SH DFAR Price of Tree Cer- tificate for Lapidus Forest $1.50- Contributions to Na'l BUY Headquarters UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS Official Organ A.-B'nai B'rith Youth Organization February 25, 1944 Adar 1, 5704 Vol. XIX-No. 13 of Chi- m their Chi-Alephs Furnish Changes Made in National Philly University of d news, Army Infantry Unit AZA Named in Honor averman Cor- Company Day Room Administration of the AZA of Late Joe Herbach is now C. P. enough $1000 Worth of Furniture Rabbi Alper, Educational Director, Cohen Ass't. Aleph Club Installation in Italy Games, Other Comforts To Executive Director, Lichtenstein Admin. Ass't. Witnessed by 220 Alephs ent ill- is chap- Supplied by AZA and Advisors Attending Rosen- land - Chicago, Ill.-The Chicago A. Z. Philadelphia, Pa.-The second an- Rosen- 'A. Council recently completed the fur- nual University of A. Z. A. was held nishing of a Company Day Room at by the Philadelphia A. Z. A. Coun- Ft. Sheridan, III., for an all-colored cil recently, during which time the t. Man- infantry unit. The negotia- officers and committee chairmen of ishville, tions for the project were all the Philadelphia chapters were ed the WORK started early in December given an opportunity to learn more for his under the direction of the about the duties of their offices. The Wake War Service Chairman of the Chicago University was named after the late received Council, Marvin Meyers, and Harry Joseph Herbach who was the first ress en- Kadushin, Advisors. Dean when this project was initiated Harbor The Room, furnished by the last year. lumnus Alephs, was done so at the cost of Over 200 Alephs and 20 Advisors 41, has $300.00, even though the value of the attended the various classes conduct ine pa- furnishings exceeds $1000. The fur- ed by a Board of Professors who were in the nishings include chairs, davenports, on hand to impart their knowledge e serv- mirrors, writing desks, lamps, pic- of A. Z. A. Prior to the class sessions where tures, smoking stands, etc. The room of the University, the Joseph Her- was also supplied with a subscription Rabbi Alper Milton F. Cohen bach Aleph Club was installed by to 8 national magazines, 5 Chicago Washington, D. C.-It was an- Ariz., newspapers, 2 St. Louis newspapers Milton Cohen came to the A.Z.A. Harry Brager, former District 3 Di- nounced by Philip M. Klutznick, Pres- rector. Milton Cohen, Assistant to the to the and 1 Detroit newspaper. in February of 1942, as an Adminis- ident of the Supreme Advisory Coun- Executive Director of the A. Z. A., in- ey are The Alephs also presented this unit cil of the A. Z. A., that three changes trative Assistant. He began his A. Z. stalled the officers of the chapter. Schla- with 3000 sheets of personalized sta- had taken place in the staff at Na- A. career as a member of Junior A. Leo Levine, District 3 Director, tended tionery and envelopes and 1000 of tional Headquarters Z. A. sponsored by Achdus Chap. 27, opened the formal sessions of the Akron, similar sheets for the officers. within the past of Springfield, Mass. He joined the school by introducing the Dean of recent- Report on the dedication of the month. Director of the University, Benjamin Frank. Dis- tend a room, which took place on February Order as a member of this chapter and the A. Z. A. Milton trict 3 S. A. C. Representative. Frank r Dan, 22, has not as yet been received. How- F. Cohen, was ap- served as Aleph Godol. introduced the professors for the fol- Corps. ever, it is known that many outstand- pointed Assistant to Cohen graduated from Springfield lowing classes Godols and S'gans- ing citizens of B'nai B'rith leaders of the Executive Direc- College in 1938, where he majored in Kalman Levitan, N. Y. Regional Di- Chap. Chicago and other civic leaders, were tor, and Samuel sociology. He was actively engaged in rector; Mazkirs and Gizbors-Milton ed the there to help the A. Z. A. dedicate the Lichtenstein was Cohen, Assistant to the Executive Di- th fly- room during Brotherhood Week, as group work while at school and held pointed Administra- rector, AZA, Wash., D. C.: Sopher Alephs an indication of the Brotherhood feel- tive Assistant. the position of Assistant Boys' Work- class-Joseph Brandt, Philadelphia Wright, ing of the Chicago A. Z. A. members. Sam Lichtenstein Rabbi Alper, who er at the Springfield Boys' Club. He Deputy; Cultural class ht for The room was also furnsibed with has been serving as Acting Educa- was also a member of the Boys' Club Schneeberg, Chairman, Philadelphia nus of hundreds of books and 50 decks of tional Director of A. Z. A. for the Staff for five years. Board of Advisors; Community and writes playing cards, so that the members of past six months, was director of War Service-Sam Lichtenstein, Na- During 1938 and 