Group Work Experts Will AZA 35 Yrs. Old This Month Talk At BBYO Career Day (See Page 8) New York Faculty members from two of New York's leading schools of social work, and veteran members of BBYO's staff will be on tap as resource persons at BBYO's third annual "Career Day" here, Sunday, May 3. The BBYO alumni and qualified members of BBYO in District 1, To be eligible to participate, BBYO'ers will have to be certified the SHOFAR 3 and the northern region of Dis- by their regional directors as hav- trict 5 who attend the conference ing a potential for success in a will hear about training, salaries, group work career. educational requirements and em- The conference will also be open Official Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization to non-BBYO members, but they ployment opportunities in the field will receive no travel rebate or AZA-BBG-BBYA of social group work from Dr. housing subsidy. Morton I. Teicher, Director of Additional details are available 36TH YEAR 6 MAY, 1959 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes the Yeshiva University School of from BBYO regional offices. to The Shofar, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington 6, D. Social Work; Mitchell I. Ginsberg, Assistant to the Acting Dean of the New York School of Social Internal Issues, Israel Work of Columbia University; Alex E. Balzer of Washington, And Judaism Themes National BBYO Director of Field Operations; and Edwin Simon, BBYO Long Island Region Di- Of District Parleys rector. The conference, which begins at p.m., will be held at the 92nd 2400 Delegates Will Participate Street Young Men's Hebrew As- sociation building in Manhattan. This Spring And Summer_ Travel rebates of up to $10.00 A similarity of themes-falling roughly into such cate- are being provided for all eligible gories as internal BBYO problems, Israel and the Jewish participants who will be coming Heritage will be the major points of emphasis at district from outside the New York conventions throughout the order this spring and summer. metropolitan area. In addition, An estimated 2400 delegates those who will find it necessary to are expected to participate in will be a highlight of the District remain in New York overnight 1 BBG convention, which also will receive a special housing these conventions. features seminars on the BBG subsidy. The distinction of being the SPRINGHILL MINE DISASTER Relief Fund was swelled by six-Fold Program. first to hold its district conven- The Glen Briar Hotel will also TALK TO DELEGATES another $150 with the formal presentation of a check from interna- tion will go to District 1 BBG be the site of the District 1 AZA tional BBG. The contribution, voted from BBG's Emergency Service which has slated its parley for Fund by the BBG Executive Committee, was turned over to Claude convention which has tentatively BBYO'ers Shine this month-May 8-10. More than been set for June 28-July 1. S. Richardson, Q. C., chairman of the Springhill Disaster Fund for 200 delegates are expected to be the Province of Quebec, and former Liberal Party member of Advance word on the AZA con- At Meeting present for the three-day event Parliament, by Nancy Gilman (second from right), vice-president which will be held at the Glen clave is that an estimated 175 Of BB Women of the Laurentian Region BBG Council. Others pictured, at left: Briar Hotel in upstate New York. alephs are expected to partici- Mrs. Irving Meshwork, president of the Laurentian Region BBYO Leadership training, focused on pate. The theme of the three-day BBYO'ers were in the spot- Board of Directors, and at right, Miriam Brown, BBG Laurentian helping chapter regional officers convention will be "Aleph-Pres- Region disaster fund coordinator. more effectively do their jobs, ent and Future." The program light at last month's B'nai will be designed to help mem- B'rith Women's biennial con- bers evaluate AZA's program, as Sandy, Steve FOR 23-DAY SESSION well as to study means of build- vention and youth conference in ing membership. In addition, Washington, To Address Regions Urged To Name seminars on Judaism and various At a special youth panel con facets of leadership training will sisting of representatives of BB Convention be woven into the program. In addition to District 1, Dis- youth groups of various religious, Grand Aleph Godol Steve Institute Participants Now tricts 3 and 4 will hold separate racial and ethnic groups, Dede AZA and BBG conventions. The Blank and BBG international Solit of Philadelphia, District 3 Now is the time for all regions to come to the aid of rest will be joint or concurrent BBG president, represented president Sandy Towsner will their leaders. events. BBYO. The panel dealt with a be among the speakers at the Regions which still have not selected participants for Friendship Theme variety of problems in adjust- B'nai B'rith Supreme Lodge BBYO's unique 23-day leadership training institute were In District 4, some 165 BBG ment, employment, and other Triennial convention in Is- urged by BBYO's Program De- delegates are expected to par- areas of interest to youth. rael this month. partment this week to make their The fee for the entire period ticipate in a five-day convention The youth conference preceded The