Message from the GRAND ALEPH the SH GODOL Official Publication of AZA and BBYM of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization 24TH YEAR NOVEMBER, 1947 Send address changes to The Shofar, 1746 M St. N. W., Washington 6, D. C. By MYRON TEITELBAUM Since the discovery of Chairman Announces Five Book Review Contest America, Jewish life has prospered and grown with National BBYM Contests For All BBYO Members amazing strides. For the past two hundred years intricate "Something for everyone" is the way Joe Abraham- A book review contest open to all members of BBYO son, BBYM Program and Activities Chairman, describes has been announced by BBYO Headquarters. The reviews systems of Jewish Com- the five nationwide contests scheduled for BBYM for the may deal with any book, of Jewish interest. Entries may munity organizations have ensuing year. The contests will include a bowling con- be submitted at any time between November 7 and been built until today we December 15. gress, oratory, one-act play, sermon and book-review find that we have in the Four first prizes will be awarded, one each for the competition. First announcement of the plans for these best review by a member of AZA, BBYM, BBG or BBYW. United States one of the contests was a bulletin dis- The prize for each of the strongest Jewish community tributed to chapters during structures that has ever been AZA Sabbath four winners will be a year's October. membership in the Jewish achieved during the five The schedule begins with Publication Society which thousand years of Jewish the Bowling Congress which means that each of the win- history In every field con- is to be judged on the basis of team scores submitted to ners will receive a total of nected with Jewish life we have a multi- the BBYM Committee in six books published by the plicity of tenpins, candle pins, and Society. Members may organiza- five-pins. Scoresheets for the choose any six books from tions, each chapter team are to be sent the Society's book-lists. All striving to to the committee no later advance its than November 30, 1947. the books published by the program to The Book-Review Contest Society are in English. better the will be part of the BBYO The BBYO Book Review Jewish Com- Book Review Contest which Contest is scheduled to coin- munity. is announced in this edition cide with Jewish Book Through of The Shofar. Oratory will Teitelbaum out the Jew- be based on competition Month, which begins on through chapter, regional November 7. Members may ish history utopian plans were laid to unite together and district levels, with the enter in the national Contest ALEPHS PARTICIPATING IN SERVICES. The above picture, all the various organizations district winners competing taken during the 1947 AZA Convention, is typical of the scenes reviews which have been into one central agency for the national champion- that will be portrayed in hundreds of communities as members presented at a chapter book which could speak in the ship. The Sermon Contest of AZA take over services during AZA Sabbath on November program or which have also name of the Jewish People. will be an outgrowth of na- 7 and 8. been entered in local book Although many central tional BBYM Sabbath on the review contests. agencies arose, none alone first Sabbath in March. AZA Chapters Conduct Own Entries may be between was able to represent demo- The national One-Act 300 and 600 words long, are cratically the large majority Play Contest is to be judged first in each district and the Services in Annual Sabbath to be submitted in triplicate, of Jews. Under the exigency and must be postmarked no of World War II the major seven district winners will be Jewish rganizations entered in the final judging For the twenty-second consecutive year, AZA chapters later than midnight, Decem- in the United States and Canada will mark their devotion ber 15, 1947. They are to be throughout the world did for a national winner. In announcing the con- to Judaism by a continent-wide observance of AZA Sab- accompanied by a statement unite temporarily to express the Jewish case before the bath on November 7 and 8. On these dates alephs them- giving the contestant's name, tests, Abrahamson said the address, age, chapter, and plans had been made on the selves conduct services in temples and synagogues, with Peace Conferences, and they an assurance that the review did find that greater success basis of the decisions chapter representatives acting as rabbi, cantor, choir and is the work of the con- could be achieved when they reached at the last national congregation. testant (form on Page 11 were united. BBYM convention. He Although observance of stressed the fact that these the Sabbath and participa- contests were not designed tion in Sabbath services BBYO GIRLS START may be used). Any con- It is significant now that testant may submit as many upon the 3rd anniversary of entries as he or she desires. to