Fill in the Ranks the SH Replace Every Member Who Enters The Armed Forces Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYM-BBYW 28TH YEAR 1424 16th St. N.W.. Washington 6. D.C. 6 NOVEMBER, 1951 Send address changes to The Shofar Last Minute Instructions AZA MEETS ONE-THIRD OF ISRAEL HOME GOAL BBYO Contributions Total $2800; Will Provide Care For Children AZA's contribution of almost $1,700 to the B'nai B'rith Children's Home in Israel to date completes over one-third of its goal of $5,000 set at last summer's national AZA convention. Five years have been allowed for reaching the goal, although the first third was raised in approximately YM-YW President one year. A room of the proposed new structure for the Children's Names Personnel Home will be dedicated to AZA when the goal is reached. It will represent AZA's con- For Committees tribution toward the furnish- ing and equipping of the shel- The personnel of national ter maintained by B'nai B'rith administrative committees of Women for maladjusted chil- BBYM-YW has been an- dren. nounced by National Presi- TOTAL $2,800 dent Midge Skulsky. The first Total BBYO contributions to the home have soared to major undertaking of the na- over $2,800. The funds rep- tional committees has been resent money that has been the preparation of material raised since BBYO undertook for a Combined Program Re- Sol Dorfman of the Piano Department of Roosevelt College, Chicago, has a last minute "briefing" the task of providing the lease which will be issued session with members of the cantata chorus who traveled from Chicago to perform for both the AZA home with small equipment to and BBG Conventions at the University of Illinois, Urbana, The group presented Cantor Jacob Bar- increase its service to the through the national BBYO kin's "Journey's End", an original cantata based on a sweeping history of the Jewish people. children and to afford recrea- office shortly. The Release car- tional facilities for them less ries information about organ- Sixteen Chicago AZA Memories Still Recalled than a year ago. izing national projects in the Checks ranging from $3.00 to chapter and suggestions for $300 each have poured in from YO'ers Present By Truman Press Assistant chapters and councils throughout developing individual chapter the United States and Canada. This programs. represents cash contributions and I "Journey's End" TWO COMMITTEES By Murray Frank, Washington Correspondent does not include the many ship- r, ments of toys, art supplies and All national activities are h Mr. Perlmeter, about whom Mr. Frank writes, was charter member clothing sent by chapters directly being developed under two Sixteen AZA's and BBG's from and an organizer of Sam Beber AZA 100 in Omaha from 1928 to 1930. to the home and of which no accu- y. major national committees Chicago traveled to the University t rate record is available. of Illinois on two separate OC- President Harry Truman's headline hunter, a young and a district coordinator, 32 MORE d casions to present the dramatic who through correspondence g cantata, "Journey's End," by Can- Jewish midwesterner, is plain "Irv" to the hundreds of top- Since the last talley of contribu- with each district will tie to- nt tor Jacob Barkin. The presentation flight newsmen who cover the White House "beat" day in and tions was made in March, 32 more gether the various district was prepared especially for the na- day out. Formally his name is Irving Perlmeter and job, pre- contributions totaling over $1,300 activities. The two major com- tional AZA and BBG conventions were channeled through the nation- cisely is, Assistant Press Secretary to the President of the mittees are embership, and was performed for the AZA's al BBYO office. Among these were on August 20 and for the BBG's United States. checks for $300 from the Chicago headed by Morris Kravetsky, in g on August 26. Perlmeter, in his new ca- mitted though that he loves his new Council: $200 from Rock Island, New York City, and Celia job, and as for the family "they Ill.. BBG; $175 from Toronto Gordon, Atlanta, and pro- es The cantata presented a sweep- pacity, is a member of the are just very proud about it." BBYW 13; and $127 from the Con- ing history of the Jewish people, gramming, whose chairman is d President's immediate staff, Perlmeter's parents, Aaron and from early Biblical times through necticut Valley Region of AZA and National Vice President eh ed or as it is