In This Issue: An Invitation To Israel (see center insert) BBYO To Sponsor Group Work Career Conference BBYO's "new look" approach to professional staff re- cruitment adds a new dimension with the scheduling of a the SH FAR one-day career conference in Philadelphia, Sunday, May 5. The conference, open to all BBYO members and alumni in AZA Execs Meet Districts 1, 3 and the Northern At Press Time Region of District 5, is expected Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization As this issue of SHOFAR went to draw scores of high school to press, members of the AZA seniors and college undergradu- Executive Committee were AZA-BBG-BBYA ates. gathered in Washington at their annual mid-year meeting. The conference is part of a 34th YEAR 6 MARCH, 1957 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes Lunch with Senator Richard to The Shofar, 1129 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington 5. D. C. long-range BBYO plan to interest Neuberger (D., Ore.) in the alumni in careers as social group Senate dining room, to discuss workers, and more specifically in the current Middle Eastern U. of Illinois To Be Site BBYO careers. It is being limited situation, was a feature of a crowded agenda. to the eastern part of the United Plans for the forthcoming States and Canada this time as an International Leadership experiment. If the conference Training Institute and Conven- Of AZA, BBG Conventions proves successful, similar sessions tion were also to be discussed. will be held in other parts of the District structure was to be analyzed and the National country. AZA program was to be evalu- Tentative Dates $10 Subsidy ated. Details on the meeting Also Are Set BBYO will subsidize each mem- will appear in the April issue ber participant to the extent of of SHOFAR. $10 for transportation. For those The University of Illinois coming from distances which will No Shofar? Maybe at Champaign Urbana, Ill., make it necessary for them to You're Not Registered site of three previous BBG stay overnight, the agency will underwrite hotel costs. Interested February and March are peak and AZA international con- participants must first be certified periods for enrolling new mem- ventions and institutes. in- by their regional directors as hav- bers, and chapters are urged to ing a potential for success in a forward registration fees to their cluding last year's parleys, group work career. Non-BBYO Regional Office as soon as pos- has been selectedas the locale sible. members will also be permitted to for the 1957 annual events. attend, but will receive no sub- One good reason for prompt Tentative dates for this year's sidy. registration is so that new mem- The one-day conference will bers can receive their monthly events - both AZA and BBG will feature speakers from the BBYO copies of SHOFAR and other have nine-day conclaves as they National staff and faculty mem- BBYO program materials. Mail- did last year are: BBG-August bers from schools of social work, ing lists are compiled from these 4 through 13; AZA - August 20 who will outline the educational registration forms. through 29. and other requirements for social The University's sprawling group work careers. Fair Weather campus, located about 90 miles The conference call comes at a south of Chicago, offers every time when the prognosis for em- Beckons Camera type of facilities for every occa- ployment opportunities in the so- WITH THE FAST-RISING B'nai B'rith building in the background, sion. Its air-conditioned auditor- cial group work field are consid- Fans In Contest members of the BBG international executive board gather to begin a ia and tree-shaded lawns provide ered excellent. The number of sightseeing tour of the nation's capital. The execs were in Washing- perfect indoor and outdoor set- graduates being turned out by The clear and beautiful Spring ton last month for the annual executive get-together. They viewed tings for all events. schools of social work is failing days just ahead mean perfect the BB building as the first stop on their tour. Detailed convention institute to keep pace with the growing de- picture-taking weather for cam- programs are not yet finalized, mand for the services of these era fans, And that means a At Washington Meeting although BBG and AZA execu- highly-trained professionals. crack at the four valuable prizes tives responsible for program BBYO, among other Jewish to be awarded in the SHOFAR- group work agencies, has recently BBG Execs Vote First planning are currently busy whip- sponsored "BBYO Photo Contest" ping plans into shape. been feeling the pinch of the which closes May 10, 1957. BBG's parley is expected to scarcity of trained personnel to Prizes are to be awarded in two categories: A first and second Service Fund Grants revolve around a "Bas