55 In This Issue: BBYO Highlights Of 1955 See Page 6 the SH FAR Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYA 32nd YEAR 6 DECEMBER, 1955 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes to The Shofar, 1129 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington 5, D.C. th d c- Execs Set To Begin Tours Communities Await Visits e. By Leon Ginsberg And Sharon Blanck This Month Get ready AZA and BBG, your international presidents are coming! Travel plans released this week for GAG Leon Ginsberg and BBG president Sharon aim 100 Blanck show that the two top executives will be touring a total of 12 BBYO communities one during the winter school vacation this month. The presidential travelcades-which will be gy made by airplane and train-will run through New Year's lso Day. New Features nce Sharon's tour will take her to seven cities in Canada, the ry; midwest and the far west. Ginsberg will visit five cities in the CK midwest. Shofar rd. Sharon's Itinerary Two new features make Here's the way Sharon's itinerary looks: irls their debut with this issue of ci- She will leave Vancouver on the is morning of Tuesday, Dec. 20, ar- a stopover at the BBYA Interna- SHOFAR. riving late in the day in Winnipeg. tional convention which will open "On The World Stage," (see ith Sharon Blanck She will remain in Winnipeg for that day at the Hamilton Hotel. page 4) written by Edward E. Leon Ginsberg almost two full days, leaving there St. Louis is her next stop, Dec. 26, Grusd, Managing Editor of the re- where a two day visit has been "National Jewish Monthly," will cil. Dec. 22 for Minneapolis, first stop- as BBYA Parley To Be scheduled. From there she goes appear regularly each month in over in an American community ice during the tour. next to Denver, Dec. 28, and she SHOFAR. Mr. Grusd, a student of will remain in the Colorado city world Jewish affairs, is the author BB Family Affair She is due in Minneapolis on the RT afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 22. until Dec. 31, before taking off for of a similar column in his own Seattle, due to arrive there in the monthly magazine. The column will Sharon will remain in Minne- gy, The Chicago afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 31, be devoted to a round-up of signi< apolis for about a day and one half. in BBYA's 8th international convention at the Hamilton Visits to twin city St. Paul have Sharon will remain in Seattle until ficant news developments of con- nal Hotel here his month will be a "B'nai B'rith family affair." also been scheduled during this New Year's Day, flying home from cern to Jews throughout the world. the Virtually every B'nai B'rith agency and department will there to Vancouver. Reorganization Move stopover. be represented at the parley which opens Sunday night, De- Moving out from Minneapolis, Less Cities For GAG "Program Briefs," which appears ual cember 25 with a Three Pillar she will touch down in Detroit on Ginsberg's tour, although taking on page 5, will be prepared by een Fund Raising Dance sponsored by Officer for the Israel Consulate in the evening of Friday, Dec. for him to fewer cities will be no less the BBYO Program Department is the Chicago BBYA council, which Chicago, and Stanley Greenberg, the Assistant National Youth Director a full two day stay. Next stop will a continent-hopping trek. and will include a listing of new will be serving as unofficial hosts for the convention. of the Zionist Council of America. be in Chicago, Dec. 25, where she audio-visual material available, as He will leave San Antonio on Highlights of the convention will In addition, a BBYA panel will will spend another day, including the afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. well as news of programs guides, be addresses by Mrs. Louise Perl- participate in a discussion on the articles of interest and other ma- SS, man, president of the B'nai B'rith Middle Eastern situation. Israeli 21, by train for St. Louis, arriving terial essential to good chapter of Women's Supreme Council, who dancing will round out the evening. LD, will address the opening luncheon The delegate reception will be BBYO Israel in the Mound City the following programming. It will appear per- morning. He will spend two days Y., session of the convention on Mon- sponsored by the District 6 B'nai iodically. en- B'rith Women's Grand Lodge. Dis- Institute in St. Louis, meeting with local day, Dec. 26, and Label A. Katz, AZA chapters. Next stop on the Both new features are part of a ter, chairman of the B'nai B'rith Youth trict president Mrs. Frederick hip Commission, who will address the GAG tour will be Omaha, Nebraska, long-range program of reorgani- Solomon and Mrs. B. C. Bolotin, Is Now Set zation of SHOFAR designed to ER convention banquet on the closing district secretary, will serve as where he is due by train in the make it a vital factor in Jewish night, Dec. 29. hostesses. The reception will pre- Plans for a BBYO summer (See TOUR, Page 4) The president of the B'nai B'rith youth journalism. cede the closing banquet. Supreme Lodge, Philip M. Klutz- The convention has been con- leadership training institute nick, was originally scheduled as structed so as to allow ample time in Israel next year were con- its banquet speaker but found it neces- for leadership training sessions. tly sary to make another commitment firmed this month by the There will also be heavy emphasis ner of great importance to the B'nai on program workshops. B'nai B'rith BBYO Program Department. B'rith. notables who will lead these semi- BBYO'ers who participate in the rith Israel Program nars include: Rabbi Oscar Groner, Israeli institute will spend seven our Other high points of the conven- Director, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foun- to weeks during July and August at- tion program will be a special eve- dation, Northwestern University; Miss Miriam Albert, Assistant Na- tending seminars, study groups, ning program devoted to "The Cur- tional Director of Activities for visiting points of interest and his- rent Crisis In Israel," and a recep- tion for the delegates. A special the B'nai B'rith Women's Supreme torical places in Israel, hearing prayer for peace in the Middle East Council and a former national eted lectures by high-ranking Israeli will precede the Israel evening pro- president of B'nai B'rith Young and government officials and engaging gram, which will see Morris Alex- Women: Mrs. Stella Counselbaum, nts a member of the Chicago Regional in a full round of social and cul- ges, ander, chairman of the B'nai B'rith stic Supeme Lodge's Israel Committee Office of the B'nai B'rith Anti-De- tural activities. serving as chairman. Speakers will famation League; William X. Kap- The group will travel to and E. include Yehuda Lev, Information lan, Executive Director, Greater t 5 from Israel on a scheduled El-A1 Chicago B'nai B'rith Council; Leon of Airliner. W. Levy, Chicago Regional Direc- Where To Find It tor, National Jewish Hospital at First For BBYO is Aleph Godol's Message Page 3 Denver; and Mr. Alexander. ach The institute, first one to be BBG President's Additional Speakers sponsored by BBYO, is being under- Message Page 5 BBYA President's In addition to the addresses by taken with the cooperation of the SIGHTSEEING YOUTH LEADERS visit the famous memorial of Message Page 7 Mrs. Perlman and Mr. Katz, dele- Youth Department of the Jewish the War of Liberation in Hulda, Israel. This was part of the group Chapter Chatter Page 8 gates will hear from Benjamin I. Agency for Palestine, which for the which attended this year's Israel Summer Institute sponsored by the N- On The World Stage Page 4 Morris, a vice-president of the is- Page 5 B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge and past seven years has conducted Jewish Agency. BBYO is planning a Summer Institute in 1956 for Program Briefs members of its own group. Sights such as the Hulda War Memorial ity Sport Scope Page 7 Ars. Frances Solovich of Detroit, similar institut for teen-agers are part of the interesting itinerary on tap for BBYO Institute re- What Do You Think? Page 2 chairman of the BBYA Advisory and young adult om all over the participants. (See Alan Bisno's story on page 2 for a gripping (See CONVENTION, Page 7) (See INSTI TE, Page 2) account of how the war in Israel affected the life of one person.)