SHOFAR Give A Copy Of This Issue To a Prospec- tive Member. See Ad on BUY UNITED Page 12. STATES SAVINGS ,BONDS AND STAMPS Official Organ 3.A.-B'nai B'rith Youth Organization VOL. XVIII JULY 24, 1942 No. 1 BILL SUCKLE RE-ELECTED G. A. G. S.A.C. EX. COMM. WELCOME CHAPNICK AND HOLDS BUSY SINGER NAMED 3 DAY SESSION A.Z.A. TO JUNIOR S.A.C. Plan Program of Co-oper- Lash, Stulberg Are Other ation with B. B. Grand Officers; Nat'l. Women Committeemen Chosen Chicago, Ill. - The Executive GIVE IT YOUR BEST: Chicago, III.-Breaking a tra- Committee of the Supreme Ad- GIVE IT YOUR BEST dition maintained since its in- visory Council held one of its ception in 1924 the Aleph Zadik most important meetings in re- Aleph, Junior B'nai B'rith decid- cent years during July 1-3, in this ed that wartime was no time to city, while the National War Serv- change its national leader as it ice Convention of the Order was re-elected William V. Suckle of in session. In attendance at the Philadelphia, 19-year-old Harvard meeting were Philip M. Klutznick, honor student, Grand Aleph Go- President: Henry Monsky of dol at the close of the three-day Omaha, President of the Supreme National War Service Convention Lodge of B'nai B'rith: Sam Beber here. Never before in the history of Omaha, founder of the Order: of the country's largest national Maurice Bisgyer of Washington, Jewish boys' organization has any Secretary of the Supreme Lodge G. A. G. been re-elected. of B'nai B'rith: Sidney G. Kus- Elected to serve with Suckle worm of Dayton, Treasurer of the were Jerome Lash of Los Angeles Supreme Lodge of B'nai B'rith: Grand Aleph Godol William V. Chapter 43, Grand Aleph S'gan, and Gordon Stulberg of Toronto Suckle of Philadelphia; Nicholas M. Brazy of Fort Wayne, Ind.: Chapter 103, Grand Aleph Maz- kir. Howard Chapnik of the and the Executive Director, Julius Bisno. G. A. G. BILL SUCKLE OPENS NATIONAL A. Z. A. WAR SERVICE Rayim Chapter 314, Bronx. N. Elsewhere in this issue of The Y., and Sheldon Singer of Sioux Shofar appear separate stories on CONVENTION- Just in case you weren't there, this is one of the dramatic moments of the City (Iowa) Chapter 12, were some of the more important ac- National A. Z. A. War Service Convention at the Congress Hotel, Chicago, elected junior members of the lions of the Executive Commit- III., July 1-3. Following the greetings of the Convention Chairman Sydney B. Lavine, the gavel was Supreme Advisory Council, the tee. covering the new A. Z. A.- turned over to Grand Aleph Godol Bill Suckle, who kept the delegates hopping for three days. Ap- governing body of A. A. B'nai B'rith Boy Scout program, parently they didn't mind, because when they were just about to drop from exhaustion on the last Exigient conditions caused an the merger of the A. Z. A. and day, they re-elected him for another term. (Bill claims they were too tired to think about a succes- immediate appointment of Na- B. B. Y. O. of Chicago, the results sor). Anyway, A. Z. A. history was made all the way around. tional Committee chairmen by the of the national staff conference, Seated on the platform to the left of Suckle a e, from left to right, S. A. C. member Nick Brazy Grand Aleph Godol Suckle, His the election of Mr. Benjamin I. of Fort Wayne, S. A. C. member Maurice Bisgyer of Washington, S. A. C. member Std Kusworm of choice was made from the lead- Morris to the S. A. C., the issu- Dayton, and Rabbi Jerome D. Folkman of Grand Rapids, new President of D. G. L. No. 6. To the ers who were in attendance as ance of permanent charters, Shield right of Suckle, from left to right, are S. A. C. President Philip M. Klutznick of Omaha, S. A. C. delegates at the convention. The of David Awards and service cer- member and Founder of A. Z. A. Sam Beber of Omaha, and S. A. C.'s latest member, Benjamin I. committee chairmen are listed tificates, and the election of Sol Morris of Chicago. below. Breibart of Charleston to the Le- Vocational Guidance, Hal Gold- gion of Honor. man, Old Dominion 370, Norfolk, Seek Cooperation of B. B. Women Sam Beber to Head New Va. attendance during most of Intergroup Relations, Arthur the sessions of the Executive Gilbert, Frankford 389, Philadel- Committee were Mrs. Lenore D. phia, Pa. Underwood, San Francisco, Presi- AZA Boy Scout Program B'nai B'rith Co-operation, How. dent of the B'nai B'rith Women's ard Chapnick, Rayim 374, Bronx, Supreme Council: Rose Turner of N. Chicago, Vice President of the Membership, Jerry Dollinger, Women's Supreme Counci: and Mrs. Anita Perlman of Chicago, Jerry Vogel Accepts Post as Secretary Golden Gate 195, San Francisco, Calif. National Director of the B'nai War Service, Ernest Kipnis, B'rith Girls. The Executive Di- Washington, D. -Sam Beber Capital City 344, Washington, (Continued on Page 8, of Omaha, Nebr., founder of A. Z. During recent months a series of D.C. See "S. A. C.") A., has accepted the chairmanship conferences on the relationship of of the National A. Z. A.