ry, 1951 the Fill in the Ranks n's SH Replace Every Member ion Who Enters The Armed Forces Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYM-BBYW 27TH YEAR MARCH, 1951 1424 16th St. NW. Washington 6. D. C. Send address changes to The Shofar 'Take Home School Bell Rings BBYO IS ALL-OUT Value" YM, YW Theme FOR ISRAEL HOME Conclave Geared Brochure Printed on BBYO For Action; Aid Aid to Maladjusted Children ce and re- To Mobilization rtment Ci- Materials have already been shipped by BBYO chapters to er first big "Take Home Values" for the B'nai B'rith Children's Home in Israel and funds for the rith was as delegates will be the feature project are arriving at the national BBYO office. a clothing f. Her ga- of the BBYM-YW Convention A brochure on the Children's storehouse to be held at Camps Achim and ter shipped Delegations' Home is being published and Zahavo at Watervliet, Michi- will shortly be available from the offices ding secre- gan, from June 25 to June 29. Size Is Issue regional and district BBYO of- and third Both business sessions and fices. An album of records is apter. workshops will be focussed on For BBG's also available from the national preparing representatives to re- Mrs. Aron A reapportionment of delega- BBYO office to enhance chapter ive Director turn to their chapters ready to carry out the RES (Recrea- tions to the national convention programs devoted to the Chil- eo N. Levi e has also tion, Education, Service) pro- has been discussed by the Na- dren's Home. ctor for the tional Executive Committee of gram of the Association. TRI-STATE AID cil and was BBG. After considering the pur- Committees will be organized The AZA chapters in the Tri- who met to poses of the national conven- s Supreme to make a searching analysis of State Region. of District 1 have tion and the functions it per- president of the current YM-YW program, raised a total of $441.18 for the rith and of The children at the B'nai B'rith Children's Home in Israel attend forms, the Executive Commit- and others will create an addi- Children's Home during a spe- en's Grand school right at the Home itself. The school supplies and art tee is asking the districts to tional group of activities to cial campaign. The chapters, all materials sent by BBYO members will facilitate their instruction consider the advisability of leader in organization for and provide additional activities for their recreation periods. equalizing the size of the dis- from Massachusetts, which par- and is greater participation in the de- ticipated in the campaign and fense efforts of the country. trict delegations. interest in the amounts they have contrib- affairs. A Still another convention group tackle the problem of the AZA Contest YM Ace Dies The action would require an uted are: ed the prin amendment to the national BBG nited States Manual J. Weiner, Chelsea, e received a membership of the organization In Training constitution. At present, the $25 Sefirah, Beverly, $34.53; g service and make extensive plans for S among the an intensive membership cam- Values To Be number of delegates from each district is determined by the Fred Ginsberg, Everett. $10; youth work paign. Workshops will deal with Ship Crash membership of the district: the Brandeis, Peabody, $110; Lynn, nstant inter Agenda Issue $100; Ocean, Winthrop, $81.40: larger the district, the more s delegate methods for implementing these activities on the chapter News of the first BBYO member delegates it has. The amend- Constitution, Cambridge, h Conference killed while in service has been $43.50; George Gershwin, Dor- general com level. ment would allow each district The future of the oratory and chester, $22.25; and Louis Nee- received. He was Air Force Cap- ELECTION TIME the same number of delegates debate contests will be a major del, Dorchester, $14.50. regardless of size, and these SS Another important step being issue at the National AZA Con- 7 Women's delegates would be officers and Additional funds have come taken at this convention will vention this summer. The Na- other district leaders. also from two other AZA chap- Irriam Weiss be the election of new officers tional AZA Executive Commit- ember of the ters. Bobert Tobakin AZA in on the third instead of the last tee, in drawing up an eight- REFER TO DISTRICTS th Women Brooklyn, N. Y., sent a check hospita day of the program, to allow point agenda for the national The 'matter is being referred for $35. A donation of $32 came rs, its repre time for the organization of an convention, emphasized the need to the district organizations for