sometimes referred Celia, arrived in this country from BBG. the establishment of Israel. A run- Elaine Schwartz, Miami. to here as the President's "of- the Ukraine, Russia, about the ning narration tied the segments AZA in completing one-third of in Jerry Nelson, New York City, turn of the century. The mother ty of the history together with ap- ficial family." He attends the its goal did so with many smaller had several brothers and sisters national vice-president, is the propriate songs and piano back- contributions although several were n, President's daily staff meet- who preceded them to Omaha, so district coordinator. over $50 each. These came from As ground illustrating the various ings, sits in on weekly press it was natural for them to join Asheville, N. C., AZA 249, the Elaine Schwartz is heading the nd episodes. nd conferences, is called on often their relatives there. They opened Brooklyn AZA Council, Leon Jonas Civil Rights and Brotherhood sub- Sol Dorfman, noted Chicago mu- for consultation with the up a little grocery store, raised AZA, North Hollywood, Calif.; and committee, which is part of her m sician, who is Professor of the President on press matters, four children, some of whom still Augusta, Ga., AZA 192. over-all program committee. Other Piano Department of the Roose- and distributes official White live in Omaha, gave their children AZA chapters who sent $10 or sections of the program committee m- velt College School of Music, and a Jewish education, and throughout more to the Children's Home Fund and their chairmen are: fund rais- de the organist and choir director at House news and statements to le Temple Beth El in Chicago, re- the large galaxy of reporters (See PERLMETER, Page 8) (See AZA GOAL, Page 3) ing, Leona Weinstein, Roxbury, Mass.: Sabbath, Norman Semler, of hearsed the specially selected accredited to the White New York City; discussion, Sanford nd chorus and directed the perform- House. a- ance. Tryouts for the chorus were NJM-Sponsored Contest For BBYO Blavin, Detroit; and national de- On occasions he ac- fense, Rhea Goldberg, Chicago. to held in May and rehearsals began companies President Truman m- on special trips, such as to Members Closes On December 1 MEMBERSHIP TASKS soon after. Arrangements for pre- di- senting the cantata were made by The membership committee func- ti- Ethyle Simon and Dave Rosen of Key West Florida, in the on the Chicago BBYO staff. spring and on the Potomac The deadline for letters in the National Jewish Monthly-sponsor- tions have been divided as follows: ed contest for BBYO members is December 1. The letters will be manual, Leonard Mondrow, Detroit; Station wagons transported the cruises of the presidential used in a special article on BBYO that will be published in the Janu- goal, Myron Arons, Detroit; and chorus to the university on both yacht "Williamsburg." ary or February issue of the B'nai B'rith magazine. publicity, Deloris Silverberg, Los occasions and the singers were the Oddly enough, since the Entitled "What BBYO Means to Me," each letter should be no Angeles. e guests of the convention overnight. resignation of David Niles, more than 500 words long and typed double-spaced. The letters that Working with Nelson on the dis- Several of the members of the e Perlmeter is now the only Jew are published will be selected for their sincerity and content. trict coordination are: Philip Boru- st chorus were also delegates to the on President Truman's staff. Every member of BBYO is eligible to participate. One letter chow, New York City, District 1: convention and thus remained at He takes it somewhat stoic- from each division of BBYO will be published. AZA and BBYM Rita Abowitz, Cincinnati, District the university throughout the four members whose letters are printed will receive sterling rings, onyx 2; Shirley Levy, Philadelphia, Dis- days of meetings. ally. set with their organization's insignia. BBG and BBYW winners will trict 3; Allen Dennis, Los Angeles, The members of the chorus were: "Nothing to brag about, it just o be awarded crested compacts. District 4; Trudi Lach, Miami; Dis- Ed Yalowitz, Dick Meyer, Ronnie happened," he told me the other day All entries should be addressed to the National Jewish Monthly, trict 5; Lois Frank, Chicago, Dis- when I interviewed him. "I just 1003 K St., N. W., Washington 1, trict 6; and Irving Felson, Houston, (See CHORUS, Page 2) can't explain it myself." He ad- District 7.