplished. EXECUTIVE MEETINGS national BBYW treasurer. It is important in order to BBG CARNIVAL BBG's Use Novel Device The National Executive Com- compile the final record on na- mittee meetings of BBG and tional achievement and to rec- BBG Chapter to AIDS DRIVE In order to increase contribu- BBYW will take place simul- ognize the accomplishments of taneously in St. Louis, Mo., on each chapter that these reports Sing Cantata With half the proceeds going to tions for their sewing kits to be February 22 and 23. 1947, it the S.O.S. drive Houston BBG 63 be sent in. sent overseas, two BBG chapters was announced by Sara Rose The Fidelis BBG's of Montreal ran a gala carnival and dance. Chapter presidents, make in Denver, Colo., adopted a novel Schwartz and Miriam Albert, is to sing at an outstanding musical Each girl assumed responsibility sure that a report for your and interesting device. These National Presidents. program which they are sponsor- for one of the booths at the carni- chapter, giving the number of chapters, Alliance 165 and Denver Both officers urged that all ing on January 21, 1947. The val, which was open from 2:30 to packages you sent and their 201, tied the collection of these members who have suggestions girls are planning to render the 6:00 in the afternoon. The carni- contents, is prepared in dupli- articles to a Chanukah program for action to be taken by the cantata, "Our Bialik," in honor of cate. Send one copy to your val booths included guessing for which they charged as admis- Executive Committees should district project chairman and the great modern Hebrew poet. games, dart -throwing, refresh- sion articles for the project. The communicate either with the the other to Mr. Shapiro, Pro- The program will also include a ments and others. At 8:30 that new angle they introduced was national officer in their own talk by Rabbi Shuchat and the gram Department, 1746 M St., evening the girls returned to the that as part of the program they district or write directly to the N. W., Washington 6, showing of films. Refreshments hall for an evening of dancing to presented a play dealing with the Presidents. will be served. climax the day's work. need for these items overseas,