des SHOFAR the xpo 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) 43rd YEAR WASHINGTON, D. C. USA OCTOBER, 1967 Dramatic World Events Outgoing BBG President Sheryl Allen receives BBG 40th Anniver- Stir 1967-68 Conventions sary cake from her AZA counterpart, Danny Brener, during anni- versary celebration. An extraordinary sense of drama and dedication, brought forth by the Six Day War in June, pervaded the 1967-68 international conventions of AZA and BBG. Among other 'Our Secret Weapon': Men, vital issues, the conventions dealt with the war's crucial General Elad Peled with Israeli impact on the Jewish youth of today. program Cen- Says Israeli General Peled delegate Klarit Levin and outgo- The gathering drew 350 delegates, including three from ing Grand Alph S'gan Alan Yus- Israel-the first Israelis ever officially represented at BBYO is now peh. conventions-and two from Great Britain. They came to offices. Israel's "secret weapon" that led to her astonishing victory members grips with such urgent topics in the Six Day War was the spiritual strength of her army as "War in the Middle East", is dis- and people-backed up by the Jewish people of the world, according to a man who led some of the fighting on one of BBYO Members Are Not "Towards a Commitment in Jewish Life Through B'nai the fiercest fronts of that brief struggle. B'rith", "The Role of the Convention Marked General Elad Peled, divi- 'Alienated' Says Barkin Jewish Woman" and "The of sional commander on the Syri- Jew on the College Campus" 2 Anniversaries an front, formerly associated -and they elected a new slate ble "Alienation", which some "involved all the way-as you with the Israel War College, of international officers. presen- The convention observed scholars say afflicts modern should be." told a session of the 1967 an- Conventions coordinators ull of both the 40th anniversary of nual international conventions youth, definitely does not ap- Drawing upon the contrast- were Alan Yuspeh and Mar- the founding of the first BBG ply to BBYO members, ac- ing significance of two recent ex- that this factor, above all, con- lene Tenenbaum, the outgoing BBG's chapter, and the 100th anni- cording to Ben Barkin, Chair- events: racial riots in his founded the "experts" who native Milwaukee and Israel's AZA Grand Aleph S'gan and versary of the Dominion of man of the B'nai Youth Com- red by had predicted Israel's defeat. the BBG Vice President, re- Canada. The motif "Man and mission. The word usually de- victory in the Six Day War- ent of His World", dramatized at the Discussing the session both of which, in sharply dif- spectively. notes a sense of isolation from ations Edward A. Zelinsky and usical Montreal Expo '67 world's theme of "War in the Middle society-and from one's own fering ways, involved young Randy Sue Glassman were fair, was carried forward by East: the Jewish Conscience identity-with the consequent people-Mr. Barkin urged his was elected, respectively, AZA th An- the convention's theme of Awakens". Gen. Peled said feeling of futility and empti- audience to carry forward Grand Godol, and BBG N'siah of the "EXPOse Yourself to the that "technology alone, equip- ness. wholesome and vital programs (President) at the historic "Today you can't be alie- in behalf of the Jewish people Exec- World of '67." ment alone, tactics alone, do The need for youth involve- and all mankind. event held August 21 to 28 at not make victory. It's the man nated unless you're lacking ngton, ment in the crucial issues of inside the tank, the man car- The BB leader said he was Camp Starlight, Pa. eyes, ears, minds and hearts", The new Grand Godol is at sev- our time, and for resistance rying the gun, who makes Mr. Barkin told an interna- not surprised that teenagers 161/2 years old and past to negative influences that victory." And, according to tional conventions session. led riots, since teenagers are and Grand Aleph Mazkir. He is a and at threaten the survival of Jew- the Israeli general, the "man" "You're not alienated unless traditionally in revolt against member of Sam Beber AZA A and ish values was emphasized by whose courage prevailed you're paralyzed." And BBYO the values of older genera- No. 100. A student at Omaha both outgoing BBYO leaders, against fantastic enemy forces members, he asserted, far tions. But this potentially use- ble to from being "paralyzed", are (Neb.) Central High School AZA Grand Aleph Godol Bren- knew he was fighting for the (continued on page two) and a member of the National as of er and BBG President Allen, existence of his country, his Junior Honor Society, he was Head- in their State of the Order family and for the Jewish peo- awarded a National Forensic ations addresses. ple everywhere. TELL ADULTS ABOUT BBYO, League "double ruby." rge. BBG's new N'siah is 16, a "We had the feeling," he Coming: ILTC Report senior at Everett (Mass.) said, "that we were carrying The International Leader- on our shoulders the heavy ADVISES BB PRESIDENT High School and a member of ship Training Conference held Sara Miriam Goldman BBG at Camp B'nai B'rith this year burden and the long hope of Jewish history" - including No. 378. She served as chap- is considered so significant Dr. William Wexler, President of the B'nai B'rith, strongly that we are deferring a report the memory of the destruc- urged convention delegates to apprise parents and adult ter Reporter, regional Presi- Im- for a future issue when space tion of Jewish independence dent and international Second B'nai B'rith lodges of "what is going on" in BBYO. Many will be available for a full ac- in antiquity and the Hitler Vice President. pter count of the program. adults, he said, are still insufficiently aware "of what the holocaust of modern times. future will be if we do not have an educated, Jewish-oriented Edward and Randy were last year's coordinators of the group of young people." Any Leadership Training Confer- 'Don't Believe All You Hear In a free-wheeling survey of ence. the needs and problems of Dave Skorton, newly-elected BBYO and its relationship About College, Says Jospe Grand Aleph S'gan, is a 17- with the adult organization, year-old pre-med Major at Dr. Wexler touched on the UCLA on a four-year Regent's Today's Jewish college stu- pressure of "endless numbers" his own worth and unique many challenges now being scholarship. His BBYO exper- dent faces many sharp chal- as a major aspect of a modern personality. encountered in providing the ience includes service as re- lenges and painful adjust- college experience. This, he In this connection, Dr. Jospe human and financial resources (continued on page 8) ments for which he should be said, is characterized by the urged prospective collegians required by the movement's prepared, Dr. Alfred Jospe student's need to keep up with to "go whenever you can to rapid growth. told the international conven- rapidly-changing knowledge in a Hillel Foundation, to Hillel Dr. Wexler told the conven- Inside tions session devoted to "The every field which renders counselorships, where you tion session on "Towards a Jew on the College Campus". "yesterday's textbooks" obso- Commitment in Jewish Life This Issue have a good chance to find The program director of the lete almost overnight-and by people who care for you, who Through B'nai B'rith" that North American Confab 2 B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation the "assembly line" educa- are interested in you, with BBYO is "the greatest Jew- cited "radically conflicting" tional processing of a massive ish youth movement in the Chapter News 3 whom you can be together in attitudes among college youth student population. fellowship." world," as evidenced by the Israel Update 4 on every issue under the This pressure, he said, im- Turning specifically to the enthusiasm and devotion dis- Convention Decisions 5 sun", and he urged: "Don't poses the threat of de-person- "Jewish challenge", the Hillel played at the convention. Scholarship Awards 6 believe anybody, now or later, alization, the loss of a feeling leader noted that various AZA and BBG, he said, are who tells you that all students forms of "intellectual sophis- Opinions 6 of one's individuality-unless often "the life of a commu- are alike." the student consciously strug- tication and pseudo-sophisti- nity", particularly in smaller Contest Winners 7 He described the intense gles to retain an awareness of (continued on page seven) (continued on page three) Programs of the Year 8