AZA Alumnus Rated the Greatest Athlete in SH U.S. in Any Sport tive He is the finest handball player of all time, and possibly the best athlete, regardless of sport, in the United States. Official B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Newspaper s? This is how Sports Illustrated, a leading weekly sports magazine, described Jimmy Jacobs, an alumnus of George ALEPH ZADIK B'RITH GIRLS B'NAI B'RITH YOUNG ADULTS Gershwin AZA, Los Angeles, Calif. "There is no athlete in the world who dominates his 42nd YEAR 72 WASHINGTON, USA MAY, 1966 Erman sport with the supremacy that Jimmy enjoys in four- raphically wall handball. Handball is a demanding sport that re- r to bette quires endurance, speed, power, and dexterity, all of Regions Learn Convention Quotas buld be di which the muscular Jacobs, who stands five feet nine d with th inches and weighs 175 pounds, has in abundance." Jacobs has won six U.S. Handball Association singles ited team championships and has shared in four doubles titles. BBYAs Plan Model Knesset d district With his partner Marty Decatur, Jacobs forms the bung adul strongest doubles competition of all time. They have Delegation sizes have been le - B'nai never lost a match; they have never even lost a game. announced for the 21st annual W ideas In fact, Jacobs by himself is considered a great "doubles" player: alone he can defeat any two other men. Charles Shane, 61, international convention of the B'nai B'rith Young are offere Jacobs, now 35, played football, baseball, and basket- Adults. these ma ball for Gershwin AZA 18 years ago. When he was on t isn't tha AZA's First Grand Middle Atlantic Region is the team, Gershwin AZA never failed to win the entitled to 25 delegates, while e like it championship. Chicago Region has 21, South- ere behin Sports Illustrated wrote, "In the AZA basketball finals ern California Region has 14, cation, an one year, Jacobs scored on a layup to tie the game just formation before the buzzer sounded. However, he had been fouled Aleph Godol, Dies Laurentian Region and South- ern California Region each n't we ac making the shot and was given one free throw. If he have 11, New York Region little extra made it, his team won the championship; if he missed, the has 10, Michigan Region has e are able game went into overtime. five, and Winnipeg has one, asked for a time-out," Jacobs says. 'I wanted according to quotas announced ogram, W to know how I was going to conduct myself mentally. by BBYA Headquarters. r resourc The fellows thought I had called time to catch my breath, The size of a region's dele- to see th but was trying to collect my thoughts at the foul line.'' gation is based on its member- His coach had once told him that in an important ship total on March 31, 1966. ur Chapte situation, overconcentration can destroy you. The coach Registrations are still being D program impressed him that a free throw is easy and should be accepted. BBYA members ices. conducted as if it were practice. Imagining it was a who would like to attend the lls for 35 practice shot, Jacobs received the basketball from the convention as non-delegates ange plan referee, aimed it, and made the shot. should apply to BBYA Head- and evalu His teammates shouted with the excitement of winning quarters, 1640 Rhode Island another championship. Ave. NW, Washington, D. C. of resourc 20036, immediately. to have Regional Convention Report WHEN AZA WAS 40-The late Charles Shane was an active participant in AZA's 40th Convention Dates Anniversary celebration during 1964. He was a featured speaker before several The convention will be held ture of th groups including the 1964 International Executive Boards of AZA and BBG and the 1964 International Conventions of AZA and BBG. This is the photograph which was Sunday, July 10, to Friday, f his com Yiddish Newspaper widely published during the anniversary year. It shows Shane comparing experiences July 15. It will be preceded with Steve Morrison, 1963-1964 Grand Aleph Godol. by the Second Annual Inter- good time national BBYA Judaism In- Covers WHAM Meet Charles Shane, the first Grand Aleph Godol of AZA, died last month. stitute which begins Friday, Shane, 61, had participated in AZA's 40th Anniversary July, 8. e in socia Spring conventions have taken place in several