Time Running Out On Teen Camp Registration New York Registration for the 1958 summer season at Camp the SH FAR B'nai B'rith soared to near full capacity as of last week, Camp Director Mordecai Kessler announced. With registration rolls open only about two months, the Camp office here reported more Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization than 150 paid registrations had is open and will be available for AZA-BBG-BBYA been received. The brisk registra- special program planning for the tion pace is far ahead of last special three and one half week Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes 35TH YEAR 6 FEBRUARY, 1958 to The Shofar, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington 6, year's registration when only 25 teen camp. reservations for space had been requested as of the same period. Regional Parleys Attract The rush for registrations served to emphasize the speed Community Attention with which teen-agers interested (Related stories, page 6) in the special three and a half week camping sessions must act. Some 8000 BBYO'ers - the largest single outpouring Thirty-two spaces are being of convention delegates-took part in regional conclaves held in reserve until Feb. 15 for a around the order. Winners, who will go on to district com- unique 24-day teen-age camp petition, were selected in a variety of events. session that will put a heavy em- The regional parleys attracted phasis on leadership training and AZA, BBG Execs wide publicity in the various com- preparation for year-round BBYO Meet This Month munities in which they were held. activities. Spaces will not be re- AZA and BBG international In Nashville, Tenn., Governor served beyond that date unless executive board members will Frank Clement addressed Cot- sufficient interest is shown. gather in Washington this ton States Region convention month for their annual mid- delegates. Plans for the three and one half year executive committee In Charleston, S. C., Frank week teen camp sessions include meetings. The exec meetings Fierman, field secretary for the activities centering on vocational of both orders will run concur- Southern Section of the National guidance, athletics, arts and rently on the weekend of Feb, Jewish Welfare Board spoke to crafts, drama, social dancing, 7-9. District Five's Southern region seminars on Judaism and Jewish In addition to district activ- convention. He talked about MEMORY OF ity and committee progress youth's role in working for good thought and a series of lectures BELOWED nor reports, the execs will devote government. and discussions revolving around BELOWED FATHER a portion of their meeting time Prexies Attend the theme of self-improvement. WERN to mapping plans for the 1958 Regional parleys were also Teeners will be permitted to international conventions and graced by the presence of GAG register for either of two sessions leadership training institute. Yale Rosenberg and BBG inter- -from July 1 to 24 or from July national president Elaine Gilner. 25 to Aug. 18. Cost for the three REHEARSING FOR ANNUAL BBYO Sabbath are these members Where There's Rosenberg visited and spoke at and one half week period is $225. of the Atlantic, Ga., BBYO Council. From left, bottom row: Pearl regional parleys in Nashville, Registrations for the full 7- Ann Gulden, Ina Shuman, Bonnie Spindel, Carol Weinman and week camp are still open. Fee for Will There Are Richmond, Va.; Philadelphia and Charlotte Glass. Second row: Larry Taylor, Martin Perlin and New York, the latter a meeting the full season, which runs from Milton Lefkoff. Top row: Eric Bossak, Mickey Solomon, David of chapter aleph godolim in the July 1 Aug. 18, is $450. The age Krant and Hedy Wachtel. Ways And Means New York area. range is from 7 to 16. Vancouver, B. C. Elaine's itinerary took her to Key Personnel Everyone A Winner Members of Tamar BBG here regional gatherings in Peoria, Key personnel have already Ill.: Canton, Ohio; Detroit and stopped at nothing to raise been recruited for the camping Milwaukee. Everywhere they money recently for the Anita season. In addition to Jack Bowling Tourney To Score went they elicited good news- Weiner, BBYO's Director of Dis- Perlman Scholarship Fund. paper coverage. trict 7, whose appointment as Here are some of the methods Convention themes and discus- camp program director was previ- Strike For Monsky Fund used by the girls to raise funds: sion topics ran the gamut of ously announced, Camp Director At a chapter meeting Anita BBYO interest - from a panel Kessler announced appointment discussion of Federal aid to edu- By Sheldon Schuster of Max Hausen and Gladys Ber- Perlman Scholarship Committee cation at the Southern Region nat as head boys' and girls' coun- (International BBYA Vice-President) chairman Carole Dorfman made convention in Charleston to an selors, respectively. Both served On March 2, members of AZA, BBG, and Young Adults the rounds picking up pennies Israel Day at the Philadelphia in similar capacities last year. across the country will be participating in the first B'nai from members' purses. University of BBYO. Music specialist will be Richard Newman, director of the Hillcrest, B'rith Young Adult-sponsored BBYO Bowling Tournament. At a