CHICAGO, MAY 15 BBYO Career Day Could Set Course Of Your Life Career-conscious BBYO members and alumni get an opportunity this month to make a decision that could the radically affect their entire way of life. They will be among the dozens of interested members and former Certified participants will be members of the organization par- ticipating in BBYO's 4th annual entitled to travel rebates. Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization "Career in BBYO" Day in Chi- Regional BBYO offices have de- AZA-BBG-BBYA cago on Sunday, May 15. tailed folders on the conference The day-long program, which and can furnish answers to spe- cific questions. 36TH YEAR 6 MAY, 1960 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes will be held at the Palmer House, to The Shofar, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW. Washington 6. D. C. of will offer participants a full slate in information regarding careers cial social group work, with a spe- BBYO. emphasis on careers in District Parleys To The participants, who will of come from District 6 and sections Draw 1800 Delegates District 2, will be briefed on types of jobs available, educa- That fever pitch in the spring air-in case you haven't tion. tional requirements and prepara- noticed-is traditional pre-convention atmosphere. other salary expectations and And with some 1800 BBYO'ers getting set to travel careers. facets of group work to district parleys around the order over the next couple of the To be eligible to participate in months the excitement is slated to grow even greater. conference, a BBYO member The District 1 AZA convention or in by his alumnus the regional must first be certified will be the first to be held, May Site for the parley will be the BBYO director 13 15. Glen Briar Hotel in Wawarsing, for area as having a potential career. success in a group work Requests Bring N. Y. Some 175 alephs will at- tend the convention which re- This year's conference will Judaism Sessions volves around the general theme mark the second time since the in- of "Doorways to the Future ception of the idea that it has Detroit Jewish Community Relations." been held in Chicago. Previous In response to many requests, The District 1 BBG convention "Career Day" conferences have the Greater Detroit AZA Council held in Philadelphia and is currently sponsoring a Judaism will be held late next month, be- York. Institute on the theme of "Trends ginning June 29 and running in Jewish Thought." through July 3. Convention site will be Camp High Point, Kings- AZA, BBG Chaired by Marty Leichtman, the schedule of Sunday programs ton, N. Y. The expected 250 dele- CHAPTERS' CHOICE for their annual award. Chuck Bednarick, includes sessions on Biblical and gates will discuss, among other Prophetic Thought, Talmudic issues, "The Jewish Girl - Her Parleys Open former University of Pennsylvania All-American, and star center Thought, Medieval Jewish Role in the Community." for the professional Philadelphia football Eagles, receives an award Thought, The Ghetto, The Refor- In District 2, the AZA and BBG To Visitors from Ronald Serota, godol of Philadelphia's R. J. Miller AZA, and mation, and Zionism. conventions will be a joint event Maxine Rowling, R. J. Miller BBG president. The award was pre- Guest speakers have been with a total of some 220 delegates sented at the chapter-sponsored Annual Youth Forum, attended by chosen from among Detroit's taking part. Dates are June 22 BBG international conven- Visitors to the AZA and prominent rabbis and other 27, and the convention site will be some 200 parents and BBYO'ers. tions this summer will be Jewish figures. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colo. right at home and very much BBYO Groups Mark Passover District 3 At Camp part of things. In District 3, two separate and The top leaders of both orders consecutive conventions will be meeting month to Washington plans last in With Variety Of Programs held at Camp B'nai B'rith, Star- map final for the light, Pa. An expected 200 alephs conventions non-delegates. agreed open that this will attend the AZA convention, parleys would be wide BBYO groups in every part of the country observed June 22 25, and an estimated 250 The annual interfaith seder has Passover last month with both traditional and novel forms girls will come in immediately good reason. become one of the most important afterwards for the BBG parley The AZA