areas, Celebration in 1964. A photograph of him with the 1963-1964 Both programs will be us- although most planning this month is for the seven North GAG, Steve Morrison, appeared in Jewish newspapers ing the facilities of the Sam friends i Beber Leadership Village at American BBYO District Conventions. The district meets, throughout North America. A West Hartford, Conn. Camp B'nai B'rith, Starlight, ₫ retentio scheduled for June and July, will be discussed in the June SHOFAR. businessman, Shane was a Des Boys Welcome Pa. BBYA, through its Inter- an activ national Service Fund, helped In District One-22, WHAM (Westchester, Hudson, and Moines AZA 4 alumnus. Mohawk) Region held a con- The 1965-1966 GAG, Larry To Apply For build the village. from other Resident scholar for the vention for 160 AZAs and Cohen, expressed BBYO's community Brisbane AZA 1966 Kallah sympathy to the Shane family. institute will be Rabbi Leivy BBGs. AZA alumnus Robert to grow Is Chartered Funeral services were con- A few additional AZA Smolar, a native of Tel Aviv, Frankel, now working with ducted by Rabbi Abraham J. members will be considered who is now Assistant Profes- ienced pro the BB Anti-Defamation League, discussed "Jewish In Australia Feldman, Hartford, Conn. for the 1966 BBYO Inter- sor of History and Bible as ead for th Rabbi Feldman is a former national Leadership Kallah, well as Library Director at 'rith Yout Youth and Social Commit- The 31 charter mem- head of the Central Confer- a seven-week study confer- the Baltimore (Md.) Hebrew We hope ment." Newspaper coverage bers of Brisbane AZA m of you of this convention included a ence of American Rabbis and ence at Camp B'nai B'rith, College. in Australia have been of the Synagogue Council of Starlight, Pa. Rabbi Smolar's articles 1 your con story in Yiddish published meeting regularly since America. Interested AZAs should about Jewish youth education recreationa in "The Day-Jewish Jour- nal" in New York, Senator at Funeral write immediately to Dr. have appeared in rabbinical imples, an this new chapter was n, we hop Bay State Region formed last month, re- Among those who attended Daniel Thursz, Director of and education journals and "Tomorrow is Ours" was the funeral were Senator and BBYO Summer Leadership in leading Jewish newspapers. intention the theme of the Bay State ports Hans Spitz, presi- Mrs. Abraham Ribicoff and Programs, 1640 Rhode Is- He is active in religious and civic affairs. ur chapte Region BBG Convention last dent of BB District 21 William Horowitz. Horowitz, land Ave., N.W., Washing- r making (Australia and New Zea- who is chairman of the Con- ton, D. C. 20036. month. During Sabbath Serv- Other Highlights grams fro ices, John F. Kennedy BBG necticut State Board of Edu- Because of the large land). his is some 1423, Newton, Mass., pre- number of applicants for Other convention highlights The AZA chapters in cation, had also been a candi- BBYO's 1966 Israel Sum- will include a model Knesset, m which sented the play titled, "The date for the first GAG office. mer Institute, Israel Lead- Maccabean games, the BBYA Seedling." Daniel Murrow, Australia and New Zea- In this cas Horowitz is a BB Youth Com- ership Kallah, and Interna- State of the Order Message tire chapte head of the Massachusetts land have boy and girl mission Vice Chairman. tional Leadership Training and international elections. rest numbe Service Corps, spoke to the members. Top officers for In the 40th Anniversary Conference, no new applica- The new International participants about helping this term in Brisbane issue of THE SHOFAR, AZA tions will be considered for BBYA officers will be in- their neighbors. founder Sam Beber described this year. AZA are Ray Bergmann, stalled by Hart D. Winthrob, When Laurentian Region the first election : To avoid disappointment, Toronto, Ont., who is the liai- BBYA held its convention, Lorraine Rosenblum, First Convention apply early next year for all son between the B'nai B'rith "Chapter Foundation and Or- Alex Gottshall, and Susan "On July 4, 1924, we held BBYO programs on the In- Youth Commission and ganization" was the main dis- Rischin. our first National AZA Con- ternational, district, and BBYA. regional levels. (Continued on page two) (Continued on page four) (Continued on page four)