1939 he served hat he the unit could find comfort and enter- Jewish education of the Hebrew tional Administrative Assistant, Orphan Asylum in New York, the as boys' worker at the Denison Set- th Af- tainment during their non-working Wash., D. C.; Social ass-Jerome y, who hours. largest agency of its kind in the tlement House in Boston, Mass. It was Doner, Advisor, Woodford Chap. 1/c. United States from 1923 until 1941, during that time that he became a 496; Inter-Group Relations class- when the institution was closed. He member of the Advisory Board of Arthur Gilbert, National Chairman; was assistant editor from 1942 to 1943 Advisors Round table class-Leo Le- from Malden Chap. 349. Cohen also served ST. LOUIS COUNCIL HOST of the Study Course on Jewish Post- vine, District 3 Director; and Athletics nus of War Problems issued by the Research as Director of the Beth Israel Relig- Eugene Sacks, Advisor, Pan- New ious School in Malden and Assistant some- TO 500 SERVICEMEN Institute on Peace and War Prob- nonia Chap. 295. S that lems of the American Jewish Com- Camp Director at Camp Avodah in ion in mittee. Middleboro, Mass. his old AT USO DANCE Born in New York City in 1902, At the present time, Cohen is Ed- Alephs Rabbi Alper graduated from the Rab- itor of THE SHOFAR and Assistant DFC AWARDED TO T-SGT. union," St. Louis, Mo.-Five hundred serv- bi Jacob Joseph Yeshivah and re- Editor of the "A. Z. A. Program ication ice men attended the U. S. O. dance ceived his rabbinical ordination and Guide." SHEIN FOR 31 BOMBING marked sponsored by the St. Louis A. Z. A. M. H. L. degree from the Jewish In- Sam Lichtenstein is an alumnus of ey are Council in conjunction with the Jew- stitute of Religion in 1930. He received Har Sinai Chap. 60, Philadelphia, Pa. MISSIONS OVER EUROPE when ish Welfare Board of St. Louis re- a B. A. from Columbia College and an He held the office of Aleph Godol and chap- cently. This affair, which attracted M. A. from Teachers College, Colum- Aleph Mazkir of his chapter; also a once several thousand people, was one in bia, where he also received the di- number of District offices, as well as Fresno, Calif.-Tech Sgt. Louis B. First, a series of war service projects spon- ploma as "Supervisor in Religious Ed- chairmanships of many of District 3 Shein, of Fresno Chap. 273 has been lucation." committees. sored by the Council. awarded the Distinguished Flying Author of a textbook, "The Bible He is a charter member of the Phil- Cross for his participation in bomb- The dance was under the direc- Retold," and for three years editor adelphia A. Z. A. Alumni Lodge and ing raids in the European Theatre of tion of Aleph Sid Birnbaum, who act of the children's page in the Brook- was editor of the Lodge Paper, THE War. ed as general chairman, and Jules lyn Jewish Examiner, Rabbi Alper ALUMNUS. Since this Lodge charter Sgt. Shein, who was born in China, Dubinsky, St. Louis City Director. As was associate editor of the Brandeis is being held in abeyance by the Su- came to Fresno with his parents in part of the program the Alephs pre- Avukah Annual, published in 1932, preme Lodge, he is now actively en- 1934. Five years later he became a sented a musical review for the men and for four years was an associate gaged as a member of Joshua B'nai member of the A. Z. A. He later left kane in service. editor of The Reconstructionist, of B'rith Lodge and is the editor of the his chapter to join the U. S. Air Corps. n re- A delegation of beautiful girls which he is now a contributing editor. Lodge bulletin "SHOFAR." Shein, who is a radio operator on 'nai were chosen to act as hostesses for He was also a contributing editor to Lichtenstein has had a wide and a B-26, was awarded the Air Medal e ac- the District 2 War Service Conven- the Encyclopedia of Jewish Knowl- varied experience with A. Z. A. chap- last summer. In the 9 months that 'rith tion, which will be held March 25-6-7. edge. Rabbi Alper is a member of the ters and before coming to National he has been overseas, Shein has com- Jean Reiner was selected by the gath. Commission on Jewish Education of Headquarters he held the office of their pleted 31 flying missions for which he ering as "Miss Missouri." the Union of American Hebrew Con- District 3 Treasurer. He attended has received three Oak Leaf Clusters. ta at gregations and the Central Confer- Gratz College of Hebrew Studies after 1 aid ence of American Rabbis, and is also graduating from the Philadelphia He- never a member of the executive committee brew High School. Liehtenstein also BACK THE ATTACK of the National Council for Jewish attended Temple University Evening BACK THE ATTACK BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Education. Teachers College. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS