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 1424 16th St., N.W. Washington 6. D.C. 28TH YEAR 6 APRIL, 1952 Send address changes to The Shofar AZA, BBG Designate Michigan State College As Site Of National Conventions In August Oakland Chapters Install Officers AZA Conclave Dates Are Standards Put AZA, 18-22, On Agenda Standards for all AZA con- BBG, 25-29 ventions will be among six The national AZA and BBG con- major agenda topics submit- ventions will be held at Michigan ted to the international AZA State College, East Lansing, Mich., Grand Aleph Godol Peter K. Rose- convention at Michigan State dale and National BBG President College this summer, Peter K. Renee Romick, have announced. Rosedale, grand aleph godol of AZA's convention will begin after lunch on Monday, August 18 and AZA, has announced. His an- end after lunch on Friday, August nouncement followed a meet- 22. ing of the international exec- The BBG convention will be held utive committee in Washing- the following week. BBG delegates will arrive the afternoon of Mon- ton, February 23-24. day, August 25, and leave after The agenda topics will be lunch on Friday, August 29. submitted to district conven- The site and dates were approved by the national executive commit- tions in workbook form and tees of both organizations at their discussions in the districts February meetings in Washington. Three AZA and three BBG chapters of Oakland, by a reception and dance. The Sidney Sommer will direct their delegates to Word from the university that fa- Calif., held a combined installation of officers at a AZA initiation team is shown above performing the international meeting, cilities would be available at the the First Degree. Chapters installed were Oakland August 18-22. appropriate times confirmed the huge gathering sponsored by the B'nai B'rith AZA 42, Nathan Harry Miller AZA, Pacific AZA, dates. The theme of the 1952 con- men's and women's groups of East Bay. Over 1500 Oakland BBG 2, Henry Monsky BBG and Berkeley Both AZA and BBG have held vention will be "AZA Rededi- people attended the impressive ceremony, followed previous conventions on campuses BBG. cates Itself to Its Seven of universities. The facilities are Cardinal Principles." Dele- ideal for meetings, sleeping quar- Six Districts Announce Sites BBG Releases gates will elaborate on the ters and athletic facilities. Michi- theme at the annual Talent gan State offers a greater advan- Night Show, where each dis- tage than universities where for- And Dates Of Conventions Agenda Topics trict will dramatize one prin- mer conventions were held because ciple of the seven. it affords a compact unit for sleep- ing, eating, and meetings SO that The sites and dates for district conventions in six dis- District assignments for the delegates will be within comfort- tricts have been announced. All will be held in the late spring For Convention show were determined by lot able walking distance of all their during the executive commit- activities. and early summer. BBG has released the topics tee meeting, when each dis- Michigan State College, fast be- District 1 AZA will meet at Camp High Point, near that will be under discussion trict aleph godol drew from a coming one of the foremost univer- Kingston, N.Y., May 23, 241 at the national convention at hat. The assignments follow: sities in the country, is particu- ing of June 25. AZA's will and 25. BBG will convene at Michigan State College, Aug- District 1, Purity; District 2, larly famous for its undefeated arrive the evening of June 24 football team in 1951. It is located Festival House, Lenox, Mass., ust 25-29. The topics will first Patriotism; District 3, Fra- approximately 200 miles east of and will leave on the morning May 9, 10 and 11. BBYM-YW be submitted to districts, who (See AZA, Page 2) of June 27. The sight is Camp (See SITE, Page 8) has scheduled their conven- will take action on them at Akiba, Stroudsburg, Pa. tion for Singer's Lakeside their district conventions. Manor, Spring Valley, N.Y., Attendance at both District Thus delegates to the national BBYO Varies Observances April 25, 26 and 27. 3 conventions is limited to two convention, where final decisi- District 2 AZA and BBG delegates per chapter plus in- ons on BBG's national pro- are holding a joint convention coming council officers and gram will be made, will be Of Brotherhood Week district board members. In ad- at Park College, about fifteen guided by discussions previ- miles west of Kansas City, dition, the district BBG con- ously held at district meet- What began in Cincinnati as an AZA party to introduce Kansas, June 19-22. Attend- vention permits the attend- ings. old members became an intergroup rally and laid the ground- ance of retiring council offi- ance is limited to one delegate The agenda topics were work for the organization of a youth brotherhood council. cers, council story-telling con- and one alternate per chapter, considered by the national test winners and one panelist Other intergroup affairs in which BBYO participated during four orators and four discus- executive committee of BBG Brotherhood Week had differ- from each council. The regis- sants and district executive at its meeting in Washington tration fee for each conven- ent origins, but all were de- youth working together. The boards. on February 16-17. Six areas tion is $30. signed to create strong bonds two weeks preceding the pro- of discussion were submitted District 3 AZA and BBG of friendship among youth gram were spent in meetings, The District 4 AZA conven- by the committee to the dis- conventions will overlap one groups in their communities. contacting clergymen and the tion was held in December. tricts. One, national-district evening. The BBG convention Cincinnati AZA 490 quickly National Conference of Chris- will start on June 22 and the BBG will meet at Camp Roose- structure, will be a district got cooperation from AZA 54 tians and Jews for aid, and in- velt, Idylwild, Calif., June issue only, since the executive girls will leave on the morn- and BBG 226 when they sug- inviting other youth groups to 23-27. committee sees no need to es- gested a Brotherhood pro- attend. No May Issue District 5 AZA and BBG are tablish mandatory national gram. Six non-Jewish groups, The program took place at sponsoring their first joint policy on the subject. There will be no May issue of including one Negro, respond- the Rockdale Temple, Febru- The Shofar. Under our mailing convention sometime in the Under this topic, BBG is ed to an invitation to an AZA ary 23. It included a panel of permit, The Shofar is published latter part of June, probably attempting to clarify the roles Council meeting. When plans University of Cincinnati stu- monthly except May and July. June 15 to June 20. The site of national and district in the for the special Brotherhood dents, group singing, a movie, The next issue will be published is expected to be Camp Blue program area principally. The Week affair got underway, the "Make Way for Youth," and a on June 1. Its deadline is May Star, Hendersonville, N. C. national executive committee responsibility was shared group discussion on "Barriers 10. Address news material to District 6 AZA and BBG feels that national committees equally by all the groups. to Fellowship." Entertain- The Shofar, BBYO, 1424 16th will again meet at Camps should focus on specific na- St., N.W., Washington 6, D.C. The committee developed a ment, refreshments, S quare (See DISTRICTS, Page 8) (See BBG, Page 4) theme of peace, fellowship and (See BROTHERHOOD, Page 8)