-B'nai the B'nai B'rith, A. Z. A. and the Member-at-Large, Sheldon Sing- Boy Scouts of America were held er, Sioux City 12. B'rith Committee on Scouting, ac- Jacob S. Friedman cording to an announcement made between Dr. Ray O. Wyland, Di- Awarded Ten Year today by Philip M. Klutznick, rector of Relationships of the B. President of the Supreme Advis- S. A.; his assistant, Edward Schif- Service Certificate ory Council. Previously Mr. Klutz- reen, alumnus of Allentown Chap- nick had announced at the Chica- ter 156 and former A. Z. A. Scout- Flash! go War Service Convention that ing Chairman; Philip M. Klutz- Chicago, III.-By special ac- Jerome G. Vogel, of South Bend, nick, President of the S. A. C., tion of the Executive Commit- Ind., had accepted the secretary- and Julius Bisno, Executive Di- tee of the Supreme Advisory ship of the Committee. rector. HARRY COHEN DIES Council, Jacob S. Friedman of The e conferences resulted in Mr. Beber, who served as Presi- Seattle Chapter 73 was grant- the following program of rela- dent of the Supreme Advisory ed a Ten-Year Advisor's Serv- tionship, which has since been ap- Council from the earliest begin- DEFENDING MIDWAY ice Certificate. proved by Henry Monsky, Presi- nings of the Order and until July, dent of B'nai B'rith, the recent Year Advisor Service 1941, returns to active service in Executive Committee meeting of Certificates were awarded to a new role which offers the pos- the Supreme Advisory Council, Washington, D. C.-At the Dr. Frank Epstein, Sioux City sibility of reaching additional tens the national A. Z. A. staff con- National War Service Conven- Chapter 12; Sam Clar, Oakland of thousands of Jewish boys be- ference, and the War Service Con- tion word was received that Chapter 42: Louis Kahn, Wor- low the A. Z. A. age through the vention of A. Z. A. in Chicago. Harry Cohen, alumnus of Haz- cester Chapter 52: Harold Sav- program of the Boy Scouts of The program follows: elton (Pa.) Chapter 137 was age, Portage Trail Chapter America. I B'NAI B'RITH-A, Z. A. SCOUT- killed in the heroic battle of 114, Akron, Ohio: B. M. Ben- Leaders of the Boy Scout or- ING PROGRAM: Midway Island between June 4 dat. San Pedro Chapter 196, ganization and the B'nai B'rith, (1) B'nai B'rith lodges and A.Z. and 7. and Jack Sher, of Easton Chap- who were consulted with refer- A. alumni committees are to spon- Cohen, a member of the ter 260. ence to Mr. Beber's appointment, sor Boy Scout troops under the United States Marine Corps, In the near future these were high in their praise for the promotional effort of the Su- was on active duty at Midway specially engraved service cer- suggestion of his name, all feel- SAM BEBER preme Advisory Council of A. Z. A. when a Jap invasion of the is- tificates will be sent to the ing that his prestige would do (2) The Boy Scout troops are land was attempted. Fighting recipients by the official jew- much to win the same loyalty and Eagle Scout. Mr. Vogel, who is an to be definitely identified as a heroically side by side with his eler of the Order, the L. G. following of Jewish youth for the alumnus of St. Joseph Valley part of the B'nai B'rita and the comrades-in-arms Cohen died, Balfour Company, and the Su- Boy Scout program as he had won Chapter 92 of South Bend, served junior program of the Supreme never knowing that the Japs preme Advisory Council urges for the special program for older for many years as national chair- Advisory Council for boys 12 to had been repulsed with terrific that chapters whose advisors boys embodied in the A. Z. A, man of the A. Z. A. Scout Commit- 15. The troops are to be known losses. Harry, 28 years old, en- have thus been honored shall Vogel Eagle Scout tee, and for a short period during as: B'NAI B'R I T H A.Z.A. tered the Hazelton chapter of officially present the certifi- Jerome G. Vogel, is a member of the past year served as an admin- BOY SCOUT TROOP NO. The A. Z. A. in 1934 and was an cates on behalf of the S. A. C. the A. Z. A. Legion of Honor, and istrative assistant in the offices name of B'nai B'rith and A. Z. A. active member in all A. Z. A. some public function. has had wide experience in Boy of the S. A. C. in Washington, (Continued on Page 8. affairs. Scout work and is himse If an D.C. See "BEBER."