BBYA Convention Could Reshape Entire Order Brighton, Mich. BBYA delegates convene at Fresh Air Camp here this month for a five-day convention, June 16-20, that could re- the shape the entire structure of the order. High on the list of business items to be transacted will be proposals to revamp the struc- ture of the organization along Prexies To Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization council lines. Another proposal AZA-BBG-BBYA would do away with 18-month conventions, substituting annual Tour Parleys 34th YEAR 6 JUNE, 1957 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes parleys. to The Shofar, 1129 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington 5. Part of the latter proposal George Lefcoe and Anne would entail holding BBYA's an- Goldstein are packing their nual Service Fund Rally at the Convention convention traveling bags in yearly conventions. That innova- preparation for limited travel Highlighters AZA, BBG Parley tion will be launched this month when a check for $1800 will be swings each takes this month presented to Mrs. Gladys Harri- around the nation. Plans Move Ahead son, president of the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital. Presentation Between them, they will cover of the check will mark a record- almost every district parley. smashing fund raising achieve- Anne and George both will be BBG's To Observe Cherne, Noveck ment. It will mean BBYA achieved spending time at the District 7 an 18-month goal in six months. convention to be held June 16 Bas Mitzvah To Address AZA 50 Delegates at Schreiner Institute, Kerrville, Texas. Under the tentative travels Some 50 accredited delegates plans of both, the GAG will be at Dynamic Discussion AZA alumnus Leo M. are expected at the convention. the entire district parley, with Groups, special BBG Bas Cherne will be the featured Here is how they will break down: Anne arriving two days later - Mitzvah ceremonies and a Boston, 3 delegates; Montreal, speaker at the 1957 AZA In- June 9 and remaining through studied look at urrent 2 delegates; Toronto, 2 delegates; ternational convention and to the end. Cleveland, 1 delegate; Cincinnati, issues in Jewish life will high- leadership training institute. 1 delegate; St. Louis, 1 delegate; From there they part to go light this year's annual interna- One of the nation's foremost Philadelphia, 1 delegate; Pitts- their separate ways. tional BBG convention and leader- economists, Mr. Cherne will ad- burgh, 1 delegate; Newark, 1 The BBG international presi- ship institute at the University of dress the convention banquet on delegate; Los Angeles, 10 dele- dent's travel plans shape up as Illinois. A total of 139 fully-re- the closing night of the nine-day follows: gates: San Francisco, 1 delegate; bated delegates largest in the parley. Washington, D. C., 1 delegate; Jacksonville, Fla.-June 16-17. order's history will be attend- An expected total of 148 fully- Chicago, 10 delegates; Detroit, 5 Tampa, Fla.-June 17-18. ing the parley which begins Sun- rebated delegates will participate delegates. Miami, Fla.-June 18-22. day, August 4 and ends Tuesday, in AZA's 34th annual interna- From the opening session Sun- Savannah, Ga.-June 22-23. August 13. tional gathering at the University day evening, June 16, when Dr. Atlanta, Ga., for the District 5 Outstanding specialists in vari- of Illinois, August 20 29. Max F. Baer, BBYO National Di- convention at Emory College- ous fields will be on hand for the Mr. Cherne, whose official posi- rector, will address delegates on June 24-26. events. Among those already en- tion is executive secretary of the the subject, "A Challenge to Elkhart Lake, Wisc., for the gaged are musicologist George Research Institute of America, a BBYA," through the close of the District 6 convention-June 27-29. Rosenberg of Chicago, dramatist nationwide business consultation convention, the theme will be one Camp B'nai B'rith, Starlight, Reuben Singer of New York, and service with headquarters in New of revitalizing BBYA. Outgoing Pa., for the District 1 convention Cantor Jacob Barkin of Washing- York, holds the post of chairman international president Larry -June 30-July 1. ton, D. of the International Rescue Com- Schwimmer's annual report will GAG Lefcoe's schedule, some- In addition, a panel of at least mittee, a non-profit agency which be in a similar vein. three rabbis will be in attendance what less extensive, includes, in cares for refugees from behind A featured address on "The Fu- addition to his District 7 stop- as speakers and resource persons the Iron Curtain. His activities in ture of the American Jewish Com- over: in connection with the various pro- this and other areas were among munity" will be delivered by Dr. Greencastle, Ind., for the Dis- AZA alumnus Leo Cherne grams and activities centering the reasons for his selection in Richard C. Hertz of Temple Beth trict 2 convention at DePauw (top), one of the nation's