convention, August of the age-old seder celebration. BBYO functions in New Rochelle which runs June 25 29. big 24, for example, will place a Remembrance of the exodus of the Jewish people from in recent years and receives a Separate and consecutive con- great deal of publicity in the emphasis on chapter needs servitude was kept by Dr. Irving Frank, BBG, Philadelphia, ventions is also the pattern in community. programs. The orientation District 4 where 160 BBG's will grass will be training short, the Pa., in a traditional seder held during Chal Hamoed. on leaders at A BBYO-Allied Jewish Appeal meet June 24 28 at California roots level. In it will New Rochelle, New York's 10th Family Third Seder was given Polytechnic College, San Luis which the type of program from annual Interfaith seder, sponsor- beautiful artifacts used in the by the Philadelphia AZA and BBG Obispo, Calif., and 125 alephs all can benefit - delegates visitors alike. ed by the city's four BBG chap- Councils. Combining old and new, ritual, and hearing the symbols will come in one day later for a the program went from the tradi- ters, was held just prior to the June 29 to July 3 parley at the explained. Two of the city's tional search for the afikomen to same site. the BBG convention, August start of the holiday. The 180 girls prominent rabbis officiated, and Israeli dancing. A highlight was will 29, all visitors and guests present enjoyed seeing the tradi- "Unity the Foundation; We The the be directly integrated into BBG's girls lit the candles and tional seder table set with many the final competition in the BBG Builders," is the theme of the sang the Kiddish. regular convention program, (See PASSOVER, Page 6) BBG convention which will be discussing regular the same issues as devoted in its entirety to district In convention delegates. leadership training for the 160 addition, there will be sev- regional leaders attending. Mrs. Louis Kash, past District 4 B'nai delegates The special programs parley. for non- B'rith Women's president and at the BBG current district committee chair- visitors full fee for convention man, and Youth Commissioner and guests will be $55.00. joint The conventions will follow a Adele Denton, a former BBG member and a past women's dis- regional leadership training for trict president, will serve as con- and council leaders of sultants to special workshops. August and BBG, July 31 Date of the parley is June 24 28. 19. An expected 125 alephs will Allentown Alephs attend the AZA district con- vention at the same site, June March In St. 29 July 3. Emphasis at this Patrick's Day Parade parley, too, will be on training regional leaders. There will also be sessions on increasing AZA Allentown, Pa. (Picture, Page 6) membership. Past grand aleph B'nai B'rith contingent in a godol Jack Spitzer, now a banking Patrick's Day parade? official in Los Angeles, will serve Allentowreposterous Pennsylvania. at all. Not in as installing officer. Mr. Spitzer (See DISTRICTS, Page 8) B'nai B'rith float - manned alephs was one of the marched colorful vehicles that Where To Find It in the recent annual pa- JEWISH YOUTH SUMMIT MEETING was held last month in Washington under the sponsorship Aleph Godol's Participating were Stan Horo- of BBYO. The meeting of national heads of Jewish youth organizations was called by BBYO to help Message Page 3 Wayne Miller, Dick Berman pave the way to a possible future inter-group yout agency to work on mutual problems. Partici- BBYA President's The Gribben. idea for the B'nai B'rith pating in the meeting were Jewish youth leaders who were in Washington to represent their organi- Message Page 2 planning its Allentown some AZA joint the result of zations at the White House Conference on Children and Youth. Above, Bill Goldman, co-host along Chapter Chatter between with Sara Miller, talks to several of the representatives. From left: BBG president Miller; Marc Page 7 Lodge. sponsoring Charles Kline Roberts of Bayonne, N. J., representing the National Jewish Welfare Board; Jim Lebeau, Akron, Ohio, Names In The News Page 7 It was part of the chap- president, United Synagogue Youth; Ron Liebow, Los Angeles, president of the Los Angeles Jewish Shofar Feature Section Page 4 programe brotherhood Youth Council; Peter Preuss, Brooklyn, N. Y., president of Young Judea; and Ann Stein, Bronx, N.1 Y.. Sport-Scope Page 3 also representing the Jewish Welfare Board. World Datelines Page 6