BBYC APPROVES BBG BEGINS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS No Business uncil tro- If the Firms BBW Sponsors 4, Cleve- A number of motions passed SHOFAR the / service, BBG Script nd "best- Discriminate Competition The 40th Anniversary of ed cloth- by the recent annual meeting B'nai B'rith Girls will be S for vic- of the B'nai B'rith Youth marked this year by celebra- rders on Commission are of interest to tions on six continents. de. BBYO members. Ben Barkin, as raised Official B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Newspaper It was in 1927 that the Milwaukee, Wis., who is com- first permanent BBG chapter rded chil- mission chairman, has an- ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) - B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) - B'NAI B'RITH YOUNG ADULTS (BBYA) was established in San Fran- backyard nounced a summary of BBYC cisco, Calif. BBG today has a y Illinois actions. Passed was a recom- 43rd YEAR WASHINGTON, USA JAN. FEB., 1967 membership of more than ES AZA mendation that no BBYO 25,000 girls in nearly 900 T SMITH chapter, council, regional, dis- trict or international program may do business with any Neglect of Young Adults chapters. Information about this an- niversary year will be pub- Region's place that practices racial, re- lished in THE SHOFAR, scores cted car- ligious, or ethnic discrimina- nal books tion (see Page Two editorial.) All BBYO chapters should Cited by Rabbi Kaufman of local Jewish newspapers, B'nai B'rith publications, and Overseas BBYO program materials. ion of the assist local Jewish Welfare Fund campaigns according to "The most neglected seg- New Program Guide f Canada. ment of the North American Of special interest is the featuring arrangements worked out lo- cally. This activity is part of Jewish population consists of 68-page "BBG 40th Anniver- 1966 par BBYO's community service. young adults," said Rabbi Jay sary Program Guide" now YO Israel Kaufman, B'nai B'rith Exec- available from BBYO Head- nd BBY0 A subcommittee of the com- utive Vice President, to the allah, was mission will discuss with the quarters and local offices for annual international execu- AZA 947, AZA and BBG Executive 25c. Included is information Boards the financial needs of tive board meeting of the about the BBG Sabbath your BBYO and the role of the B'nai B'rith Young Adults in chapter can hold. membership in helping to Washington, n in other As part of the celebration, ussed by meet these needs. After deploring the lack of B'nai B'rith Women is spon- adequate services to Jewish soring a BBG play-writing program Doubling ILTC ICHMAN college youth on many cam- contest. Any nationally-regis- High priority will be given V (Texas) puses, Rabbi Kaufman stated in the next few years to the HITTIER that "an even greater con- doubling of the BBYO Inter- cern is the fact that after s donated national Leadership Kallah, a two out- young people leave college, seven-week program at Camp arts stu- many of them are not ready B'nai B'rith, which now has books and 40 participants. WASHINGTON, D. C.-Donna Dill, 5, visited two top BBYA leaders for participation in adult or- S. HOPE during the International BBYA Executive Board Meetings at the ganization life and receive BBG Specific criteria for the l Hospital B'nai B'rith Building here. Donna, who is the 1967 March of Dimes little or no attention from the BBYO Memorial Grove (at 40th ANNIVERSARY given 45 Camp B'nai B'rith) honoree Poster Child, chatted with BBYA Secretary Elaine Friedman and Jewish community." PROGRAM GUIDE S to BBYA President Mark Lavetter, both of Detroit, Mich. The BBYA Leadership Gap were listed. The honoree must in South have died within five years President later presented Milton Baldinger with a pledge that BBYA Rabbi Kaufman added that of the election date. He or would raise funds and donate many hours of work to help research while the community must she must have been a person on birth defects. Baldinger, a Washington attorney, heads the provide staff resources to EMORIAL of international fame who has local chapter of the March of Dimes. He is also a past president of serve young adults, the in- I (Ore.) made a contribution to hu- the local Argo BB Lodge. digenous young adult leader- r children ship must be more dedicated B'NAL B'RITH manity or had special mean- YOUTH home. ing to youth. The honoree DURING EXPO '67 and energetic in filling the ORGANIZATION E (Wis.) leadership gap. will be selected without re- and local Dr. Max F. Baer, BBYO JANUARY,1962 n Council gard to religion, race, or