Message from the GRAND ALEPH the GODOL Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYM-BBYW By MYRON TEITELBAUM 24TH YEAR MAY, 1948 Send address changes to The Shofar. 1746 M St. N. W., Washington 6. D. O. This month AZA begins its 25th year of service to Jewish youth, to the Jewish Four Presidents Urge BBG, AZA Conventions to Be at Camp community, and to the world m m u Action on Palestine nity. The ac- Achim; YM, YW to Meet in Detroit tivities of our The presidents of the four order have BBYO units have jointly issued a been mani- statement urging members to par- fold and its ticipate in activities that will help AZA'sConvention Aug. 26-29 Is Date YWMeetings growth rap- the Jews of Palestine in their ef- id. But in forts to establish a Jewish state. Copies of this statement were sent To Begin Aug. 31 Chosen by BBG Early in July attempt- to each chapter in the country and ingtoachieve The 1947 National Con- With the selection of were signed by Helene Fishbein. In a joint decision by the success in president of BBYW; Ivosalind vention of AZA will be at a Camp Achim as a site for the national presidents of Teitelbaum particu- Brensilber, president of BBG; Sey- camp near Chicago, GAG National BBG Convention, BBYW and BBYM, Helene lar phases of mour Cohen, president of BBYM, Myron Teitelbaum has an- plans for three days of busi- Fishbein and Seymour Co- our program, such as pro- and Myron Teitelbaum, president nounced. Beginning Aug. ness and seminars are pro- hen, plans have been made moting national projects, we of AZA. 31 and continuing through gressing under the guidance to hold the national conven- have failed to keep the over- The following is the text of the Sept. 3, the Convention will of Rosalind Brensilber, Na- tions of both organizations release: all picture of AZA in mind. be at Camp Achim on Lake tional President of BBG. in Detroit, Mich., from July Because we recognize the im- mediate crisis brought about by Paw Paw, Mich., which is Convention dates have been 4 to 7. The conventions will How many Alephs are the United States betrayal of the about 100 miles northeast of set for Aug. 26 through be held concurrently with cognizant of the specific pur- United Nations by reversing its Chicago. It was selected Aug. 29. The camp is about many joint activities pro- pose and object of AZA? How many Alephs know the policy on the partition of Pales- upon the request made by 100 miles northeast of Chi- jected. tine, we recommend to the 30,000 the National Executive Com- cago on Lake Paw Paw, Miriam Albert, past pres- significance of our hand- members of BBYO that the follow- mittee at its meeting in Mich. ident of BBYW. has been shake or our password? How ing steps be taken: Washington that a conven- 1. Each BBYO member should One delegate will repre- appointed as Chairman of many of our members know tion site be secured in the the meaning of the three He- initiate discussions at chapter sent 65 members of BBG in the Convention Committee. meetings based on the information Mid West. the business sessions. Guests Joseph Abrahamson, BBYM brew letters: Aleph Zadik available in the daily press, in The National Executive will be welcomed to the Vice-President, will act as Aleph? the Anglo-Jewish publications, on Committee, in line with its Convention until the camp assistant chairman of this It is a sad fact but the ma- the radio, from your family, your desire to keep the cost of the capacity is reached, with committee. Joint chairmen jority of Alephs are ignorant community leaders, your school, Convention as low as pos- of the Detroit committee registration of guests accept- of the basic aims of AZA. your rabbi, and your local BBYO sible in order to have funds will be Charlotte Water- ed in the order received. Our order's program and staff. Through these media your chapter can inform itself of the available for a large and Registration fees for the stone and Harry Mirvis, both aims are equal to the highest memorable th Anniver- well-known to members of facts involved and arrive at its three days will be $18, which in any Jewish organization, own decisions on the following sary Convention, decided to will cover the costs of food, BBYW and BBYM respec- and we should all become tively. suggested actions. keep the number of dele- housing and linens. aware of them to better 2. Your chapter should then: gates at a minimum. This Early plans call for a full send telegrams, special delivery The new rebate system, promote the growth and ef- decision was also influenced round of both business and fectiveness of AZA. and registered letters, petitions, (See BBG, Page 10) by a desire to have a small, educational activities spiced and make phone calls to the fol- For 24 years our organiza- efficient working body to per- with pure fun. Special lowing persons: U. S. Representatives and U. S. mit business sessions to flow District 2 Convention events will be prepared for tion has developed the finest delegates who arrive during traditions, but these are Senators from your own state: Mr. smoothly. Proportional rep- Seminars, Meetings worthless until we under- Marshall, Secretary of State, resentation will be used in the weekend preceding the stand their meanings and (See STATEMENT. Page 9) "AZA College" Style opening of the convention. (See AZA, Page 10) Besides regular business background. In other words N. Y. Team Wins National AZA An innovation for AZA con- sessions, the convention our ceremonies and orders ventions was included in the Dis- schedule will include semi- should not be just conven- trict 2 convention in Denver, nars, "bull sessions," and tionalities. They should be Colo., on March 21-24. The "AZA social