Convention Elects Levy New BBYA Head; Membership Drive Spurred the SH FAR Brighton, Mich. Martin Levy of Chicago was elected to head a re- Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization structured BBYA at the order's 10th international conven- AZA-BBG-BBYA tion here. The 24-year-81d Levy, an accountant, and last year's BBYA membership and public relations chairman, will head 35TH YEAR Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes 6 AUGUST, 1958 to The Shofar, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington 6, C. a slate during the 1958-59 year that includes: Richard Chandler, Hawthorne, Calif., administrative vice - president; Arlene Sufron, Los Angeles, treasurer; and Mort Plotnick, Oak Park, Mich., coun- Conventions Keyed To Vital selor. (Biographical sketches of officers will be found on page 2.) In a major action, convention delegates voted to focus atten- Internal And World Issues tion this year on increasing mem- bership. In line with that, three new offices - international vice- BBG's Discuss presidents for membership Alephs Set were created. Selected to fill the Role As Jews posts were: Fred Spilove, Phil- And Citizens Up Three adelphia; Joel Sorkin, Los An- geles; and Sergio Guzik, Mexico City. Mrs. Edith Kornbleet, na- Study Areas Other members of BBYA's tional president of B'nai 1958-59 executive committee in- A swift-paced, action-filled B'rith Women, will be the clude: 35th annual international featured speaker at BBG's International Corresponding AZA convention is in store 14th annual international Secretary-Lorraine Levin, Chi- for an expected 150 delegates cago; International Correspond- convention at Camp B'nai ing Secretary - Harriet Lesak, B'rith, BBG president Elaine and visitors at Camp B'nai B'rith this month. Chicago; Community Service Gilner announced prior to The five-day parley which runs Chairman - Jerry Shapiro, Cin- her departure for Israel last from Aug. 26-31 will center cinnati; Education Chairman month. around three major study areas. Marsha Lazar, Los Angeles; Rec- Elaine herself will be one of Delegates will review: reation Chairman-Mark Klinger, the star performers at the five-day Problems of Education in the Detroit; and Service Fund Chair- BBG parley. The BBG prexy will public and Jewish schools. man-Marty Richman, Toronto. make a dramatic return flight Peace in the Middle East and Another indication of BBYA's from Israel, where she will have in the world. intention to concentrate on mem- been attending a World Jewish bership growth was the adoption AZA organizational prob Youth Conference, and go directly lems. (see BBYA, page 3) to camp from New York's Inter- Participants will discuss the national Airport. She is scheduled problem areas in general session FORMER STAFFER to arrive just in time to deliver and S group seminars. her convention-opening presi- Recommendations and resolutions Len Belove dent's message, Wednesday eve- will emerge from the study ning, Aug. 20. groups. An expected 175 delegates and A highlight of the parley will Heads DGL 2 visitors will be in attendance for be an address by famed economist the BBG convention which will Robert Nathan. He will talk to a Kansas City, Mo. revolve around the general theme of "Citizenship and Judaism." CONGRATULATIONS. Exuberant BBYA convention delegates luncheon session about "The The lesson he never forgot Gerry Feldman of Chicago (left) and Jerry Gardberg, Chicago Crisis in the Middle East." The role of the Jewish young as a teen-age member of the Council president (right), rush to shake the hand of victorious Delegates will also hear ad- women in today's society will be B'nai B'rith Youth Organ- Martin Levy as BBYA presidential election results are announced. dresses by Dr. Judah Shapiro, examined. National Director of the B'nai ization's Aleph Zadik Aleph High on the list of key busi- AT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE B'rith Hillel Foundations. Hyman has been the guiding principle of ness issues facing delegates will Chipkin, New York attorney and Leonard Belove's adult life. be a decision involving BBG's It's the reason he accepted the presidency last month of District Other Speakers Regional Heads To Probe vice-chairman of the B'nai B'rith proposed new 6-fold program. Youth Commission; and Judge 2 B'nai B'rith Men. And it's the Samuel A. Weiss, Judge of the In addition to Mrs. Kornbleet, Court of Common Pleas, Pitts- reason the 41-year-old manufac- convention speakers will include turer's representative has earned AZA alumnus Rabbi Arthur Tenets Of Jewish Life burgh, Pa. Dr. Shapiro will deliver the the accolades of organizations Gilbert of New York, Direc- (see AZA, page 3) and institutions here. tor of ADL's Interreligious A searching look at the philosophies of Jewish life in The lesson: "We owe an obliga- Cooperation Department; Mrs. the North American community will be the backbone of the tion to the community and to our Claire Goldstein of Galax, Va., Welcome Mat Out fellow men to serve them to the a vice chairman of the B'nai program of the BBYO Joint Leadership Training Confer- (see BELOVE, page 7) (see BBG, page 7) ence at Camp B'nai B'rith, Aug. 11-18. For Parley Visitors The week-long conclave, which tempt to answer such questions Visitors places are still is expected to draw nearly 90 as "What do we mean by relig- available at this month's BBG regional, council and interna- ion ?" and "Why does there seem and AZA international con- tional BBG and AZA leaders, will to be inconsistency in observance ventions at Camp B'nai B'rith, be the opening international among American Jews? Starlight, Pa. BBYO event at the Starlight, Pa. Ethical Concepts in Jewish In addition to the oppor- campsite. Life - which will relate itself tunity of meeting the order's The parley will be highlighted to practices followed in BBYO top leadership, visitors will be by the appearance of B'nai B'rith as well as the community at permitted to take full part in president Philip M. Klutznick, large. Participants will examine all convention proceedings The specially-selected partici- such questions as: "What should with the exception of voting. pants will probe four specific be our priorities in the expendi- Fee for the five-day event is areas of Judaism in their week- ture of chapter funds?" and $55.00 long conference: "What does Jewish tradition have See the announcement on Religious Practices and Jew- to say about discrimination ish Tradition - which will at- page 8 for additional details. (see CONFERENCE, page 5) IN CURRENT YEAR 164 BB Lodge Presidents Are AZA Alumni Almost one out of every five B'nai B'rith lodge presi- dents who served during the past year is an alumnus of presidents break down by districts: AZA. In all, some 164 current lodge heads spent their youth 1-35 in AZA or BBYM. 2-21 That's the striking picture re- The encouraging sign is that 3-20 vealed by a just-completed na- with increasing frequency B'nai 4-20 B'rith lodges are turning to the 5-13 tionwide survey conducted by BBYO National Director Max F. young men with the leadership 6-42 abilities developed in AZA. 7-13 Baer. Of the 1111 questionnaires sent The survey revealed that Wash- NEXT STOP: JERUSALEM. AZA's GAG Yale Rosenberg, BBG It is the highest single total to lodges, some 870 were com- ington, D. C. and its neighboring president Elaine Gilner and BBYA's immediate past president Mort recorded since the annual surveys pleted and returned to BBYO's Plotnick chat while waiting to board their plane to Israel and the metropolis, Baltimore, are out- were launched seven years ago. headquarters office. World Jewish Youth Conference which they attended last month In 1951, there were 107 alumni standing alumni communities. In as BBYO's representatives. The trio will be back later this month. District Breakdown serving as lodge presidents. both cities, three of the four lodge Here is how the alumni-lodge presidents are ex-alephs.