na- tionality. Canada to Mark Century National Director, lauded the hion show group for its active interest tly. Executives Will Choose 1967 will be a very special year for Canada. It will mark in the struggle for the The international executive the 100th birthday of Canada as a nation. To help celebrate strengthening of civil rights. boards will jointly choose the this occasion, Canada will be hosting Expo '67, a world's fair However, he said that "While tered BBG member or chap- ? honoree or, at most, two hon- in which more than 75 nations will participate. there is great emphasis today ter can submit a script about orees at their winter meet- The theme, "Man and his World," will bring together to one on the broadening of human BBG, the anniversary, BBW, ings. There need not be a tree st Im- location the major achievements of modern man. It is em- rights, we tend to forget the and/or a BBG looks at Jew- planted each year. phasized that this will be an educational exhibition as op- reciprocal need to stress the ish life. Concerning controversial posed to commercial fairs which have often been held in duties and obligations of the Any type of theatrical form hapter speakers, they must be ap- the past. individual." musical, dramatic narra- proved by the regional direc- Canadians involved in service to youth see Expo '67 and Citizenship Ceremony tive, radio or television script, n Any tor and at least one BBYC other centennial celebrations to be ideally suited to the educa- Dr. Baer proposed an an- cantata, choral reading, pan- member. The BB Anti-Defa- tional aspirations of BBYO. They see the occasion of the nual "Citizenship Investiture tomime, or a combination- mation League should be in- celebration of Canada's 100th birthday as an ideal opportu- Ceremony," whereby young which can be effectively pro- am vited to participate in social nity to develop and strengthen the values of democracy and adults reaching the age of 21 duced with a minimum of action programs. Also, the positive citizenship of our young people not only as Canadians would be inducted officially scenery and costumes may be lar "Summary of BBYC Policies" but also as citizens of the world. into citizenship. He proposed submitted. pamphlet was suggested for The Universal and International Exhibition which opens that it be co-sponsored by Deadline Is April 1 ook use as a reference on social ac- in Montreal April 28 and continues through Oct. 27 will en- BBYA, a Catholic, and a Prot- Running time of the play tion policies (see P. 5 story). liven its educational and cultural presentations with a light estant young adult group. should be between 30 and 40 Development Fund touch of fun and humor. "We initiate our youth into minutes. Deadline for the The commission approved Apart from La Ronde, a dazzling amusement park, "The their faith; we initiate them scripts is April 1, 1967. principle the AZA and World Festival of Entertainment" will offer hundreds of into organizations; we cere- Top prize is roundtrip BBG resolutions concerning plays, operas, ballets, and classical and jazz concerts. monialize them as they enter transportation and expenses a Development Fund. This Latest of the performing arts groups to join an assemblage and graduate into and from to the 1967 International matter will be studied again. of international talent that will eventually number some 150 schools and colleges; we in- BBG Convention at Camp During the next two pro- organizations and ensembles, is the Cameri Theater of Israel. duct them ritually into marri- B'nai B'rith, Starlight, Pa. gram years, BBG chapters It will present a musical comedy in Hebrew entitled "The age; indeed we surround Judges will be Broadway that wish to do so may use King and the Cobbler" during the week of May 15 in the 800- them with rituals from the Producer Hilliard Elkins, Na- Hebrew names for their of- seat Theatre Port Royal. cradle to the grave. However, tional BBYO Chairman of ficers. The experiment will be A variation on the old double-identity theme, the story when they reach the age of BBW Mrs. Louis Kash, BBW evaluated at the end of the concerns King Solomon, his 999 Wives, and a cobbler who citizenship, that significant Program Director Mrs. Ruth two years. bears a remarkable resemblance to the monarch. occasion is completely ig- Mondschein, and BBYO Na- The BBYC also approved Additional information on Expo '67 will be published in a nored. This should be changed tional Director Dr. Max F. (Continued on Page Seven) future edition of THE SHOFAR. now," Dr. Baer concluded. Baer.