2 SHOFAR "Fill in the Ranks" Get Young Alephs to Carry on While Our Older Broth- BUY ers Are in the UNITED STATES Armed Forces SAVINGS ,BONDS AND STAMPS Official Organ I.3.A.-B'nai B'rith Youth Organization eting was VOL. XVIII November 27, 1942 No. 7 Club ember es of are Cleve- 1942-43 Winter Tournament Plans Set boy, eland the Best year. AZA Sabbath Attended an be Plans Virtually Completed in d ex- shwin cently By 800 in Philadelphia places Many Districts, Panel Discussions and with The AZA and BBG Act as Joint Sponsors n and Will Be Used to Expand War Work chap- Philadelphia, -Some 800 Alephs Alephs and B'nai B'rith Girls at- ors in tended the National A. Z. A. Sab- Washington, D. As this is- bath held at Temple Jeshurun un- sue of THE SHOFAR goes to der the joint auspices of the A. press, plans are virtually com- z. A. and B'nai B'rith Girls' Coun- plete for the 36 regional and p. 152 cil of Philadelphia. The twenty seven district finals in basket ball, or the chap- A. Z. A. chapters and fourteen oratory and debate which will be The B'nai B'rith Girls groups worked held throughout America this together to sponsor this affair. winter and will terminate in the instein, Past Grand Aleph Godol Stanley national finals in oratory and de- Paul Rabinowitz delivered the sermon bate. War Service Panel discus- Har- on "Youth and Religion.' An all sions are being planned for all Miller. A. z. A. choir under the direction tournaments. They will simulate orfolk, of Aleph Eugene Prizer sang the the discussions held at the Na- know traditional Sabbath hymns. tional War Service Convention in Alephs Following the services refresh- Chicago last July. It is hoped ry and ments were served at the "Youth that through discussions eight Forum" by the B'nai B'rith Girls. practical ideas for Was Service During the forum a discussion was projects can be obtained. held on the part of the youth of While most of the regionals Calif.) today in religion. will be held between December 25 ng out Stanley Salkowitz of Jerry and the New Year, some of the as been Safur Chap. 463 and Miss Leona eleminations have already taken n is a Styer acted as Co-chairmen for place. District 4 and 5 lead the ps sta- the Sabbath, Dr. Charles Simmons way in convention openers. Islands and Miss Eleanore Engels, both During the first week of Decem- medal advisors to B'nai B'rith groups, ber A. Z. A. headquarters will n duty acted as advisors to the committee mail to each chapter sponsoring Patrol. on arrangements for the services. a tournament the completed elig- train- ibility lists of all chapter Alephs ith the ola Na- WYNER TO HEAD participating in regional tourna- ments. All participants must be us Le- members in good standing with ationed Train- CLEVELAND AZA A. Z. A. and registered at A. Z. A, headquarters as of December 1, an in- and must not have reached their enance. twenty-first birthday before Jan- YOUTH PROGRAM uary 1, 1943. ling A. Chapters and Alephs Clubs must (Ohio) be paid up in their obligations to in the the S. A. C. in order to partici- tner of Cleveland, Ohio - Edward D. pate in the tournaments. g team Wyner, 28. well known young at- All other rules and regulations cham- torney and communal worker of cession, MAYOR PROCLAIMS AZA SABBATH Pictured above is Mayor Maurice J. Tobin of covering the torunaments are con- Cleveland, was employed this Boston, Mass., affixing his signature to a tained in the 1942 edition of IN- d com- week as professional Director of proclamation which set aside Friday, November 13th as National A. Z. A. Sabbath Day in Boston, SIDE INFORMATION and in an- nals in Cleveland A. Z. A. and the local ffice in Mass. In proclaiming that day as National A. Z. A. Sabbath, Mayor Tobin urged all citizens of Jew- other section of this paper. B'nai B'rith Youth House for War X years ish faith "to their synagogues and there rededicate themselves to the God-given principles of the Service Activities, according to an He was brotherhood of man; and to pray for the preservation of peace, tolerance, and the democratic way announcement made jointly by Eastern of life in our nation." Shown with Mayor Tobin are Louis E. Sidman, District 1 Director, left: Rabbi PHOTO CONTEST Philip M. Klutznick, president of missed Samuel I. Abrams, right, and Santor Robert Sebal, standing, of Temple Ohabei Shalom of Brook- the S. A. C., and Nicholas M. line, Mass. he first Brazy, chairman of the A. Z. A. Committee of District Grand STARTED BY Lodge No. 2. and Irving Ballon Idstein, off. chairman of the Cleveland A. 09. has Z. A. Advisory Council. Survey to Be Made on War of his RED CROSS Mr. Wyner succeeds Aaron revious Zucker, who left this month for Harri- the armed services. Service Accomplishments of AZA Washington, D. -Announce- The new Director will maintain ment has been made by the Am- a downtown office at 359 Leader Washington, D. C.