In This Issue: Destination Israel, 1961-SHOFAR Supplement LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Postman Ringing Twice At BBYO Headquarters Office The postman has been one of the busiest people around the SHOFAR BBYO's headquarters office this past month. Arriving virtually daily were letters acknowledging con- tributions and good deeds performed by BBYO'ers. Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Typical were the copies of let- ters sent from the Leo N. Levi AZA-BBG-BBYA B'nai B'rith Girls International Hospital acknowledging contribu- Service Fund. 37TH YEAR tions to the Hospital. JANUARY, 1961 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes "According to your wishes, to The Shofar, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW. Washington 6, D. O. dent Mrs. Hospital, Harrison, presi- Louis H. your gift will be used to help re- of the in similar lieve the continuing distress of letters Izzy Huberman president president to BBG Alice the many Chileans whose lives are BBYO Membership Up Again; and BBYA still disrupted by the earthquake Borenstein, said. that convulsed their land last "I wish it were possible for May. Among these there are your entire membership to visit many students and other young Now Stands At Record 38,478 Levi and see how efficiently we people for whom the American operate our hospital, and the de- Red Cross is providing special dication and devotion our staff programs of assistance All Orders Show lavishes on h - patient Young people and adults who are "On behalf of the American Gain For Year hip being helped and rehabilitated Red Cross I want to express our and given a new lease on life deep appreciation for your gener- New York through the health service they osity and thoughtfulness." BBYO membership rose receive at Levi, shall always be And in another letter to Alice for the tenth successive year grateful to you." Huberman, Philip E. Katz, B'nai and now stands at an all-time Mrs. Harrison was acknowl- B'rith Israel Committee director, wrote: high of 38,478, B'nai B'rith edging BBG's contribution of $1000 and BBYA's awarding of "It was with great pleasure Youth Commision Na- $2000 to the Hospital. that we have received the check of tional Chairman David M. In another letter, the president $1,000 for the purchase of 500 Blumberg last month report- of the American Red Cross, Gen. additional trees by the B'nai Alfred M. Gruenther, acknowl- B'rith Girls-International in the ed to the annual meeting of to edging BBG's contribution of $150 B'nai B'rith Martyrs' Forest. In- the B'nai B'rith Board of Chilean Earthquake relief, told deed, it is most gratifying that Governors. BBG president Alice Huberman: the fine work that you girls of the BBG are doing in remember- In his report - graphically the West Coast I learned of the "On my return from a trip to ing our many brethren who have punctuated by slide film presen- y generous contribution of $150.00 given their lives during those tations of the subject matter Chilean relief made by the horrible years in Europe is con- Mr. Blumberg said that BBYO tinuing in this fashion." membership in the past decade had risen by 72 percent. of outh Barton's And BBYO Help This year's new official regis- tration figure represents a net gain of 860 members. The new Your Fund Raising Goals registration figures cover BBYO's registration year of Sept. 1, 1959 through Aug. 31, 1960. ians, Having trouble meeting ments with the nationally famous Membership gains in all orders your Service Fund obliga- Barton's Candy Company to pro- accounted for this year's new tions? vide chapters with two favorite record high, Mr. Blumberg said. Want to enrich your chap- "kosher for Passover" products Here is how the figures break for sale at huge profits. down: ter treasury The specially packaged maca- AZA 15,491 Then you'll be interested in roons and fruit drops which BBG 20,852 one of the sweetest deals come in handsome, colorful tins PRESIDENTIAL GREETING. GAG Jerry Diamond is greeted by BBYA - 2135 ever offered. - will be available to chapters former president Harry S. Truman at the B'nai B'rith Board of at a price of $.62 per tin. Chapters Governors meeting in New York. Mr. Truman was the principal Membership figures for last BBYO has concluded arrange- the second successive year, can sell them for $1.00 to $1.25, speaker at a banquet highlighting the meeting. At center is Label year were: (see BARTON'S, page 2) A. Katz, B'nai B'rith president. AZA - 15,443; BBG 20,347; BBYA 1828, for a grand total of 37,618. Chapter Honors Negro Singer For Brotherhood Work Mr. Blumberg said that BBYO's steady growth since 1950 was