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 Send address changes to The Shofar, 1424 16th St., N. W., 29TH YEAR JUNE, 1952 Washington 6, D. C., Office of Publication, Baltimore, Md. BBG's Prepare AZA, BBG Meeting Place JULIE BISNO TO SPEAK To Tell How AT AZA'S CONVENTION To Do Jobs August Convention Judge Archie Katcher Of Detroit Primed To Train To Moderate Discussion Program District Leaders Julius Bisno, a former national director of AZA, will address the National AZA Convention at Michigan State Col- The National BBG Conven- lege on the convention theme, "AZA Rededicates Itself to Its tion will concentrate on train- Seven Cardinal Principles." Mr. Bisno will address the con- ing district officers and com- vention on Tuesday evening, mittee chairmen to do their August 19. Detroit Readies jobs next year. The August The former AZA director is meetings will incorporate workshops on "How I Do My presently executive director of Maccabeus Play District Job," meetings of dis- the Jewish Community Coun- cil of Los Angeles. This will For Convention trict executive committees, be the first national AZA con- and general cultural activities, After 22 years, the Judas vention that Mr. Bisno has particularly those involving Maccabeus playlet, originally participated in since 1945. human relations. AZA's second degree cere- His address will set the Arrangements were made mony, will again be performed tenor for the four-day con- at the National AZA Conven- by the National BBG Execu- vention, scheduled to open at tive Committee this year to tion in August. A group of allow most, if not all, of the This impressive structure is the Union Building at Michigan East Lansing, Michigan, on AZA members from Detroit district executive committee State College. This building has been assigned to AZA's and BBG's August 18. The theme will be are preparing to produce the members to attend the na- for meals and meetings during their national conventions in August. carried through the tradi- playlet, which requires cos- d tional talent night, seminars, tional convention at Michigan tuming and scenery, before is business sessions. State College, East Lansing, Mich., August 25-29. Each Government Officials Applaud the convention at the opening e A high point of the conven- evening program on August 5, tion will be the first annual 18. in district will have a minimum d- delegation of 10. BBYO's Home Front Activities presentation of AZA's Discus- sion Program, with panelists, The presentation at Michi- n. Districts are asked to give selected by each of the seven gan State College will be the d High government officials have commented favorably on districts, participating. The first at a national convention t- preference to presidents, past g the "home front activities" undertaken by the BBYO. The moderator for the program since the 1930 meeting in Oak- g presidents and secretaries in new BBYO program guide by that name describes the work will be Archie Katcher, 37- land, Calif., when the Oak- ed their elections of district dele- year-old referee of the Bank- land Degree Team performed of BBYO chapters in connection with scrap drives, blood S. gations. The workshops are ruptcy Court of Detroit, who the ceremony. m donations, sale of defense (See BBG, Page 4) States Army, wrote, "Your reports that although never a Originally designed as a S- bonds, and other activities de- signed to fortify the nation in comprehensive program in- member of AZA, "I have been ceremony for members who dicates that the splendid a member of B'nai B'rith for have been in AZA at least six its mobilization effort. m Frank Goldman record of service which your more years than I can remem- months, the Judas Maccabeus le The Secretary of the Navy, organization has already es- ber Mr. Katcher is pres- Degree was subsequently sup- ic Dan G. Kimball, wrote the Given Award (See OFFICIALS, Page 6) (See AZA, Page 2) (See DETROIT, Page 7) ng national director of BBYO y that "This booklet shows Frank Goldman, National graphically the fine work President of B'nai B'rith, re- which B'nai B'rith is doing Boston BBYM's Donate Blood be he ceived the Zeta Beta Tau New among our people and our Orleans Trophy for 1951. He servicemen in the United States." was chosen "as the ZBT alum- General J. Lawton Collins, nus for 1951 who, as a result Chief of Staff of the United h of his personal deeds and ac- complishments in life's en- d, deavors (exclusive of ZBT BBYO Is Featured n- activities) stood forth among c- all his brothers for that year.' By BB Magazine el s, Mr. Goldman, who has been In Recent Issue a president of B'nai B'rith since 1947, is also a member of the The letters of four BBYO 5-man Presidium of the Con- members form a double-page d ference On Jewish Material spread in the April issue of so Claims Against Germany. He The National Jewish Monthly, has been a member of the B'nai B'rith magazine for its Massachusetts Bar since 1912, members. The letters were when he graduated from Bos- submitted by BBYO'ers in a e ton University, where he contest sponsored by the NJM d joined ZBT. last winter. e at He is on the Board of Direc- The photograph of J. J. tors of the United Israel Lieberman, chairman of the Appeal, vice-chairman of the B'nai B'rith Youth Commis- to Coordinating Board of Jewish sion, was featured on the n Organizations for Consulta- cover of the issue. e tion with the Economic and The innners Bernie a Social Council of the United Brown, Little Rock, Ark., Nations, a member of the AZA; Terry Bloom, San Fran- n Board of Governors of the cisco, BBG: Corporal Philip Members of General Maurice Rose BBYM of spring. Harry Terban is shown being tested by a e Hebrew University in Jerusa- Zimmerman, Hopewell, Va., Boston donate blood to the Red Cross in memory Red Cross nurse. Standing, from left to right, are a lem, a board member of the BBYM; and Midge Skulsky, of the general. Their donation was part of the Marvin Glass, Morris Rothman, Joseph Yampolsky, (See GOLDMAN, Page 6) (See NJM, Page national BBYM-YW Blood Bank Drive held this John Foster and Bernie Davidson.