mother daughter tea Long Island, Jewish Community This is truly a unique function in that it incorporates so every person present contributed Alumni Cop Center, returning after last year. many of our goals in one venture. a penny for each letter in her Drama specialist will be Alex Kameny, a faculty member of Briefly, the tournament is set last name. Council Posts Green Mountain Jr. College, up as follows: On March 2, all bowler. On the Sunday following At a father-daughter meeting Poultney, Vt. Other specialists entrants will bowl in their re- the tournament, the three Inter- everyone's feet were measured Los Angeles That BBYO "trains for lead- already lined up for the 1958 sea- spective cities and mail their national presidents of AZA, BBG and contributed a penny per inch. ership" was again forcefully son include: David Soifer, for- scores to Jerry Shapiro, B'nai and Young Adults will bowl and A tax of five cents was levied demonstrated here last month ferly with Camp Ramah, Calif., B'rith Young Adult Recreation the five people whose scores come on each member arriving late when AZA alumni were elected and a student at Swarthmore Chairman. Based on these scores, closest to their President's will Jerry will announce in the May also receive awards. In this way to meetings. to five of the seven offices of College, Swarthmore, Pa.-nature the Southern California B'nai study; Bertha Decker of the SHOFAR the International everyone, no matter how good or Each member's waist was meas- B'rith Council, Bronx, New York YMHA-arts BBYO outstanding teams and in- poor a bowler he is, has a chance ured and paid one half cent per Alumni elected to the Coun- and crafts. dividuals, both male and female. to win. inch. A flat fee of 15 cents was cil offices were: Camp chef will be Arthur Trophies will be awarded to the Finally, and probably most im- charged for coy members who Art Hersh, president, for- Faustin, former chef of the Jew- winners at the International con- portant, even the losers win. The refused to have their waists mer member of Los Angeles ish Theological Seminary. ventions. entry fee is $.50 per person. All measured. AZA: Julius Samson, 2nd vice- All specialists will be on duty Besides this, there will be money collected above the cost of In all, the chapter contributed president; one-time member of the entire seven weeks that camp added awards for the average (see BOWLING, page 2) $24.43 to the fund. Strauss AZA; Alex Klein, 3rd vice-president, former aleph FOR FIRST 4 MONTHS godol of Los Angeles AZA: Harry D. Davis, re-elected for the seventh time as treasurer, Membership Keeping Pace With 1957 Record Year a former member of Strauss AZA; and Manny Shapiro, re- elected corersponding secre- Prompt registration by some regions is helping to boost tary, a former member of overall totals and keep current registration figures on a par ord membership year is expected. the same period. Also Atlanta Re- Strauss AZA. with last year's record membership high. Last year's mark of 36,046 gion with 305 members as com- All five of the alumni have highest in BBYO history - is ex- pared with 277 over the same served as presidents of their At least four districts - 1, 2, pected to fall. four month period in 1956; Flor- B'nai B'rith lodges. 5 and 7 - have recorded more District 5 has registered 1689 Regions which have scored ida Region with 322 members as members from the period of Sept. members - more than half its early registration records for the compared with 84 for the same 1, 1957 through Dec. 31, 1957 than final figure of 3102 for last year. first four months of the current period last year; Texoma Region they did over a similar period in During the same four month Where To Find It year include: with 1118 members as compared 1956. period in 1956, District 5 had Brooklyn, with 677 members, with 968 and Cotton States Re- Aleph Godol's District 1 membership on Dec. registered 1321 members. as compared to 542 for the same gion with 706 members as com- Message Page 3 31, 1957 stood at 4468, just slight- District 7 has the best percent- period last year; Long Island, pared with 556 for the same BBG President's ly over half of its final total of age record. As of Dec. 31, 1957 with 564 members, as opposed to period last year. Message Page 5 8970 for the 1956-57 year. it had registered 1824, just 49 204 for the same period last year; Early registration with the BBYA President's District 2. for the first four members' short of its final 1956- Laurentian Region with 640 mem- BBYO headquarters office in Message Page 2 months of this BBYO year, has 57 figures. bers as compared with 274 for the Washington assures that names Chapter Chatter Page 7 recorded 2525 members - as op- same period last year; District 3's of members will be promptly Names In The News Page 5 posed to 2351 for the same period Record May Fall Western Pennsylvania and West placed on mailing lists to receive Shofar Feature Section Page 4 last year. Last year the district's With registration still incom- Virginia Region, 1057 members What Do You Think? programs materials and monthly Page 4 final membership total was 2915. plete in all districts, another rec- as opposed to 375 last year for BBYO Life copies of SHOFAR. Page 4