replace, but rather were regularly is part of the pro- the joining together of the Entries will be judged as designed to supplement local gram of AZA, this one B'nai B'rith youth groups soon as possible after the activities such as basketball Sabbath has become a tra- NATIONAL PROJECT into the BBYO, in order more final date of the contest and effectively to fulfill our tournaments and panel dis- ditional annual symbol of announcement of the win- cussions. such participation. The female half of BBYO has ideals, that representatives ners made immediately after "This is one step," he said, Plans for local observance started on a community service of the major Jewish organ- "in putting into action the of the AZA Sabbath are the judging. Winning re- project to provide creative and izaions will meet together views will be published® in decisions of the convention. made by individual AZA recreational materials to European this month in Chicago to de- The Shofar and The We are out to make this a chapters. In many instances, Jewish children in institutions termine in the sessions of Menorah. terrific year in BBYM. Every other BBYO units from B'nai there. Both BBG and BBYW the American Jewish Con- Entries are to be sent to chapter in the United States B'rith Girls, B'nai B'rith adopted the same project at their ference whether they should and Canada should have at Young Men and B'nai B'rith national conventions this last sum- the Program Department, also continue in unity further Young Women joined the mer. BBYO, 1746 M St., N. W., at least one entry in each of to advance the ideals of the these contests. That's the AZA members in this serv- Based on the desire to provide Washington 6, D. C. American Jewish Com- these European children with some way to build up BBYM ice. Members of B'nai B'rith Complete rules for the munity. means of having fun while at the BBYO Book Review Contest spirit." Lodges and Women's Chap- same time learning new skills, the As many of the repre- ters are invited to attend are printed on Page 11. Rules for all the BBYM girls of BBYO decided to collect sentatives of the major contests are given in detail these Sabbath services so and send abroad toys, drawing Jewish organizations have on Page 3. that they may see in actual materials, equipment for needle- Boston BBYO Airs already stated their desire practise the activities of the work, airplane model kits, etc. for a permanent American Each district has a separate District 4 Starts youth groups they sponsor. home abroad to which all their ar- Jewish Programs Jewish Conference, we hope In conjunction with AZA ticles will be sent. These homes that we can build that ideal The BBYO Radio Players of BBYO Newspaper Sabbath, there is a Sermon are operated by OSE (Oeuvre de Greater Boston have started their agency which will speak Contest. Winner of the con- Secours aux Enfants) a European thirteen-week series of radio pro- with one voice for all The newest district newspaper test, in which sermons de- Jewish medical organization de- grams, The Book of Life, on Sta- American Jews. is the Migdal Or (Tower of Light) livered by AZA members voted to the causes of child wel- tion WCOP. Dealing with Jewish Thus as we celebrate this published by the BBYO of District during AZA Sabbath are fare, health and hygiene. themes, the scripts are written by month the founding of the 4. A four page, tabloid-size, printed newspaper, Migdal Or is judged, receives the Sidney It is expected that many chap- Elliott Silverstein and acted by ters of the BBG and BBYW will BBYO members. BBYO, let us also express jointly edited by Irwin Weinberg G. Kusworm Plaque, named request the assistance of their This radio drama workshop is our fervent desire that the for BBYM, Ellen P. Mayer for for the Treasurer of the brother AZA and BBYM chapters only one of several major under- delegates to the American BBYW, Lionel Fichman for AZA International Order of B'nai in working on this project. takings by the BBYO of this re- Jewish Conference arrive at and Maureen Strom for BBG, all B'rith. Winner of this award gion. A Jewish youth orchestra a common understanding under the supervision of Eva M. last year was Melvin Kitay, will be conducted in some under BBYO sponsorship is now where all the Jewish organ- Ballo, District 4 Director of Girls' of Kearny, N. J., whose ser- 200 communities. Oneg in the process of formation. The Work. izations in America can work mon dealt with "The Re- Shabbat programs after BBYO choral group, already or- The newspaper contains news of together in harmony to all activities in the district plus a sponsibility of the Jew services are a special feature ganized, is being enlarged. It is planned that these two groups to- strengthen our Jewish way page of program suggestions and Today" of many of the chapter gether will present a Jewish Mu- of life. aids, AZA Sabbath services plans. sic Festival in the near future.