Fill in the Ranks the SH FAR Replace Every Member Who Enters The Armed Forces Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYM-BBYW 28TH YEAR OCTOBER, 1951 1424 16th St. N.W., Washington 6. D.C. Send address changes to The Shofar AZA'S ELECT PETER K. ROSEDALE AS GAG; RENEE ROMICK IS NEW PRESIDENT OF BBG BBG's Select National Presidents AZA Establishes $5,000 Goal Official Songs For Children's Home In Israel MIT Program Shavitz Is Elected Discussion Program Is Intensified S'gan; Ralph Lupin Supplants Debate The first national BBG pres- Is National Mazkir In Two-Year Trial ident to come from District 7 was elected at the national Peter K. Rosedale, Crans- convention of BBG at the Uni- ton, R. I., was elected Grand A goal of $5,000 to be raised for furnishing a room at the versity of Illinois, Urbana, Au- Aleph Godol of AZA at the B'nai B'rith Children's Home gust 26-30. She is Renee Ro- twenty-eighth annual national in Israel was set by AZA at its mick, Dallas, Texas. convention of the organization twenty-eighth annual national held at the University of II- Elected with Renee to na- linois, Urbana, August 20-24. convention at the University tional offices were Barbara Rosedale resigned his position of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., August Hoffenberg, Dorchester, Mass., as District 1 aleph godol to 20-24. The money to furnish national vice-president; and Renee Romick Peter K. Rosedale assume his national post. the room will be raised by Judy Siegel, Oakland, Calif., Elected with him were chapters in the next five years. national treasurer. Retiring Philip M. Klutznick To Receive Henry Shavitz, High Point, It is expected that $1,000 will national president, Marion Li- N. C., last year's chairman of be raised each year. tinetsky, Trenton, was elected First National Alumnus Award the national community serv- The AZA forensic program, national counsellor. Renee has ice committee, as grand aleph membership goals and com- appointed Sora Lei Ungerman, s'gan, and Ralph Lupin, New mittee structure were thor- Dallas, as national secretary. Philip M. Klutznick of Omaha and Chicago, well-known Orleans, who stepped from his oughly analyzed at the con- The officers were installed by attorney and housing authority, was chosen by the 28th na- chairmanship of the national vention. The deliberation re- Mrs. Louis Perlman, vice- tional AZA convention as the first recipient of the newly athletic committee into the sulted in plans to supplant the chairman of the B'nai B'rith established Sam Beber Award, as the alumnus who has best post of grand aleph mazkir. national debate contest with a Youth Commission. exemplified the ideals of the. organization since his gradu- Retiring Grand Aleph Godol discussion program, the inaug- The convention selected "We ation from AZA. Ronnie Weiss, Houston, was uration of a membership cam- Pledge to Thee," District 7's Klutznick, who was desig- NJM Sponsors elected grand aleph kohen (See DISCUSSION, Page 2) entry in the national song con- nated for the high honor unan- godol. test as the official anthem, and imously and by acclamation, Contest; BBYO The new GAG is a member "Rings Around America," sub- was picked from among 100,- of Roger Williams AZA in BBYM-YW Opens mitted by District 1, for the 000 AZA alumni as having Letters Sought Providence, which he joined in 1948. Rosedale was born in Drive For 2,000 (See BBG, Page 4) (See KLUTZNICK, Page 7) The best letters written by Essen, Germany, twenty years Goldman Stimulates Bond Sales BBYO members on their ex- ago and moved to Rhode Island New Members periences in the B'nai B'rith with his family in 1939. After A quota of 2,000 new mem- Youth Organization will be joining AZA, Rosedale became bers in 1951 has been set by published along with their mazkir of his chapter and sec- BBYM-YW, which kicks off photographs in the National retary-treasurer of the AZA its national membership cam- Jewish Monthly, the magazine Council, which later became an for B'nai B'rith members. In AZA BBG Council. He has paign this month. Following been active in the Blackstone- the goal of larger chapters, addition, those writing the best letters will receive ster- Narragansett Region and in the campaign is centering District 1. around filling membership ling silver insignia rings or gaps in present chapters. compacts as a token of their (See OFFICERS, Page 2) The campaign in each com- achievement. Mexico City BBG munity will be climaxed in a Mr. Edward E. Grusd, man- "Get Your Member Day" dur- aging editor of the National Jewish Monthly, has arranged Group Organized ing November. This is a door- bell ringing project, in which the contest in order to gather The organization of a chapter all prospective members will material for an article on of B'nai B'rith Girls in Mexico City has been announced by Mrs. be contacted on the same day BBYO which will appear in the Thelma Fastlicht, vice-president and invited to a special mem- January or February issue of of the B'nai B'rith Women's the magazine. The article will Chapter in that community. bership function held during President Frank Goldman of B'nai B'rith added stimulus to the November. sale of Israel bonds by B'nai B'rith at a special meeting he called for express the values which BBYO The chapter consists of four- membership has developed in indi- teen charter members ranging The date for inducting the outstanding leaders of B'nai B'rith and bond sale officials. Mr. Gold- man and other B'nai B'rith leaders are pictured above with Hon. in age from 16 to 19. Messages first class of new members viduals affiliated with the youth David Horowitz, director-general of Israel's Ministry of Finance. of congratulation should be sent organization. into BBYM-YW has been set From left to right are Mrs. Albert Woldman, member of the to the secretary, Matty Lipshitz, B'nai B'rith Youth Commission: President Goldman: Hon. David The letters should be on the sub- Yautepec 47, Mexico D.F., Mex- for December 9. The national Horowitz; William Gerber, B'nai B'rith vice-president; and Mrs. ject, "What AZA (or BBG, BBYM, ico. The president is Elisa Cher- convention of BBYM-YW, in Joseph Berenson, bond chairman of the B'nai B'rith Women's BBYW) Means to Me." The letters nitsky and the adviser is Mrs. Lia Horwitz. drawing up the membership National Council. (See NJM, Page 2) (See MEMBERSHIP, Page 5)