from Charlotte, N. C., AZA 556. rans' Admin executive committee and the for re-evaluating the 26-year-old action at their conventions be- y Service BBG'S ACT, TOO spital and year. assignment hoped of tasks for the early new contests in terms of the needs fore the national convention is funding at th It is that this and interest of the members held at the University of Illi- The Akron, Ohio, BBG chap- ter for two today. nois, Urbana. The national con- ter has added three more dollars $, she advise committee organization of result the executive in better will vention dates are from after to the fund, all of which will be The National AZA Convention berg planning and quicker prepara- will be held at the University lunch on Monday, August 26, used to purchase a major piece emphis. tion of program materials for distribution to chapters. of Illinois in Urbana on August until after lunch, Friday, Au- of equipment for the home. een publicity The "Take Home Value" of 20-24. In preparation for a gust 30. Chapters who contribute to the secretary an ict. She is the streamlined business program The proposed constitutional fund may indicate what they of Governor program will be found in wish their money used for. Such with each delegate well versed amendment was the result of ome and (See YM-YW, Page 3) (See AZA, Page 2) the listing by the National Ex- major items as a movie projec- trol buyer tor, phonograph, records, cam- o. Previous ecutive Committee of the pur- was associa w Watchm BBYO Registers 75%; Captain Mel Farber poses and functions of the na- (See HOME, Page 8) tional convention. These were h weekly. tain Mel Farber, a member of Ray- stated as follows: included District 7 Still Leads mond Katz BBYM in Washington, worker, thre CONVENTION PURPOSES Children's Home D. C. Farber was pilot-instructor y, member 1. To train members to do a d teaching of a bomber-trainer flying out of Records Available ligious School BBYO registrations for 1950 have reached the 75 per cent Vance Air Force Base in Enid, better job on whatever level mark. On February 28, registrations were three-fourths com- Okla. He was one of three killed they are active. Records of a broadcast about pleted. with District 7 still leading the way with a higher regis- when his B-25 crashed near Sharon, 2. To suggest methods of im- the B'nai B'rith Children's Next tration than last year. Kansas. Home in Israel are available adline A veteran of 58 World War II plementing national policy by from the National BBYO Office, The percentages were com- the districts. March other districts have registered bomber missions. Farber joined 1424 16th St., N.W., Washington the puted on the basis of the num- Katz BBYM while stationed at 3. To perfect and polish the 6, D. C. has been of members registered by 100 per cent or more, indicating Bolling Field in Washington, knowledge gleaned from the The subject of the records is e April February 28 of this year com- an increase of membership over which was his home. He con- lower levels and to aid in the a Yemenite orphan's struggle 22. Storie Shofar pared to registration figures on last year in these areas. They tinued to pay dues to the chapter, against conversion and his sub- proper application of this un- repare all August 31 of 1950. District 7's are Atlanta and the non-metro- even when flying the Berlin airlift. sequent flight to Israel where and later when he was transferred derstanding in the districts. he found a haven in the B'nai eenth of registration figure has been politan areas of District 3. to Enid. 4. To exchange valuable ideas B'rith Children's Home. date. ged to computed at 104%. OVER 75% Farber, who was 25 years old. among the districts. Heard in the recording are Several regions in the district was married only four months ago. 5. To promote a unified BBG Mrs. Hyman Weisman, Presi- as soon Districts 2 and 3 have passed He joined the Army's Enlisted Re- gard to well over the 100 per cent the 75 per cent mark. All the serve in 1943. Farber was sent to feeling. dent of the Women's Supreme Council: and Mrs. Arthur Lauf- permit They are New Orleans, regions in District 2 (Ohio, St. Italy in 1944 where he flew 58 mis- It was felt that although the man, B'nai B'rith Director of uded in ble. Houston, and the non-metropoli- Louis, Kansas City, and the sions in B-24 liberator bombers. He leaders of the district should Women's Activities. Ben Grauer areas. Several regions in took part in the hazardous raids on attend the convention, many is narrator. (See REGISTRATION, Page 8) the Ploesti oil fields. (See BBG, Page 5)