SHOFAR Price of Tree Cer- tificate for Lapidus Forest $1.50- Contributions to Nat'l BUY Headquarters UNITED BONDS Official Organ A.-B'nai B'rith Youth Organization April 14, 1944 Nisan 21, 5704 Send All Address Changes to THE SHOFAR 1003 K St., N. W., Washington, 1, D. C. Vol. XIX-No. 16 to the he ere ry AZATO MEET JULY 12-26 the rd P. uis 'V- To Honor Beber With 1,000 Trees SUMMER INSTITUTE he AND CONVENTION AT in on 1 MONTH CAMPAIGN ve INDIANA UNIVERSITY hs at. TO COMMEMORATE 20TH B'nai B'rith Lodges Are a., ANNIVERSARY OF A.Z.A. Asked to Give Scholar- is ships to AZA Leaders g- he Trees to Be Planted in Washington, D. C.-National AL he A. Z. A. Lapidus Memorial Z. A. headquarters today announced n- Forest in Palestine that the 21st annual National A. Z. AL Convention, combined with the first Washington, D. C.-On April 3rd, National A. Z. A. Summer Institute, is Sam Lichtenstein, national chairman will be held on the campus of Indiana of the Grand Aleph Godol's commit- University, Bloomington, Ind., during S., of tee on the A. Z. A. Lapidus Memorial the two weeks commencing Wednes a. Forest in Palestine announced a day morning, July 12, and concluding he whirl-wind thirty day campaign to Wednesday morning, July 26, 1944. a purchase 1,000 trees from the Jewish The summer institute, which will to National Fund to be planted in the consist of seminars and workshops as A. Z. A. forest in honor of Sam Beb- during the first eleven days, will be " er on the occasion of the 20th anni- devoted to leadership training for A4 versary of the founding of A. Z. A. Z. A. and the general Jewish com- en o, May 3, 1944. munity. The last three days, com- II 'The $64 question is," said Lich- mencing Sunday morning, July 23g tenstein, 'can our chapters act on will be devoted to the convention ses= y. this fast enough to get their contribu- sions, with special workshops for the as e tions into national headquarters with- planning of the A. Z. A. program dur< in in one month's time. I am confident ing the coming year. they can. I can think of no finer Lodges Asked to Provide tribute to Beber than for A. Z. A. to Scholarships plant in his honor 50 trees for each From July 12 through July 26 the Union Building of In order to help=defray the ex< y ON TO INDIANA year of A. Z. A.'s existence." Indiana University at Bloomington, Ind., pictured a penses for the Alephs attending the a- Lichtenstein reported that as of above, will resound to the voices of 150 A. Z. A. chapter delegates and leaders summer institute and convention, the d April 3rd, there was on hand $750.00 who will attend the National A. Z. A. Summer Training Institute and 21st Supreme Advisory Council is request= or enough to buy only 500 trees. An- Convention sessions. The University Campus, wooded and rolling encom- e ing the cooperation of chapter ad- passes two hundred acres of land and is known as one of the most beautiful other $750.00 is required to purchase visors in an effort to secure scholar- Z. le 1,000 trees. in America. Chapters are urged to select their delegates now for this two ships in the amount of $35.00 from Recently over thirty-five chapters week training course and convention as the number of registrants will be the sponsoring B'nai B'rith lodge of a l-- purchased trees. Leon H. Rose chap- limited to 150. Read the convention story for further details. each chapter whose delegate is ac- ter 519 of Camden sent in $46.50 for cepted for the institute and conven< - el 31 trees. Memphis and Lorain A. Z. A. tion. d each contributed $25.00. Several chap- National Organization of B'nai B'rith Dr. Blumenfield Heads Staff ters as well as the A. Z. A. councils The staff for the institute will be of Chicago and Atlanta purchased Girls to Be Created at Chi Conference headed by Dr. Samuel M. Blumenfield, 11 ten trees each at $15.00. National Educational Consultant of y Lichtenstein announced that a the A. Z. A. and Dean of the College e beautifully designed certificate suit- Chicago, III.