1954 In This Issue: The BBYO BIG Story (See Center Section) ns at as in the SHOFAR Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization lected AZA-BBG-BBYA orest B'rith so de- 31st YEAR 6 NOVEMBER, 1954 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes to The Shofar. 1761 R St., N.W., Washington 9. D.C. bined aniza- BBYO Membership socia- total Now At 28,075 eader- tions, Washington Total paid registration in BBYO topped 28,000 during the past BBYO year ending Aug. 31, 1954, the B'nai B'rith Board of Governors was told here by Jacob J. Lieberman, ber of Youth Commission chairman, at its annual meeting, Nov. 5-8, The exact figure-28,075-was a IONS $10,696.84 net increase of 1,547 members over 55 In- the year 1952-1953. It was the Raised By second consecutive year in which BBYO membership showed big ity of 1954 Drives gains. Last year's registration total -26,428-was an increase of 1,730 with BBYO chapters throughout over the previous year. the order raised $10,696.84 for Breakdown their various funds, including As of August 31, registration titude community service projects, for BBYO's individual orders stood during the past BBYO year, at: owing the National Office reported AZA-12,457. this week. s, etc. BBG-13,268. ion of The total figure represents all BBYM-923. YOUTH CITIZEN OF THE MONTH, Steven Lerner, a past president of Chicago's Louis Harrison AZA, funds collected by AZA, BBG and BBYW-1,427. lerical receives congratulations from B'nai B'rith president Philip M. Klutznick. Lerner, 16, was named winner BBYA from Sept. 1, 1953, through AZA and BBG accounted for the of the coveted "Youth Citizen of the Month Award,' a youth recognition program co-sponsored by BBYO Aug. 31, 1954, Included in the rstand figures are funds raised for the big membership increases, Mr. Lieb- and the Junior Association of Commerce and Industry. Lerner will now compete for the "Youth Citizen BBYA 3 Pillar Fund and the Anita erman said in his annual report to world of the Year Award" to be made next May. Looking on, left to right: Sol Marder, Chicago B'nai B'rith Council BBYO Chairman; Phil Abrams (center) Chicago Council president; and Benjamin I. Morris, a Perlman Scholarship Fund; the the Board. Part of these gains were vice president of the Supreme Lodge of B'nai B'rith. Mr. Klutznick presented the award certificate to Children's Home in Israel: the Leo Indi- negated, however, by membership e such Aleph Lerner at special ceremonies in Chicago. N. Levi Memorial Hospital, and the losses in the ranks of BBYA, BBG Anita Perlman Scholarship Fund. "Peacetime conscription is primar- ogram ily responsible for the loss in BBYM riment BBYO Planning Active AZA Figures Tops membership," the Youth Commis- Biggest fund raisers were AZA chapters which netted a total of sion chairman explained. $4,104.66. Of this, $732.63 was ear- Selective Service has also made Participation In marked for the B'nai B'rith Chil- inroads on AZA, Mr. Lieberman re- Recom- dren's Home in Israel. The remain- atters ported. "The draft has, in fact, re- ing $3,372.03 went to the Leo N. cutive duced the average age in AZA to Levi Memorial Hospital. Tercentenary Observance Second highest total came from 16.8," he said. BBG fund-raising which netted 1180 Chapters (See FUNDS, Page 5) 1. The (From the BBYO Program Guide, "300 Years Ago" The total number of chapters irector now active in BBYO, Mr. Lieber- In September, 1654 - three hundred years ago - a man said, is 1,180. Of these, 520 points small French frigate named the "St. Charles" maneuvered are AZA groups; 531 are BBG; 76 at the its way up the channels leading to a city of less than eight New BB Headquarters are BBYW chapters and 53 are Aleph hundred inhabitants - New Amsterdam. There was nothing BBYM groups. unusual about the ship or its arrival in the city that was to In his report, Mr. Lieberman bars a enter become the great metropolis of New York except for the pointed to an active year of pro- a reso- fact that among its passengers were 23 penniless individuals. gramming in BBYO. Highlight of er its They had been rescued at sea after being captured and the year, he said, were the three robbed by pirates. Now they were arriving in New Amster- international conventions of AZA, ogram dam. completing an adventurous voyage that had as its origi- BBG and BBYA. nal destination the coast of Holland. They had left Brazil Indicative of the vast scope of hool of BBYO's programs, Mr. Lieberman under threats of persecution and were now in desperate told the Board of Governors that ember search of a haven where they might continue to worship "in 91 conclaves, besides chapter passes according to an age old tradition. meetings, BBYO served over 11,000 it and These were the first Jewish settlers in America. youth participants during the year." its are Beginning this year and contin- Con- uing through part of 1955, more none will want to neglect. than five million American Jews The Tercentenary offers an op- Where To Find It above, will celebrate the anniversary of portunity for self-evaluation and for a review of the history of the ole for that famous landing. They will Aleph Godol's Message Page 3 American Jewish community and thday, celebrate 300 years of constant its struggles. It is also a time for NEW LANDMARK IN NATION'S CAPITAL This is the artist's BBG President's ate of struggles for freedom and equality individual soul-searching - to re- conception of the eight-story, million-dollar B'nai B'rith building that Message Page 7 will soon be erected in Washington, D.C. Built by the B'nai B'rith Henry all men; 300 years of glorious view our place as individuals in the ember achievements and 300 years of larger framework that is today's Monsky Foundation, the building will serve as a shrine to the Jewish BBYO Life Page 7 ay not American Jewish community. contribution to American democracy, and will be open to the public. The Chapter Chatter Page 8 steadfast dedication to the high- spacious rotunda will contain a hall of historic exhibits in which will Finally, the Tercentenary offers Names In The News Page 6 ational ideals of Judaism. be displayed documents, manuscripts, portraits and collections dealing in BBYO will take an active part to American Jewry a chance to ational with Jewish life in America. Works by prominent painters and sculptors Sports-Scope Page 5 les the these celebrations. look ahead and to choose the paths will be exhibited in the mezzanine art gallery. The building will also that appear to lead to even more What AZA Means anual, More Than A Birthday fruitful achievements in the future. house a BBYO Conference Room to which chapters are already making To Me Page 3 contributions, and the Four Freedoms Memorial Library, sponsored by the The Tercentenary Celebration, To American Jewish youth-and B'nai B'rith Women, which will contain the most authoritative collection What Do You Think? Page 2 however, is more than just a birth- to the B'nai B'rith Youth Organi- of books in the world dealing with American Jewish history. The ground World Datelines Page 4 party. While we have ample zation in particular-the Tercen- reason to rejoice, this is also an breaking was marked by a dinner held at the Mayflower Hotel in named tenary represents a rare occasion YM-YW President's event all of profound significance to Washington, D. C., on November 7, at which a model of the building when youth can join the adult com- Message Page 4 AZA was unveiled. The Chief Justice of the United States, Earl Warren, was Jews and an opportunity that (See TERCENTENARY, Page 8) the principal speaker. (See story, page 7.)