Mitzvah" serve the nation's growing teen- theme, denoting its 13 years of age population. prize for the best picture illus- existence as an international or- The "new look" approach to re- trating a BBYO activity; and a The first allocation from BBG's new International Serv- ganization. Led by Debbie Getzik cruitment literally means tapping first and second prize for the best new sources. BBYO alumni, with a ice Fund was the highlight of the mid-winter BBG Executive of Philadelphia, BBG interna- BBYO human interest picture. tional 1st vice-president, a group natural interest in the work of Only BBYO members may en- Board meeting in Washington, D.C. last month. of BBG officers are culling the agency, are considered to be ter the contest. All pictures sub- BBG leaders voted funds to provide a tape recorder, through the many suggestions a rich supply source for potential mitted become the property of phonograph, filmstrips and books offered by BBG's throughout the professional group workers. SHOFAR. order's Service Fund. The appro- order. Additional details on the con- Read the contest rules on page for Moledeth B'nai B'rith, one of priation was made in direct re- AZA plans are expected to be- ference are available from BBYO 3 and enter today. Enter as the so-called "Twin Colonies" in sponse to a specific request for come more concrete as a result regional offices. many times as you like, Israel which form part of the (Continued on Page 5) of the AZA international execu- tive committee meeting in Wash- LISTENING TO WORLD'S HEARTBEAT ington last month. Additional convention details, AZA Alumnus Serves In Top Disarmament Po including delegations, allotments, rebate schedules, programs and definite dates will be announced United Nations, N.Y. "the world's most vexing, pro- subsequent issues of the SHO- Whatever eventually happens to the various disarma- tracted and delicate issues." FAR. ment proposals which repeatedly crop up in the United The Commission, which has In addition to last year's events, just been asked by the U.N. Gen- BBG's and AZA's international Nations, a one-time member of AZA will have been one of eral Assembly to continue its conventions and institutes in 1951 those instrumental in shaping that decision. study of disarmament proposals, and 1953 were held at the Uni- A former practicing lawyer who deals with conventional as well as versity of Illinois. has turned his efforts to promot- ed to New York and assigned as atomic weapons. Senior Political Affairs Officer of ing world peace, Canadian-born the U.N. Secretariat's Political A one-time member of Calgary alumnus William Epstein serves Division. He held that important 31, Calgary, Canada, Mr. Epstein Where To Find It as Joint Secretary of the United job from 1946 to 1951, moving was educated at the University Nations' Disarmament Commis- over in 1951 as Chief of the of Alberta, where he received his Aleph Godol's sion, a post to which he was ap- law degree. He was awarded a Message Page 3 Armaments and Enforcement Sec- pointed in 1952. Gold Medal, in recognition of his tion of the Political and Security BBG President's The 44-year-old U.N. official, in high scholastic achievement. Fol- Council Affairs Department. He Message currently holds that job, in addi- lowing his graduation, he went to Page 5 fact, recently rounded out 10 WILLIAM EPSTEIN years of service to the cause of tion to his post with the Disarma- London on an overseas traveling BBYA President's peace through the world organi- ment Commission. formation spokesman has de- scholarship to study international Message Page 2 zation. His first U.N. post, in scribed Mr. Epstein as "one of affairs at the London School of 1946, was as a member of the Pre- On Palestine Mission the most widely experienced and Economics. Upon his return he en- Chapter Chatter Page 6 paratory Commission of the In 1948 alumnus Epstein dis- capable members of the U.N. Sec- tered the private practice of law Names In The News Page 8 United Nations in London. One tinguished himself while serving retariat." The Secretariat is the which he pursued from 1935 to year earlier he had served as as senior officer with the U.N. United Nations' paid professional 1942, when he interrupted his Shofar Feature Section Page 4 Secretary to the Canadian Claims Palestine Commission under both staff. By virtue of his Disarma- career to enlist as a private in the Commission, also in London. ment Commission post, Mr. Ep- Canadian Army. He rose to the Direct From Director Page 8 Count Folke Bernadotte of Swe- From his Preparatory Commis- den and the U.S.'s Ralph Bunche. stein is in on the decision-making rank of captain and served over- World Datelines Page 8 sion post Mr. Epstein was return- A United Nation's public in- of what has been called one of (See ALUMNUS, Page 8)