gatherings. representative of the spirit in AZA. Basketball Tourney in St. Louis College" style of conducting meet- Full details on the elec- ings and seminars met with great tion of delegates, registra- success among the delegates. The tion fees, and other matters Too many of us have neg- faculty, including members of of procedure on the conven- lected to inform our brother Oneg Shabat and Dance New Jersey Team Takes AZA, BBYM and the staff, were tion will be sent to local Alephs, especially the new the professors who led the dis- initiates, about AZA. To a Start Weekend Activity Second Spot in Finals cussions. units and will be published Visiting alephs were wel- ir the June issue of The great extent we have neg- The National AZA Basketball The discussion was divided into lected to emphasize the edu- comed to the National AZA Tournament, revived after a lapse three sections. The first was on Shofar. This will be the first cation of our pledges; and Basketball Tournament in the "Role of AZA in the Ameri- time that the new rebate sys- during the war years, was cli- can-Jewish Community," led by tem whereby delegates who one of the most significant St. Louis, Mo., by all of the maxed by the victory of Balfour ceremonies in our order, the AZA of the Bronx over contend- Max Kleinbaum, District Director. travel further receive a city's BBYO with an oneg First Degree Ritual, has fall- Shabat and Ice-Breaker ers from the seven districts. The The next section introduced a dis- greater percentage of their en into disuse. This ritual New York team piled up a lead at cussion on the duties of the of- dance. The National Tour- fares will be instituted. A the beginning of the game with its ficers after they are elected and contains the essence of AZA nament was instituted again map showing the percentage on April 16-18 after an in- final contender, Weequahic of the way to conduct a chapter of rebate to be paid to dele- and unless it is -presented to Newark, N. J., to cop the cham- meeting. terruption of the annual gates from various localities new members, they are apt pionship by a score of 54 to 27. Workshops and seminars, con- event during the war years. will appear in the next issue never to know of its inspiring Evenly matched play in most ducted by associate and assistant St. Louis BBG began the of this newspaper. games of the Tournament created professors, were included in the message; they may never The decision to hold the oneg Shabat with a radio know the purpose of their interest as Balfour defeated the St second section. These covered such skit on Passover. Later, topics as planning a program sev- conventions simultaneously Louis America team by a score of activities in AZA. Palestinian dances were 33-29 in the preliminaries and eral months in advance, plan- was made by the Executive As we begin this 25th demonstrated by the Pales- Newark's Weequahic 636 topped ning a program for a specific Committees of both organi- year, let us firmly resolve tinian National Folk Danc- Freed-Goldberg of New Orleans occasion (such as a holiday), prob- zations. Detroit was the sec- not only to achieve outward ing group in which several 48-39. Detroit 63 lost their early lems within a chapter, community ond choice of tentative sites success in our projects and BBYO members participate. lead of 14 points to Savanah 206, singing, folk dancing and BBYO- selected at those meetings. activities, but to inculcate in although the Detroit team re- B'nai B'rith cooperation. The oneg Shabat was in con- covered sufficiently to down them The problem of how to stimu- our members a true under- junction with the St. Louis 35-26. late members of an individual Miami AZA Takes Part standing of the spirit and B'nai B'rith Council's annual The Pacific team from Oakland. chapter to develop a complete pro- ideals of AZA. Sabbath night. Before the In UJA Youth Drive Calif., considered to be best gram and to utilize it in carrying party, BBYO members at- matched to Balfour in the height out the five-fold and full purpose One of the most successful af- tended Friday night serv- of the players, met defeat from of AZA was considered during the fairs sponsored by a youth group Aleph Wins Scholarship ices at the United Hebrew this team by a score of 40-34. Also third section meeting. In this dis- in Miami, Fla., for the benefit of Temple where they heard in the semi-finals, Detroit and cussion the role of the leader, the United Jewish Appeal in its A university scholarship of $150 Rabbi Samuel Thurman Newark kept the score tied until needs and interests of the mem- present drive was a dance given was awarded a member of King Solomon AZA 531, Bill Fleckles, speak on "Covenant of Free- Newark forged ahead in the last bers, and group work principles by AZA 322 recently. The alephs three minutes of the game to win were considered. dom." The ce-breaker were able to contribute a large for his composition, "What the 46 to 35. A stag banquet featured com- sum to the campaign. Freedom Train Meant to Me." He dance was held at the The consolation play-off was munity singing of Hebrew and University of Miami students competed with San Francisco, YMHA on Saturday night. taken by the lanky Oakland Yiddish songs and the delegates helped AZA 322 with another Calif., high school students in the The three-day weekend alephs in a nip and tuck battle organized a hora and other Pales- successful dance by providing the contest sponsored by the Ameri- came to a climax with a pre- with Detroit, who piled up 40 tinian folk dances at the final, entertainment. This time it was can Heritage Foundation, (See BASKETBALL Page 11) points to Oakland's 44, semi-formal dance. a sweetheart dance.