THE Official B'nai B'rith Youth SHOFAR Organization Newspaper ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) B'NAI B'RITH YOUNG ADULTS (BBYA) 44th YEAR WASHINGTON, USA SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1968 Delegates Vote Changes To Build Membership Streamlined BBG AZA Convention An Interracial Delegates' Aim 'Happening' Sets Plans For At Camp Conclave NEW YORK, N.Y. A Chapter Growth spontaneous interracial "hap- Streamlining the BBG from pening" took place aboard a A series of resolutions chapter to international level ferry boat when 20 AZA and strengthening the structure of was a prominent feature of the BBG members from Brooklyn the was at organization's convention this escorted 17 visiting members organization's AZA international approved the con- year at Camp B'nai B'rith, held of Noar Lenoar on a trip to vention held at Camp B'nai concurrently with that of the Staten Island. acts B'rith inaugurating the 1968-69 mmit- AZA. All BBG business sessions On the way back to Man- season. wave. were conducted separately from hattan during the half-hour New officers elected at the Steve that of the boys group, but boat ride, the Israelis and right. BBYO members gathered on five days of business, education- many joint activities were fea- al, cultural and recreational tured. the top deck and began to sessions were: Art Schaefer, BBG approved a resolution dance the hora and sing Israeli Sierra Madre, Calif.. grand condemning the Soviet invasion songs. This attracted a group aleph godol; Albert Hiller, Hou- of Czechoslovakia which had OC- of Negro and Puerto Rican ston, Tex., grand aleph s'gan In one of the most moving programs of the 1968 conventions, members of AZA and curred just prior to the arrival youngsters. One of the Negro BBG gather at the Memorial Grove for a silent vigil as an expression of sympathy rishon; Larry Lipton, Durham, for the Jewish people of the Soviet Union, living under spiritual duress. The dele- of the delegates at the camp. boys shouted "let's show these N.C., grand aleph s'gan shey- Ironically, a resolution had ear- cats how to dance". The Ne- gates fasted throughout the day, walked silently behind "barbed wire" and watched nee; Sid Schwartzberg, Ardsley, the burning, above, of the Symbol of Brotherhood, signifying the Soviet's attempted lier been planned commending groes and Puerto Ricans Y., grand aleph mazkir and destruction of the Jewish religion. the Czech government for its formed a circle around the Is- Edward A. Zelinsky, grand democratic trend and urging it raelis and BBYO members. aleph kohen godol. Ed is im- Talks Spur Cooperation to resume relations with Israel, Before long, the two circles mediate-past Grand Aleph Go- which had been broken off dur- merged into one and soon dol. ing the Six-Day War. The other passengers, young and As BBYO, Negroes Meet altered resolution linked the in- old, black and white, joined in Three temporary chairmen vasion with other inhuman facts, a rousing interracial demon- were named. They are: Steve including Soviet suppression of stration of singing and danc- Neiditch, Dumont, N. J., mem- STARLIGHT, Penna.-Teen- of black teenagers-climaxed Russian Jewry. ing. bership evaluation; Rickey age Negro-Jewish understanding the discussion with a final meet- Patricia Ellen Giniger, Deca- Continued on Page 2 is at least a step closer to reality ing and a consensual report. tur, Ga., was elected 1968-69 as the result of one of the most New White Role N'siah (International Presi- dramatic joint programs ever dent). She succeeds Randy held at Camp B'nai B'rith. In the report, the two groups Glassman, Everett, Mass., who The New Officers AZA and BBG, interrupting stated, in effect, that any white was elected Madricha (coun- their intensive separate busi- person who sincerely wants to selor). Pat is the daughter of ness sessions, joined forces for help black people today must Morton Giniger, director of a day of recreation and sharp do SO "anonymously". Negroes, BBYO's North Carolina office. discussion with 29 Negro boys the young people agreed, after Carol Allen, Birmingham, and girls from the Camden. centuries of oppression, are Ala., was elected s'ganit rish- N. J.-Philadelphia area. The vis- deeply resentful of the "great onah, first V.P. Sue Shendelman, itors were members of the Na- white father" role supposedly Memphis, Tennessee, was elect- tional Association for the Ad- assumed by some would-be ben- ed s'ganit sh'niah (2nd V.P.). vancement of Colored People, efactors. International BBG chairmen Congress of Racial Equality, Another conclusion was that had not been appointed at press Black Power Militant Union and integration is no longer a top time and will be announced at the Young Men's Christian As- priority objective of Negro as- a later date. Chosen as 1968-69 sociation. pirations. "If it comes, fine", the contest topics were BBG ora- Observers and participants report stated, "but the main tory "The Price of Silence": agreed that the black-white con- issue now is full equality, de- BBG story-telling: "The Good frontation was no routine inter- cent housing, adequate educa- Jewish Woman"; BBG original- change of polite platitudes. At tional facilities and equal jus- ity plus "Beauty is group meetings, bunk sessions tice." BBG delegates were deeply and informal one-to-one conver- The "task force" also took on concerned with reinforcing and sations, both sides bluntly ex- the generation gap, when it was improving internal organization, pressed their real feelings, hos- agreed that white youth cannot as indicated in resolutions ap- tilities and grievances. This, in be held responsible for the op- pearing on Page 6. It was felt the opinion of Jerry Diggs, an pression of the Negroes for 350 that current social trends and adult advisor and NAACP offi- years; nor, could today's white widespread turmoil among cial, brought forth a definite young people be blamed for youth make it incumbent for "clearing of the air", some mu- anti-Negro attitudes of their BBG to adopt new approaches tual understanding, and re- parents. and programs to reach greater newed resolve by both groups Quest For Pride numbers of young people. There to take practical action to ease was great stress on the need for racial tension. The Negro's quest for "self- Judiac education and expanded An interracial program of pride", his effort to foster appre- leadership. athletics and arts and crafts ciation for black contributions was followed by intense and to American and world civiliza- often bitter discussion, particu- tion was applauded in the re- In This Issue larly of the problem of urban port, which compared current violence. No-holds-barred debate emphasis on this aspect of Ne- Selections from BBYO lit- was characterized by raised gro life with concern for the erary and oratory contest voices and blazing candor. To teaching of Jewish history and winners, feature page on help to clarify differences-if values to Jewish young people. Noar Lenoar delegations' vis- ABOVE: Newly-elected Grand Aleph Godol Art Schaefer, right, confers with fellow officers, from left: Grand Aleph S'gan Rishon Albert Hiller; Grand Aleph S'gan Sheynee not to resolve them- "task Concerning urban riots, the it to the U.S., feature stories Larry Lipton and Grand Aleph Mazkir Sid Schwartzberg. force" of AZA and BBG mem- report insisted that one root on the ILTC and Kallah pro- BELOW: N'siah Pat Giniger, right, with S'ganit Rishonah, Carol Allen, left, and bers-and of an equal number Continued on Page 2 grams at Camp B'nai B'rith. S'ganit Sn'niah Sue Shendelman.