TO HELP LOCAL MEMBERS VS Two Full Scholarships To Israel Institute Given BBYO f the nd DIANE Receipt of two full scholarships for BBYO to the sixth annual Israel Summer Institute were participants announced the SHOFAR ne has this month. In one case, a scholarship was established by an individ- Emile ual Harry Friedman, a St. City Louis realtor and investment Publication of the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization broker. AZA-BBG Execs AZA-BBG-BBYA The other was a scholarship Set To Meet from the BBYO North Carolina Members of the AZA and 37TH YEAR 6 FEBRUARY, 1961 Office of Publications, Baltimore, Md. Send address changes Treasurer Council. to The Shofar, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington 6. BBG international executive National Mr. Friedman's was the first boards were gathering in Mazkir full BBYO Israel Summer Insti- Washington for their annual presi- tute scholarship ever to be given mid-year meetings as this is- ted by Membership, an individual. It was for sue went to press. Hammond $865.00. The orders' top officers were his class The scholarship was given with scheduled to meet over the the proviso that it be used only Funds On Rise weekend of Feb 3-5 to hear for a member of BBYO from mid-year reports from the dis- ain Region Louis. tricts and the various com- Honor Club The funds for the scholarship mittee chairmen. Also sched- YAExces be provided by the BBYO uled was a joint discussion on Council of North Carolina will the international leadership Chicago raised by BBYO members training institute at Camp themselves. It will be used for a Bright hopes for a sizable B'nai B'rith and separate ses- the BBYO'er from the North Caro- sions on the annual interna- upturn in BBYA membership he Student lina Council area. tional conventions. for the current program were member To date, some 70 BBYO'ers A detailed account of the have filed preliminary applica- indicated at the annual mid- meetings will be reported in tions with BBYO's Washington the March SHOFAR. year executive committee ter of BBG office indicating an interest in meeting here in December. of Trenton participating in the Institute. the is hoped that in addition to Skolnick To Advance reports made to the two above-mentioned schol- BBYA executives regarding mem- graduate arships, BBYO will be able to College Head Camp bership appeared to show that the provide 12 half-scholarships from order was well within reaching AZA and BBG funds ear- the marked for this purpose. Appointment of Samuel distance of its goal of 3000 by the The scholarships, worth $425.00 Skolnick of Detroit as Direc- MEET THE UNUSUAL KLEIN FAMILY of San Antonio, 1961 annual international conven- each. are awarded to outstanding Texas. From left: Lester, advisor to Isaac Mayer Wise AZA: tor of BBYO-operated Camp tion. BBYO leaders who are anxious Jeanette, advisor to Alamo City BBG: and younger brother Joel, B'nai B'rith was announced as make the trip but whose finan- retiring GAG of David Marcus AZA. The two brothers and sister A similarly optimistic view was this week by B'nai B'rith are shown wearing their respective chapter shirts as they get set given of the order's Service ability to pay the full $850.00 fee. circumstances limit their Youth Commission chairman to depart for their individual chapter meetings. Fund, which has set its goal at Shevat). panel of impartial judges se- David M. Blumberg. $10,000. Advance information in- W sugges- the scholarship winners. The 34-year-old, Chicago-born Skolnick replaces Mordecai Kess- BBYO'ers POLLED dicates good progress toward that to preliminary application form ler, who directed camp activities objective. in found on page 6. ed since 1958. Mr. Kessler has re- Un-ReligiousChristmasSchool A highlight of the three-day are many carried Keep Informed, signed to return to the Jewish weekend meeting was a luncheon educational field. be program The newly-named camp director has been since February, 1956, Activities Not Opposed By honoring Anita Perlman at which injoyable. Kennedy Advises she was presented a certificate Resident Director and Admini- attesting to a garden of 100 trees BBG In Letter strative Assistant of Tamarack Jewish Youth, Survey Finds planted in her honor by BBYA Authority, which operates Camp in the BBYA section of the Mar- Young people can help cre- Tamarack at Brighton, Mich., for the Fresh Air Society of Detroit. A nationwide poll of BBYO members shows that most 'tyrs' Forest. Mrs. Perlman, one ing to appreciate "all the im- a better world by learn- of them do not object to Christmas festivities in public of the early pioneers of BBYO's portant values leading to high schools "as long as the religious elements are excluded." recognition on a national scale, good citizenship." Similarly, the BBYO'ers in almost the same propor- is a former international presi- tions, favor Chanukah activities in high school, the survey dent of B'nai B'rith Women, and That's President John F. Ken- nedy's advice to youth in general a one-time vice-chairman of the discloses. BBG in particular. National B'nai B'rith Youth time The President set forth those Only one out of five flatly op- Christmas programs are carried Commission. She now serves on ters views Diane in Newport September News, posed Christmas or Chanukah over into Christmas activities by a letter last observances "because they feel the Commission as chairman of Kahn of youngsters in the Jewish com- BBG's International Nuclear it is improper to hold