55 the SHOFAR Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYA 32nd YEAR 6 FEBRUARY, 1955 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes to The Shofar, 1761 R St., N.W., Washington 9, D. tive full AZA-BBG EXECS ADOPT eph eph COMBINED INSTITUTE ehn eph Washington Meetings OK new ott. ice- Historic New Concept Washington rer; An historic new concept of BBYO leadership training ary: was launched this month when the International Executive Boards of AZA and BBG, gathered here for their annual cers meetings, Feb. 4-6, approved a joint Leadership Training also Vin- Institute. Major purposes of the Institute, which will be held ZA, for the first time this summer Eng- at Camp B'nai B'rith, Star- will be four days each. The conven- BBG tions will continue to focus on hood light, Penna., are to equip the BBYO and BBYO organizational leaders of AZA and BBG for adult hows problems. "The institute will focus Hull leadership in democracy and in on generic leadership training and man the American Jewish community. the more fundamental aspects of of The combined Leadership Insti- leadership in the American-Jew- tute will be an intensive six days ish community," Elliot Rothman, of educational and recreational AZA's GAG and Micki Kaner, In- activities. It will be held between ternational BBG President, empha- the International BBG and AZA sized. "Its purpose is to train lead- INFORMAL DISCUSSION BY AZA and BGG executives during one of the joint sessions of the Execu- ers of AZA and BBG as tomorrow's tive Board meetings in Washington this month. Left to right: Ina Salzman, 2nd Vice-President of BBG; conventions. A total of 200 partici- leaders of the American Jewish Ann Lansky, President of District 7 BBG; Beverly Rubin, International BBG Secretary; Morrie Kross, pants-100 BBG's and 100 alephs community." 1952-53 Grand Aleph S'gan, who spent a weekend pass from the Army sitting in on the Executive Board -will take part in this year's In- geles The tentative schedule of dates meetings; Mary Ann Schatz, District 2 BBG President: and Elliot Rothman, AZA's Grand Aleph Godol. stitute. Preference for attendance this is as follows: International BBG will be given to convention dele- y at gates, Executive Boards of both Convention, August 15 19, 1955; rum groups agreed. Joint International Leadership geles 14 Scholarships To Be Training Institute, August 19-25; No Convention Changes International AZA Convention, The unprecedented joint Institute August 25-29. esch, Awarded For Best Essays will result in no major change in In a similar vein, Hyman Chip- stein, the format of traditional AZA and kin and Anita Perlman, vice-chair- Kap- BBG conventions which, this year, Bo- (see INSTITUTE, page 6) Stoll, rack, Dis- On Washington Letter Deadline Nears For zkir, r for Fourteen scholarships to the 1955 BBYO Leadership oups Training Institute at Camp B'nai B'rith next summer will be BBG-YA Scholarships ssion awarded by Morris Morgenstern, New York philanthropist, Spir- for the prize-winning letters on the topic, "The Present-Day Deadline for receipt of applications for BBG and BBYA Rela- Significance of the Washington Letter to the Hebrew Congre- Anita Perlman Scholarships is less than one month away, the ion": le in gation at Newport." BBYO National Office reminded applicants this week. The scholarship awards will be BBYA scholarship hopefuls must file their applications with the of each depends upon the amount of h the made by the Morgenstern Founda- Morgenstern Has Original National Office by March 15. BBG money available in the Scholarship ants, tion to seven alephs and seven The B'nai B'rith Department of applications are due on the same (see SCHOLARSHIPS, page 7) the BBGs. one from each District. Americanism and Civic Affairs, of day. Youth from both orders will Scholarships will include the round- which B'nai B'rith Youth Commis- share a scholarship "plum" that stant totals $1800. BBYA's portion is erved trip railroad coach fare to Camp sioner Sidney G. Kusworm is chair- BBYO First To $300. BBG's Scholarship Fund is and B'nai B'rith, plus the registration man, will co-operate in the promo- $1500. Plant Garden In fee for the six-day institute. A tion of the contest. Two Types of Scholarships panel of judges consisting of na- The famous Washington Letter, Both BBG and BBYA will award Martyr's Forest tionally prominent personalities two types of scholarships this year the original of which is now owned one for use for continued school- Washington will select the fourteen winning by Mr. Morgenstern, was written ing, the other for attendance at the Chalk up another first for letters. Winners will be announced in 1790. President Washington, dur- organizations' Leadership Training BBYO. on or about June 1. ing a tour of the young Republic, Institutes. The B'nai B'rith Martyrs' For- n stopped off in the little seafaring BBG's Leadership Training Schol- est Committee announced here Morris Morgenstern arships will be distributed by the etroit this month that BBYO has be- town of Newport, Rhode Island. Districts, with the funds now in a ndsor Among the townspeople who turned that they who live under its protec- come the first B'nai B'rith divi- Where To Find It central pool being turned back to tion should demean themselves as sion to plant, as an organization, in out to greet him was Moses Seixas, the districts on the basis of their a "garden" in the Martyrs' For- in the Aleph Godol's Message Page 3 sexton of the Hebrew Congregation good citizens, in giving it on all contributions. These scholarships est in Israel. BBG President's occasions their effectual support." will help defray the cost of sending e lay- of Newport, and a friend of Wash- A "garden" consists of 100 Message Page 7 additional BBG's to the Leadership Page 7 ington Seixas sent him a warm let- (The complete text of the Washing- trees costing $150. The price per ection BBYO Life Training Institute. It will enable ton Letter will be found on page tree is $1.50. BBYO's three or: news- Page 4 ter of welcome. George Washing- BBG districts to have larger con- Chapter Chatter ders have adopted the B'nai round 6). tingents at this summer's leader- Names In The News Page 8 ton's reply to that letter, addressed B'rith Martyrs' Forest in Israel by the ship institute which is designed "To the Hebrew Congregation in Seen By Millions as one of their projects for this Phyllis Problem Clinic Page 8 to train potential leaders of the h can- On The Bookshelf Page 8 Newport," is today one of the na- year. Individual chapter contri- The Washington Letter was seen American-Jewish community. butions went to make up the two of Sports-Scope Page 4 tion's most cherished documents. by millions of persons throughout Scholastic scholarships of about $150 total. B'rith What AZA Means It is an eloquent expression of the country as part of the Freedom $200 each will go to one or more The Committee pointed out ed in girls who have demonstrated lead- To Me Page 3 American freedom and religious Exhibition several years ago. It that while many adult members Galin- ership ability in B'nai B'rith, their What Do You Think? Page 2 harmony, as indicated by this ex- will be on permanent exhibit at the and chapters have planted gar- high school or college and the com- dens, BBYO was the first to do World Datelines icture Page 4 cerpt: "Happily the Government new B'nai B'rith building in Wash- munity. Another requirement is so as a unit. leman, YM-YW President's of the United States, which gives ington. In 1946 the colonial build- that the applicant must require fi- Page 5 nancial assistance to further her The Forest is a living memo- ansky, Message to bigotry no sanction, to persecu- ing in Newport, known as th rial to the six million Jews who education. The number of scholar- 11 and tion no assistance, requires only (see ESSAYS, page 6) ships awarded and the cash value perished in Nazi Europe.