AZA, BBG SURVEYS LAUNCHED 257 If Gallup Missed You, Now's Chance To Be A Statistic Did the public opinion pollsters pass you up at the last election? real problems chapters are facing the number of girls who wish to committee ever actually spon- and how they are solving them. join? sored Rabbi Chapter study Don't fret-don't give up-there's still an opportunity Here are a few typical questions Also in an organized manner, sessions ? for your chapter to become a statistic on a survey report. her survey will be asking. Manny Smith, National AZA Re- How many sessions of your Perhaps your response won't Do you place a limit on the ligious Chairman, is seeking Study Program have been held everyone a part of them so that number of girls in any one MIT opinions on the Rabbi Chapter up to this time? shape the U.S. international the total opinions and suggestions class Study Program. Typical of the At what intervals have these policy-but it could have a tre- of the "grass roots" are recorded, Do your MITS present any things he would like to know is: study sessions been held? mendous influence on AZA and Do you feel that the Rabbi- Steve Blank, Structure Study Sample Questions problems to your chapter? BBG programs and policies. About what percentage of your Chapter Study Program has made Committee Chairman, is curious Your chapter is certain to be Bobbi Moshin, BBG MIT and membership do you think is really a definite contribution to the to know how chapters feel about in on this survey because both Membership Chairman, is launch- active? Order's religious program during a direct relationship to National AZA and BBG are conducting ing an interesting membership re- Is there a need for more chap- the first year of existence? via the Region, and Allan Black, their own studies-and they want search program to find out the ters in your area to take care of Has your chapter religious (See SURVEY, page 3) the FAR Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization AZA-BBG-BBYA 34th YEAR 6 JANUARY, 1957 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes to The Shofar, 1129 Vermont Ave., N.W. Washington 5, D. C. FIRST JEW IN CITY'S HISTORY AZA, BBG UP SHE GOES. Here's a pictorial progress report on the new B'nai Alumnus Max Sherman Execs Meet B'rith headquarters building now under construction in Washington, . C. When this picture was taken several days ago the superstrue- ture had reached five stories. It's now up to six. Workmen will soon Brantford (Ont.) Mayor In February start laying bricks on the project which is expected to be ready for occupancy by the fall. BBYO contributions to the building fund In separate three day will help furnish a conference room. BBYO headquarters, as well as Brantford, Ont., Canada weekend gatherings in other BB agencies, will be housed in the new building. An AZA alumnus who came here 20 years ago to set Washington next month, the up a small retail store and became a leader in the business international executive com- "Closely" Watching Egyptian and civic affairs of his community has just been elected mittees of AZA and BBG mayor of this city of some 40,000. He is Max Sherman, first Deportation Of Jews, State will hold their annual meetings. Jewish mayor in Brantford's history. The traditional mid season A past aleph godol of Toronto "stock-taking" will concentrate Dept. Tells B'nai B'rith AZA 103, Mayor Sherman served heavily on plans for next sum- four years as an alderman in the mer's international conventions B'nai B'rith has been officially informed that the Amer- city council prior to his election. and leadership training institutes, ican government is "closely" following reports of mistreat- During his aldermanic career he as well as completion of this ment of Egyptian Jews to determine in what "further and served as chairman of commit- year's community service and appropriate manner the United States Government may take tees on welfare, traffic and fi- nance. Recently, he was ap- fund-raising programs. action designed to be helpful." pointed to serve as chairman of Dates for the parleys are: BBG This assurance came last month Brantford's Industrial Commis- -Feb. 1-3; AZA, Feb. 22-24. It from William M. Rountree, As- National Issues sion on real estate and licenses. will be the first time in several sistant Secretary of State for years that the winter AZA and The 42-year-old alumnus-Mayor Near Eastern Affairs, in an ex- Occupy Regions BBG international executives have will serve a two-year term, sub- change of communications with not met over the same weekend. ject to reelection. B'nai B'rith world president A wide range of national issues Reason for the disparity in dates Philip M. Klutznick. presented to the order by GAG Dynamic