-This week erican Red Cross of an National mation Building, and also an office at all Chapters and Aleph Clubs will buried, honoring the soil of tention of the War Service chair- Photo Contest which expires on ve con- the B'nai B'rith Youth House. receive through their Aleph Maz- strange and distant lands. The man. In those instances where December 31. $5,125 in War merican 11905 Superior Avenue, Cleve- kir and Advisor record of what they have done the War Service chairman has en- Bonds are being offered for as am- land. an official re- and are doing is daily front page listed, or for some other reason photos of Red Cross. activities. Spy re- Mr. Wyner enters the profes- port form for news. cannot fill out the report, it is Entries are to be sent to 590 Ma- rs keep sional service of A. Z. A. with the purpose of The purpose of the new report requested that the report be filled dison Avenue, New York, N. Y. nd Pass a fine background of organiza- letting national on "WHAT WE HAVE DONE out by the Aleph Mazkir or Aleph Entrants may submit as many tional experience. In order to ac- d quarters SINCE PEARL HARBOR" is to Godol with the assistance of the pictures as desired but no pic- cept the position with the know what has tell fully what A. Z. A. chapters Advisor. The report provides for tures heretofore published will be ORT! he resigned this week as Director been done in are doing on the home front. a space to list all of the Alephs, of the Patrick Henry Community eligible. All pictures entered in of the War Service in The figures for the entire nation alumni and Advisors who have en- part by Center a division of the Cleve- the contest must portray an activ- the year since will be tabulated and a national tered the armed service. land Board of Education where ity of the American Red Cross on amps. Pearl Harbor. report rendered. The Supreme Advisory Council he has been actively directing a the home front, in the camps, on The week that the United States A special effort will be made to is particularly anxious to obtain recreation program serving 1500 the sea or in foreign lands: or declared war. national A. z. A. ting? send this report to every A. Ze A. the names of all Alephs in the people per week. headquarters immediately dis- member in the armed service they may be symbolic of the armed service, for reason that in In 1937 Mr. Wyner received his patched to every chapter and throughout the world. spirit of the American Red Cross. the past some of these Alephs have Bachelor of Arts degree from Aleph Club a "National Defense Prompt Return Urged have been reported to national Army and navy restrictions on Adelbert College of Western Re- Resources Survey' and a "Pledge In order to make the national headquarters as simply "no long- picture taken must be observed. word: serve University and two years of Co-operation" to help win the report public on Monday, Decem- er active," or the chapter listed Pictures may be made on any the later graduated from the School war. The record of what our ber 7. it is necessary that every them as "suspended. The na- type of film but not be made on of Law of Western Reserve. In Chapters had already done to pre- chapter fill out the report at tional headquarters desires to re- glass plate negatives. Prints no ir be- addition to his work at the Pa- pare for the war, plus what they once and return it to national instate to active membership all smaller than five by seven are trick Henry Community Center he pledged themselves to do to help headquarters at Washington via Alephs in the armed service. preferred. Prints should be un- ay has been actively engaged in the win the war, won for A. Z. A. special delivery air mail. These Alephs will be kept on the mounted and should be mailed e had. practice of law since July 1939. commendation on the part of high In appreciation of what each active roles of the chapter, but flat. On the back of each picture S bad; (Continued on Page Eight, government and B'nai B'rith of chapter has done on the home no dues will be charged for them. the entrant is to print his name e's a See "WYNER.) ficials and leaders. front, and for prompt co-opera- If any become 21 years of age and address and a brief title or A year has passed. During that tion in returning the report, the while in the service they will be description of the picture. week IT'S time thousands of active Alephs Supreme Advisory Council will given a life membership in the ues and alumni have been fighting on send to each chapter a large two- A. Z. A. operation, promoting rides for 0 PAY battle fronts throughout the color certificate suitable for fram- The report covers what chap- men in uniform, first aid train- world. Already twelve A. Z. A. ing and display in the chapter ters have done to co-operate with ing. blood donor contributions, members have given their lives. meeting room the O. C. D. selling of salvage. Victory Book Campaign, Members of the A. Z. A. lie The report is directed to the at- Bonds and Stamps, Red Cross co- and other war activities.