AZAs, BBGs ELECT BRENER, ALLEN SHOFAR the Official B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Newspaper ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) - B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) - B'NAI B'RITH YOUNG ADULTS (BBYA) 42nd YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. USA OCTOBER, 1966 Artist A. RAYMOND KATZ Created the Mural in Panels. Klutznick Sponsors Katz STARLIGHT, Pa.-Grand Aleph Godol Daniel Brener, 17, Houston, Texas, and International BBG Pres- ident Sheryl Allen, 18, Birmingham, Ala., were installed into their new offices by District One B'nai B'rith President Herbert D. Setlow, Orange, Conn., and BBYC Liaison to BBG Mrs. Milton (Grace) Day, Mural at Camp B'nai B'rith St. Joseph, Mo. The separate installation ceremonies took place during the 43rd Annual International AZA Convention and the 22nd Annual International BBG Convention before 400 participants. "The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone" is the theme of a mural executed by the international artist A. Raymond Katz. The theme is taken up Achieve AZA Report Joint AZA- BBG Report from the 118th Psalm. e (from lef The reaffirmation of AZA's The mural was unveiled at Camp B'nai B'rith, Starlight, interest in three important BBG Report Highlighting a series of ex- Atlanta and citing discussions and propos- Pa., during the 43rd Annual International AZA Convention and the 22nd Annual International BBG Convention. projects was among the high- als at the International BBG lights of business decisions The 1966 AZA and BBG Convention were the adoption Mural Hangs in Klutznick Education Building made at the AZA sessions Conventions were unique in of three programs which were chaired by Grand Aleph Godol that the separate convention given added momentum by the Measuring 28 feet by seven feet, the mural is located in the Larry Cohen. delegate bodies heard reports appointment of chairmen and Philip M. Klutznick Education Building in the camp's six-acre In some of the most exciting from five joint business com- discussions by the executive Sam Beber Leadership Village. The mural was sponsored business sessions in recent mittees. Grand Aleph Godol board following the meetings. by Philip M. Klutznick, Chicago, Ill., who holds the rank years, the delegates approved Larry Cohen and Interna- International BBG President of United States Ambassador on a special assignment to the a motion to reinstate the B'nai tional BBG President Susan Susan Wilen chaired the ses- United Nations. B'rith Martyrs' Forest as a Wilen set up joint business sions. Klutznick was the second - Grand Aleph Godol of AZA, as recipient of the International committees which hammered Service Fund. While individual BBG Alumnae Program well as president of B'nai B'rith for two terms. out the proposals which were AZA chapters have purchased then considered separately by The activation of a BBG Depicting incidents in Jewish history, the panels of the trees in the Martyrs' Forest, both conventions. In most alumnae program was dis- mural have a predominantly stone motif. Also emphasized is there have been several years cases both conventions acted cussed with suggestions made sand which is symbolic of Egyptian bondage and of wander- since the Martyrs' Forest was similarly on joint actions. for the use of THE SHO- ing through the desert toward the Holy Land. a service fund recipient. FAR, district life membership The convention reaffirmed Summer Quotas lists, and publicity encourag- 'Mixed Media' Includes Use of Ketchup Dispenser its interest in the ongoing ing BBYO chapters to keep Backgrounds in the mural are largely in conventional oils. Add a Parent Program in A major concern of the local lists of alumnae. Specific One black outline was applied with a ketchup dispenser. cooperation with the B'nai joint committees was the dis- suggestions will be studied at Artist Katz terms his new art form "mixed media" because B'rith Men and Women. Like- cussion of the international the winter executive board he uses plastics, metals, wood, stone, and other materials to wise, suggestions were made quota system for summer meeting. achieve a variety of effects in a single work. for improving and expanding leadership training programs. Recognition of the Canadian AZA's participation in the Motions were passed which Artist Katz wrote Klutznick, "My dedication to dignified War on Poverty. were aimed at getting regis- Centennial Year was also Jewish Art has never been so rewarding as through my tration handled at a much made a part of the BBG pro- contact with those I call the 'New Jewish Youth'. This was earlier date and also to make gram with the suggestions again manifested at Starlight, where annually I have talked Convention Secretary for a more equitable distribu- about a special SHOFAR insert, 'art' to the young leaders. In a basic structural change tion. These recommendations an international chairman to the Grand Aleph Godol was and similar recommendations publicize activities, exchanges "Their appreciation for having created a mural for them, authorized to appoint a secre- from staff will be announced of congratulatory letters, and because of your generosity, moves me to deep gratitude. It tary to take convention min- in a future issue of THE SHO- that special programs be again proves my long-held conviction that within the ranks of utes so that the Grand Aleph FAR. planned by chapters, councils, these young ladies and gentlemen will be found the Jews who dren regions, districts, and the 1967 will be the pride of their generation." Mazkir pleted who exhausting just experi- had com- Both conventions spent time International Convention. an studying the Sabbath policy Speaking at the dedication ceremony of the mural was ence as ILTC Chairman would of BBYO and asked for the BBG's 40th Anniversary Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff, spiritual leader of Temple Emanu- e willing not be tied down to the task. appointment of a joint com- el, Westfield, Rabbi Kroloff is the son of the late Max lease fill o Additional structural changes mittee to study this during The celebration of the 40th N. Kroloff, who served as Grand Aleph Godol of AZA during leadquarter and attempts to move up to the year and to make recom- Anniversary of the organiza- the 1927-1928 term. D. C. 2003 date the chapter constitution mendations. The girls' conven- tion of the first permanent instruction will be given to a study com- tion reaffirmed the current BBG chapter will take place in plenty mittee on structure. Kashruth policy and the AZA during the calendar year 1967. The convention gave consid- asked that this matter be re- Chairmen are to be appointed ood clothes eration to the membership ferred to the executive board on all levels to govern the AgeLimitforAZAContests in and he program. A film strip and dis- for further study. planning. Program materials Nineteen-year-olds are now prohibited from partici- play are to be prepared by Both conventions reaffirmed will be available by the end pating in BBYO-sponsored competitive sports and other n about th BBYO Headquarters, if pos- their interest and participa- of 1966. competitive contests on an inter-chapter or higher levels. Freedma sible, to be used for the AIT tion of BBYO in the program Wide use will be made of A resolution, passed at the 1965 International AZA Con- rman of t program. The AIT Manual and of the North American Jewish THE SHOFAR, alumnae lists, vention, took effect last month. 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