Builder this year was that each proved The Rountree statement was in George Lefcoe was being dis- A dynamic builder, whose feel- to be most convenient for the ma- response to a telegraphed appeal cussed by alephs at regional con- ing that the city of Brantford jority of members of the respec- from Mr. Klutznick to Secretary ventions, institutes and regular was not growing as rapidly as tive executive bodies. of State John Foster Dulles. The chapter meetings as this issue of its potential would have permit- (See EXECS, page 5) text of the Klutznick message was SHOFAR went to press. ted, Mayor Sherman first sought as follows: The issues, first presented by office because of his conviction "Information reaches us that the GAG in a memo to all region- that he could help in that growth. "OUR AZA" Inside one thousand Jewish civilians, al godols, included requests for Today he views Brantford as one Max Sherman This issue of SHOFAR car- many of them stateless, are now suggestions on the rabbi-chapter of the fastest-growing industrial incarcerated in Egyptian deten- study program and AZA views on pated expansion. ries an annual bonus-a four cities in the province of Ontario. tion camps. Others upon depart- the current crises in the Middle His main mayoralty campaign Scoring firsts for Mayor Sher- page insert of "OUR AZA," ing stripped of possessions. Hu- East and Hungary. plank was a program of long- man is nothing new to him. In AZA's once-a-year fraternal man rights being violated. Seven- Philosophy behind the Lefcoe range planning to determine the 1953, when he was elected alder- publication. Compiled and ed- teen National Jewish Organiza- memo was an effort to bring the future needs of the city, together man, he became the first member ited this year by Grand Aleph (See ISSUES, page 3) with a blueprint for its antici- of the Jewish faith to serve in the S'gan Dave Cantor, the four- (See EGYPT, page 6) Brantford City Council. page "newspaper within a 17 ALUMNI ON STAFF Mayor Sherman has long been newspaper" will be found in the center section. (See ALUMNUS, page 8) Career Hunting? BBYO Can 1957 BBYO Israel Summer Offer Bright Job Prospect Institute Plans Announced BBYO plans to sponsor its second annual Israel Summer How would you like to cash in on a pleasant teen-age Institute this summer. Arrangements for the seven-week hobby for a lifetime career that could earn you as much as tions to the staff are an excellent tour of Israel are being completed as reports of general $5000 a year as a starting salary possibility in the near future. relaxation of tensions continue to arrive from the Middle Furthermore, because of normal Sound exciting? job turnover, a number of posi- East. It is widely expected that by the spring the political and military situations will have Well, such a dream come true can actually be yours tions throughout the country open through a career as a group work- up each year. been stabilized and general peace restored. Where To Find It er in BBYO. for higher starting salaries. In Joining BBYO's staff is like en- Sponsored in conjunction with That professional positions in tering a kind of elite club. Cur- Aleph Godel's addition, BBYO has always main- BBYO are lures for career-mind- the Jewish Agency for Palestine, rently there are only some 1200 Message tained a policy of providing for Page 3 the Institute is open to BBYO ed alumni of BBYO, is attested Jewish group workers in the en- BBG President's the growth - both financially and by the fact that 17 members of members between the ages of 16 tire country. But it is one of the Message professionally-of its staff mem- Page 5 the current professional staff and 19. Last summer, eleven BBYA President's bers. Of the current staff, every fastest-growing professions in the were members of BBYO in their Alephs and eight BBG's took ad- Message member has gone on, or will go nation-on reason being the re- Page 2 youth. And that number has jump- vantage of this unique opportun- on, to additional post-graduate cent large growth of the teen-age Chapter Chatter Page 7 ed rapidly within the past few ity to combine a rich educational Names In The News work. population; another, the trend Page 8 experience with a summer vaca- years. to the suburbs, leading to the or- On Tap Page 6 One reason for this spurt is that Bright Future tion in a foreign land. Their re- ganization of more youth groups. Shofar Feature Section Page 4 BBYO's salary structure has re- sponse to their summer experience Because of BBYO's steady Aside from BBYO jobs, there are Sport-Scope Page 6 has been enthusiastic. Several cently been upgraded to provide World Datelines growth through the years, addi- Page 6 (Continued on Page 8) (See INSTITUTE, page 8)