fore- around Judaism. They are Rabbi 1952 as AZA's "Most Distin- El. Detroit. University-June 24-26. most economists, and Dr. Sam- Tzvi Porath of Silver Spring, Md., guished Alumnus." Other speakers will include Whittier, Calif., for the District uel Berkowitz (bottom), Phil- spiritual leader of the Montgom- Louis Hochberg of the Leo N. 4 AZA convention at Whittier adelphia Area B'nai B'rith Hillel ery County Jewish Center, and Oratory Winner Levi Memorial Hospital staff on College-June 27-30. Foundation Director, will be chaplain and religious consultant Mr. Cherne, a one-time member "The Meaning of Service," David In addition, Lefcoe may address featured speakers at the AZA for BBYO: Rabbi Benjamin Ru- of New York City's Rehoboth Macarov. Director of the Youth the District 5 Grand Lodge con- and BBG international conven- dawsky, director of the Hillel AZA, has served as vice-president Department of the American (See PREXIES, Page 5) Foundation at the University of of Freedom House in New York tions, respectively. Zionist Council, on "The Middle (See BBG, Page 5) (See AZA, Page 3) East Crisis" and Otto Weiner, Na- tional Youth Commissioner and 16 Set For Israel Tour Chairman of the BBYA Advisory Board. Sixteen teeners take off over in Paris before continuing on Let's Take Second Look Mr. Macarov's talk will serve as for Israel and the 2nd Annual to Jerusalem. the stimulus for a panel discus- In Israel they will spend seven sion group involving youth dele- BBYO Summer Institute in weeks touring the country, visit- At District Delegations gates. Israel early next month. ing with government officials and The convention will also include The group, accompanied by seeing places of biblical and mod- an ADL program, to be launched Jack Weiner, BBYO's District 7 ern interest. Included in the pro- Last month's SHOFAR inadvertently carried incorrect with the showing of the TV kine- gram will be a two-week work scope, "We Hold These Truths," Director, is scheduled to leave figures on the basic district delegations to the BBG and AZA period at Moledeth B'nai B'rith, based on an award-winning TV New York's Idlewild Airport July the B'nai B'rith-founded collec- international conventions at the University of Illinois. The program, "Tragedy in a Tempo- 7 via a scheduled El Al airliner. tive settlement in Israel. figures published included contest rary Town." They will make a two-day stop- (See TOUR, Page 3) finalists and international officers. Basic district delegations actu- ally are: CHILDREN DANCED A HORA BBG District 1-26 How Moledeth Got Its Tape Recorder Finally District 2-11 District 3-19 Moledeth B'nai B'rith, Israel in fact, that residents of this District 4-16 even filed their application for an An almost unbelievable string of Hollywood-like calama- settlement were caught unawares. import license. Negotiations were District 5-12 ties, with a happy but hair-breadth ending, has brought a Settlement officials had not yet (Continued on Page 8) District 6-19 District 7-10 new way of life to this B'nai B'rith-founded collective settle- AZA ment. District 1-24 How Moledeth B'nai B'rith got its BBG-contributed District 2-16 tape recorder is certain to become part of this Israeli out- District 3-23 District 4-19 post's folklore. District 5-16 The beginning of the story goes District 6-23 back to last February when mem- plans to mark its inaugural use District 7-9 at Passover. But there was the bers of BBG's international execu- nagging thought immediately in tive committee, meeting in Wash- the background that the shipment ington for their annual mid-year would actually not arrive on time. Where To Find It Few Israel-bound shipments from planning session, voted to pur- Aleph Godol's the U. S. reach their destination Message Page 3 chase and ship to Moledeth a in less than a month. BBG President's Webcor Educator Tape Recorder. Quick Arrival Message Page 5 The order was quickly placed, But when word arrived here BBYA President's crated and put aboard the Israeli that the crated recorder had ac- Message Page 2 ship "Zion". In mid-March the tually arrived, been unloaded and Chapter Chatter Page 7 recorder left New York harbor to was waiting for customs clear- begin its long ocean and customs Names In The News Page 8 ance in Haifa, kibbutz members clearance journey. could not believe their luck. The READYING FOR PASSOVER, Moledeth women carry baked delica- On Tap Page 7 When the joyful residents of shipping and unloading process cies to the converted machire shop which served as a seder hall for Shofar Feature Section Page 4 this settlement learned of the im- had been completed in the unpre- the community seder. Highlight of the evening was a playback of Sport-Scope Page 3 pending arrival of the tape re- cedented short space of two the ceremonies taped on the settlement's newly-received Webcor World Datelines cord they immediately set up Page 2 weeks. It had arrived so quickly, Tape Recorder.