dramatic evidence of the "attrac- By Isadore Baum interest in Brotherhood, are being would never forget, and that he tiveness of BBYO objectives, pro- (Publicity Chairman, Exodus BBYA, Montreal) honored by our chapter. would treasure the scroll as long grams and methods." On Oct. 30th, the Canadian television program, "News- At our Nov. 9th general busi- as he was able to fight for Bro- LTC Praise magazine," shocked the public by carrying interviews with ness meeting, popular Negro re- therhood. The Commission chairman told the Canadian and American so-called Nazi Party leaders. cording artist, Tommy Desmond, The Exodus chapter fervently B'nai B'rith's governing body of was already known that became our first honoree. In his hopes that people of all faiths, BBYO's Leadership Training George Lincoln Rockwell, the dark days of World War II when acceptance speech, Tommy point- Conference which he described as and that other groups all over the self-styled American Nazi leader, a "magnificent educational ex- Hitler carried out similar threats. ed out that as individuals, we are country, will follow our example, perience in the lives of our young conducting an anti-Jewish Certainly we did not expect to just an infinitesimal part of the in promoting a lasting Brother- people." campaign, and enrolling "storm universe; but working together, hood for all. hear it in our own day. Mr. Blumberg called these an- troopers" to combat the "Jewish Jew and Gentile, White and Ne- ual BBYO summer conferences problem." But the discovery of a To "Arms" gro, we can achieve unity in Bro- BBYA'S Give "a unique program on the Ameri- Canadian Nazi Party, with its Because of the obvious fear therhood and thereby establish can Jewish scene," emphasizing leader Andre Bellefauile having that these neo-fascists have in- its leadership-building qualities. a strong opposing force to the stilled in the hearts of the Jew- $4841.50 To "We have offered to B'nai headquarters in Sorel, Quebec, insane desires of these crackpots B'rith youth not only the oppor- electrifying news. One can ish people, many groups and or- who preach bigotry. He stressed tunity of learning about Juda- imagine the repercussions this ganizations taken up "arms" the fact that although the Negro Service Fund ism," he said, "but to understand program that had, especially among against these mentally deranged it from a variety of points of still has many problems facing view. That is why we had an tion part of the Jewish popula- "animals" who are seeking to him because of his color, especi- BBYA's 1959-60 Service Orthodox, Conservative and Re- that survived a Hitler in undermine our society. We, in ally in the Southern part of the Fund totalled $4841.50, a form rabbi working with our War II. B'nai B'rith, are fortunate in U. S., the situation is slowly im- final tally last month showed. youth at the same time and place. George Rockwell, continuously having the powerful Anti-De- proving. This broad kind of exposure to raving about the destruction of The period covered included famation League working for the (see MEMBERSHIP, page 3) abolition of anti-Semitism. Al- Feeling Of Pride Sept. 1, 1959 through Aug. word and in every second that venerating Hitler, claimed though we know it can never be He further said that Montreal- 31, 1960. if the Nazi Party in the wiped out entirely, we are pro- ers can be proud of themselves The order's 2135 nationally Where To Find It should ever come to power, gressing ever more day by day. because so little of this bigotry registered members contributed Aleph Godol's Among the many groups seek- exists in Montreal or in Canada; a per capita average of just under Message would he hopes it will in 1972, he Page 3 BBG President's set up gas chambers for ing means of combatting this and in working together, the $2.25. evil, we, the Exodus Lodge, of small part that does exist can be Message groes. of American Jews and Ne- Chicago Region, with $1410, Page 5 wiped out entirely. BBYA President's The rest would be impris- B'nai B'rith Young Adults, have contributed the largest portion of With deep humility and grati- Message Page 2 Many in concentration camps. innaugurated a Brotherhood Pro- tude, Tommy accepted a scroll the fund. Other regional contribu- Chapter Chatter Page 7 and of our parents heard this gram: whereby prominent people which honored him, and, finding tions were: Southern California Sport-Scope lived through it during the of all faiths and in all walks of Page 2 it hard to express in words, he $1232.50; Laurentian-$993.66 life, who show or take an active World Datelines Page 4 said that it was an evening he (see FUND, page 2)