religious the BBG Advisory Board. holiday celebrations in public munity. Where these occur they ndling Testing Chairman. GAG Present Diane had written the presi- schools." Many of the objectors are generally limited to inter- ington expressed the view that "any- faith relationships or intercul- Among the distinguished guests soliciting sation Kennedy- still Sen. thing pertaining to Christmas tural experiences." on hand at the luncheon was his views on the ces- and Chanukah is, or should be, testing. or continuation of atomic religious." Unpleasant Incidents Jerry Diamond, GAG of AZA, who was in Chicago on AZA busi- month. letter was made public this Intergroup Activity A small number of the respon- ness. Scores of prominent Chi- The sentiment of many Jewish dents, about 5 per cent, reported States The letter. written on United cagoans attended the luncheon in students to Christmas and Cha- having "unpleasant experiences" honor of Mrs. Perlman, entire Senate stationery, said the nukah celebrations is that "they in or around school with non- problem question was "not a simple Jews during the Christmas sea- A special guest at the three- the Said he: "The experts disagree with simple answers." are good for intergroup rela- Samuel Skolnick day executive committee meet- tions," the survey reports. son. However, a considerably evidence is in conflict As resident director of Camp larger number reported "positive ing was Sam Moshinsky of Mel- tional the obstacles to an interna- Tamarack - operated as a year- One-third of the respondents experiences" with Christian class- bourne, Australia - one of the solution are large and round facility- was responsi- strongly endorsed 'the Christ- mates during this time of the BBYA leaders from "down ble for administering a summer mas activities held in their school; under." "While many competent sci- camp for 300 youth and 90 staff, year. one-half voiced the same en- as well as a variety of weekend Seventeen per cent said they Mrs. Gladys Harrison of Chi- agree that there has been great harm done to mankind events held throughout the rest thusiasm for Chanukah pro- had been asked in class to ex- cago, national president of the radiation created by bomb tests whole from the amount of of the year. grams. plain "the Jewish position on Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital- Prior to his Camp Tamarack The survey was conducted by Christ and Christmas." But only one of the order's Service Fund far. it is also true that there post, Mr. Skolnick was for six BBYO in association with the no amount of radiation so years affiliated with the Balti- a handful said they were "em- beneficiaries - reported to the Anti Defamation League of anybody that it has no ill effects on more Jewish Community Center barrassed" by such questions. executives on the current activi- as Teen Age Program Director B'nai B'rith. Dr. Irving Canter, at all. Almost all believed they were ties of the Hospital. She also ex- "We must also remember and as director of the Baltimore BBYO Program Director, super- able to "handle the situation tended an invitation to BBYA failure to reach agreement JCC's summer day camp. vised and analyzed the poll. well." Service Fund chairman Martin would resumption of testing Earlier experience included Almost every youth who was mean that all nations service with a number of organ- A majority of the BBYO'ers Bellin to attend the Hospital's izations in Chicago, including polled-96 per cent-said he has said they enjoyed singing Christ- Board of Trustees meeting at Hot endanger be free to test. It would all our feverish testing Group Leader at the Jewish Peo- encountered some form of mas carols. Others were not Spring, Feb. 4 and 5. which all scientists agree ple's Institute and camp registrar Christmas activity in his high threaten the very existence of the Duncan YMCA. school. Slightly less than half "disturbed by it." But when the himself. The father of three children, of the group also reported some songs are Christmas hymns or course, we may not be able Mr. Skolnick was educated at form of Chanukah celebration in have strong religious overtones, Where To Find It George Williams College in Chi- the classroom or assembly hall. almost one-half say they object agreement. may these dangers. really an The Rus- cago, where he received a degree "Despite the heavy exposure Aleph Godol's not want strenuously to such group sing- Coluntary moratorium on small Their proposal for a in social group work. He did to Christmas activity in public ing in the classroom. Message Page 3 graduate work in social group school and in the community, the Dr. Canter emphasized that the BBG President's be just another attempt work at Catholic University, survey indicates that Jewish teen- study did not take into account Message Washington, D.C. Page 5 a test ban without con- agers do not adopt Christian- the controversial church-state They may be unwilling to Camp B'nai B'rith, a project of oriented activities at the expense Chapter Chatter Page 7 issue of religion in public edu- to the international in- the B'nai B'rith Henry Monsky of their Jewish loyalties Dr. Pen Pals Foundation is operated under the cation, but "dealt with the psy- Page 2 which is necessary. But Canter reported. chological impact of school-cen- Names In The News Page 4 aegis of the B'nai B'rith Youth KENNEDY, page 6) "There is little evidence," he tered observances on Jewish Sport-Scope Page 3 Organization. added, "that school-approved youngsters."