In This Issue:- "REPORT ON ISRAEL' (See Pages 4-5) the SHOFAR Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYA 33rd YEAR JUNE, 1956 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes to The Shofar, 1129 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington 5, Erwin Jospe Experts For Leads Music AZA Conclave AtBBGParley Are Named One of the nation's out- AZA international conven- standing Jewish musicolo- tion institute planning gists, Erwin Jospe, Chicago, neared completion this month will serve as music specialist with the naming of several for the BBG international convention and leadership key staff resource persons. training institute at the Uni- Among these are Jack Gottlieb, versity of Illinois, Aug. 7-16, now completing his work for a it has been announced by the doctor's degree in music at the BBYO Program Department. University of Illinois. He will be Mr. Jaspe, internationally-ae= assisted by Bob Miller, Director, claimed pianist, composer and con- BBYO Connecticut-Upstate New ductor, is director of music at York region. Chicago's Anshe Gmet Synagogue Mr. Gottlieb, former assistant and director of Chicago Musical to the renowned Jewish musi- College's Opera Workshop. cologist Max Helfman at Bran- The naming of Mr. Jospe was MEMORIALIZING A DECEASED AZA ALUMNUS, a check for $500 is turned over to the B'nai B'rith deis Camp, will lead choral one of several staff developments Building Fund by Simon Atlas AZA and the Irving Tash Men's Club, both of Washington, D.C. The groups, teach singing and gener< during the past month. Harry check is the first installment of a $1000 pledge made by the two groups. The Irving Tash Men's Club is ally coordinate all musical activi- Mirvis, Assistant Regional Di- composed of young men in the Washington area, many of them former members of Simon Atlas AZA. ties at the AZA convention-insti- rector, BBYO Michigan Region, The club is named for Irving Tash, a charter member of Simon Atlas AZA who died in 1939. Pictured, tute, Aug. 22-31, at the Univer- will serve as his assistant. left to right: Bertram R. Abramson, former grand aleph s'gan of AZA: Label A. Katz, chairman, sity of Illinois. Judaism Leaders B'nai B'rith Youth Commission; Robert H. Stein man, current godol of Simon Atlas AZA; Maurice Bisgyer, executive vice-president of B'nai B'rith, accepting the check from Norman Freedenberg, presi- Seminar Leaders The Judaism Institute portion dent of the Irving Tash Men's Club and an AZA alumnus; and Samuel Feldman, another AZA alumnus. Rabbi Samuel Z. Jaffe, spirit- of the BBG convention, which will revolve around two major topies: ual leader of Congregation Beth "The Jewish Religion and the Sholom, Park Forest, Ill., and Synagogue" and "What Is The Philip Klutznick Reelected Chaplain David M. Feldman of Chanute Air Field Air Force Nature of the Jewish Group," will be led by several highly- Base, Rantoul, Ill., will be qualified staff persons. In addition To Second Term As World guest Judaism workshop leaders. to these BBYO staff members- Working with them during the AZA event will be staff members Louise Lasker, Assistant Director, Los Angeles; Esther Sanders, Di- President Of B'nai B'rith Si Cohen, Regional director, Phil- rector, Brooklyn; Harry Mirvis; adelphia; Earl Yaillen, Regional Assistant Director, Michigan; and Director, Western Pennsylvania, Washington Don Feiner; Director, Missouri- and Moe Stein, Regional director, Insas-Chaplain David M. Feld- Philip M. Klutznick, AZA's most distinguished alumnus, was reelected world presi- Southern Ontario. man of Chanute Air Base, Ran- dent of B'nai B'rith for another three-year term at the B'nai B'rith Triennial convention Another feature of the AZA here last month. toul Ill., and Rabbi Samuel Z. program will be an Israel pro- Jaffe, Park Forest, Ill., will be on Mr. Klutznick's election, by acclamation, was greeted with a prolonged standing ova- gram, which will be highlighted hand to lead discussion groups. tion by the 1,000 delegates and guests in attendance. His name was placed in nomination by talks from Dr. Max F. Baer, (Continued on Page 7) by Benjamin I. Morris of Chicago, whose own name is well known throughout BBYO as National BBYO Director and head of the Chicago BBYO Un- aleph Alan Bisno of Memphis. affiliated Program. Mr. Morris Both have recently returned from himself was reelected to another visits to Israel. Dr. Baer's talk term as vice-president of the will be punctuated by moving pie- B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge. tures which he took during his stay in Israel. (see KLUTZNICK, page 7) (Continued on Page 6) LAUDED BY CONVENTION BNAI BRITH HENRY MONSKY FOUNDATION Klutznick Calls MAYE room 1716 BBYO Success 66 "Greatest Enemy" Washington "BBYO's greatest enemy is its own success," B'nai B'rith president Philip M. Klutznick told delegates attending the order's triennial convention here last month. Mr. Klutznick was referring to BBYO's recent dramatic membership rise and continued demands for service which cannot be met with present re- sources. "The great attractiveness vention reports dealing wholly or of BBYO to American and Ca- in part- with BBYO's progress nadian Jewish youth can be and problems. PREPARING THE CORNERSTONE of B'nai B'rith's new headquarters building in Washington, D.C., gathered by the fact that since Four Reports Mrs. Daisy Monsky of Los Angeles, widow of the late B'nai B'rith president, Henry Monsky, for whom 1949 there has been a yearly the building is to be named, applies cement with ceremonial trowel as cornerstone hovers overhead Two of these were exclusively membership increase of about ready to be lowered into place. Looking on left to right: Philip M. Klutznick, world president of B'nai on BBYO. They were the reports nine percent," he declared. of B'nai B'rith Youth Commis- B'rith; Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland: Sen. Herbert Lehman of New York; Maurice Bisgyer, The B'nai B'rith president's executive vice-president of B'nai B'rith; and Sidney Kusworm, Dayton, Ohio, treasurer of B'nai B'rith. sion chairman Label A. Katz and references to BBYO were con- The cornerstone laying ceremony took place during the B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge triennial conven- Mrs. Maurice Turner of Los An- tained in his state of the order tion in Washington last month. geles, former president of the report. It was one of four con- (see CONVENTION, page 6)