two presidents will partici- the working sessions of the con- decisions quickly. from July 27 through August 19 from June 22-26. Convention site pate in a symposium on the topic, A total enrollment of about 90 will be $100 for national scholar- will be Whittier College, Whittier, vention. "In Quest of Creative Jewish Also featured at the Youth Con- regional, council, district and na- Calif. The following week, from Living." Other members of the ship recipients. For all others June 28 to July 2, an expected 125 ference were three other tional officers is expected. Parti- panel will be Label A. Katz, na- it will be $300. cipants will be apportioned on alephs will participate in the AZA BBYO'ers. Howard Denis, AZA's interna- (See ADDRESS, Page 5) the basis of membership. The $200 national scholarships convention at the same site. will be awarded to one aleph and Theme of the BBG convention tional grand aleph s'gan, address- FRIEND OF BBYO will be "Friendship: The Essence ed the delegates on "What AZA one BBG in each region or coun- of BBG." Major convention Means To Me." Sara Miller, BBG's cil on the following priority speakers will be Rabbi Jehuda international 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Solovich Is New BBW Prexy basis: Cohen, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foun- talked on "What BBG Means To Me." (text of her remarks will Mrs. Charles D. Solovich of Detroit, Mich., was elected 1. Regional/Council godol or dation Pacific Region Director, national president of B'nai B'rith Women at the organiza- president. and Mrs. Louis Kash, president be found on page 4.) Eric Dobkin, of District 4 B'nai B'rith Women. AZA religious chairman for the tion's biennial meeting in Washington D.C. A practicing 2. Regional/Council s'gan or One of the features of the Dis- Northern Region of District 5 attorney, wife, mother of two vice-president. trict 4 BBG parley will be a work- spoke of the benefits he received sons and long-time friend of special luncheon in the Statler 3. District officers on the re- shop on folk music and dancing. from the B'nai B'rith Vocational BBYO, Mrs. Solovich succeeds Hilton Hotel. The installation gional/council level. The District 4 AZA convention Service Program. Mrs. Kornbleet of Kansas event concluded the week-long will include a series of workshops In addition, Sara delivered the 4. Other regional/council offi- City, Kan., to the top BBW post. biennial, which featured a Golden on "The Family As a Community invocation at a luncheon session "I shall do everything possible Anniversary luncheon and a cers. Unit." Principal speaker will be which featured one of the conven- to insure the start of another BBW sponsored Youth Confer- Supplementary scholarships of Arthur Wolpe, District 4 B'nai tion's major addresses by B'nai golden era for our organization," ence. $50 each will also be available B'rith president. B'rith president Philip M. Klutz- Mrs. Solovich said, as she re- Newly elected officers who will to district godols and presidents Between conventions, a two-day nick. ceived the gavel of her office at a serve with her are Mrs. Moe Kud- joint leadership Institute for In her talk about BBG, Sara (1958-59 and 1959-60); national ler, Los Angeles, first vice presi- some 60 selected BBG and re- said: "As we grow up in BBG- dent; Mrs. Harry Strauss, Knox- officers and national chairmen. gional leaders will be held. The and grow out of it-we discover ville, second vice president; Mrs. -Local Scholarships emphasis at the Institute will be just what it was that made our Maurice Goldberg, Gaithersburg, The BBYO Program Depart- on helping to develop programs years in this organization so ex- Md., third vice president, and Mrs. ment pointed out that local schol- on the chapter and regional levels. citing. We learned that it was Samuel Rudner, Wheeling, West BBG that helped us grow up-and arships of at least $50 should "Year of Unity" is the com- Va., treasurer. mature-for our order's goal-to be made available, where possible, (See CONVENTIONS, Page 5) help each member become a better The new BBW "First Lady" to local representatives. Jew, a better citizen, and a better will serve a term of two years. "Jewish Youth - a Mirror of the Jewish Community" will be Where To Find it person. The organization has 137,000 In his talk, Denis said that members who belong to 856 chap- the theme around which the In- BBYA President's AZA's five-fold program "is de- ters in seven districts throughout stitute of Judaism will revolve. Message Page 2 signed to bring out what is best the United States, Canada, and 15 Sessions on "Leadership Tech- other countries. niques" will include "Discussion Names In The News Page 8 in each individual youth. An ora- tor is on the same par with a Mrs. Solovich holds a law de- Leadership;" "Understanding the Sport-Scope Page 3 quarterback. Each contributes to gree from the University of De- Group;" "What Makes A Shofar Feature Section Page 4 the well-being of the chapter pro- troit and the Bachelor of Arts Leader;" and "Understanding What Do You Think? Page 4 gram and each shares in its degree from the University of Yourself." success." Chapter Chatter Page 7 Mrs. Charles Solovich (See BBW, Page 5) (Continued, Col. 4 Page 8)