-A national organi- FLASH! of Jewish Studies of Chicago, and able for framing will be presented to will include all of the members of the zation of B'nai B'rith Girls to serve chapters and individuals who contrib- A. Z. A. professional staff, consisting as a feminine counterpart to the ute to the campaign. These will also Aleph Zadik Aleph, 3'nai B'rith's SIMON ATLAS CHAP. 126 of those at national headquarters as be issued to all recent contributors. well as District and City Directors. youth organization for teen age boys, AND ALUMNI PLEDGE Grand Aleph Godol Edward A. Grause See "HONOR BEBER" will be created at a meeting of na- will preside over the convention ses- Continued on Page Two tional leaders of the B'nai B'rith Women and regional leaders of the 100 TREES FOR FOREST sions. In addition, the staff will in- clude guest lecturers and specialists B'nai B'rith Girls to be held Satur- Washington, D. C.-As The in music, dramatics, and arts and Chicago Alephs Recruit day evening, April 22nd, and all day crafts. Sunday, April 23rd, at the Stevens Shofar went to press Simon Atlas 100 B'nai B'rith Members Hotel, Chicago, according to an an- Chapter 126 of this city, together Facilities for 150 Alephs Due to travel restrictions and the nouncement by Mrs. Maurice Turner, with its alumni association, were limited facilities available on the Uni- Chicago, president of the Women's the first to respond to the campaign Chicago, 1.-The Chicago A. versity campus, attendance will be Supreme Council of B'nai B'rith. to plant 1,000 trees in the A. Z.A.- Z. A. Council reported their suc- cess in recruiting one hundred A major project of the Women's Lapidus Forest in Palestine in hon- limited to 150 alephs. Facilities per- mitting, there will be a small enroll- Supreme Council of B'nai B'rith, or of Sam Beber on the occasion ment of A. Z. A. advisors. members for the B'nai B'rith from which is convening the meeting, the of the 20th anniversary of the Because of the limited number of among the fathers, brothers, rela- B'nai B'rith Girls now have a mem- founding of A, Z.A., May 3, 1944. tives and friends of the members alephs who can be accommodated, bership of over 12,000 organized in A pledge of 100 trees costing candidates for the institute will be se- e of A. Z. A. In reaching this num- 238 local chapters. Coordination of $150 was made by Aleph Godol, ber, the Council attained the goal these local units into a national body Melvin Garfinkel on behalf of the lected from among those officially I elected convention delegates who reg- they set at a meeting held in Sep- S was approved by the 1943 annual chapter and Bert Abramson on be- ister for the entire two weeks. In tember, 1943. meeting of the Women's Supreme half of the alumni. making the selection, preference will , The goal, one hundred mem- Council and by the 1944 meeting of The trees presented by the chap- r be given to those who first send in bers, which was set by the Aleph t the National Executive Committee of ter will memorialize Raymond their registration blanks, accompanied Godols of the Chicago A. Z. A. 1 B'nai B'rith. Establishment of a na- Katz, an Aleph of the chapter, re- by the registration fee. chapters, was in commemoration tional B'nai B'rith Girls organization cently killed in action. The trees : In the event that 150 delegates do of the one hundred years of serv- will be followed later by the creation presented by the alumni will be in 1 ice which the B'nai B'rith has ren- not register for the two-week period, of a B'nai B'rith Youth Commission memory of Irving Tash, one of the then non-delegates will be permitted dered to the American way of life. to govern the affairs of the B'nai founders of the chapter and a Every chapter, aleph, pledge and former advisor who was the first to register for the eleven days of the advisor took part in this campaign. See "B'NAT B'RITH GIRLS" alumnus to pass away. See "INDIANA" Continued on Page Six Continued on Page Eight