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) 45th YEAR WASHINGTON, D. C. USA APRIL-MAY, 1969 BBG Officers Approve New Budget of $30,000 WASHINGTON, D. C. suggestion for an exchange pro- Strengthening of BBG's overseas gram and visitations for BBYO program, approval of a national possibly from Central America program in cooperation with the during our winter conventions B'nai B'rith Women and March will be investigated. of Dimes to further pre-natal ISRAEL SUMMER PRO- care of women in underprivi- GRAM-It is suggested that a leged areas, and adoption of BBYO member returning from a budget of approximately $30,- an Israel Summer Program be 000 were among items of busi- appointed as a coordinator on a ness at the International BBG National Chairman level to pro- executive board meeting here. mote, publicize and give infor- The board ratified the nomi- mation about the next year's nation of the AZA executive Israel Summer Program. This board of the name of the late will be looked into further. Robt. F. Kennedy as an addition STAR OF DEBORAH - to the BBYO Memorial Grove at Agreed that we needed at least that Camp B'nai B'rith. It also agreed one more year of experience with AZA's contention that joint with the new point system be- AZA-BBG conventions are pres- lan- fore any kind of constructive ently deemed advisable because evaluation. of limitations of facilities at the DISTRICT STRUCTURE - ung CK camp. Separate conventions, The Board reaffirmed the dis- nti- while preferable, cannot be es- trict level as an integral part of of tablished until expanded facili- the Order. The current relation- ties are available, the board ship between International and stated. be a District should be strengthened For BBG's charitable work, and reaffirmed with an Interna- ting be the board reported allocations tional Order composed of Dis- will go to 17 regular recipients, tricts and an International Ex- boy plus two special undertakings. ecutive Board meeting and con- For ISF $36,375 was allocated ute ventions continuing to be com- (see below). Board actions in irst posed of District representatives brief: to as presently constituted. In addi- BBG HEBREW NAMES- tion the Board noted recent de- ith Based on the reports from the velopments with interest con- rge are District N'siot, the Executive cerning Leadership training and Board recommends to the 1969 om suggested that Leadership Train- convention that Hebrew names co. ing be stressed as one of the im- In for BBG officers, now on an ex- portant purposes of the district or Sandy Unger and Susan Weinberger, members of Daughters of Covenant BBG, Augusta, Ga., are co-chairmen of a drive to send perimental basis, be adopted as level. While International will e food and medicine to Biafra. BBG's efforts drew commendation from Mayor Sancken, who proclaimed a special "Aid to Biafra for the official names. The Interna- not interfere or get involved in Day". BBG was joined by several church organizations in a community-wide project that resulted in the collection of several tons eet- of food and approximately $500 to buy more. Food was shipped to the Catholic Relief Services in New York for transshipment to tional N'siah will supply to the the internal affairs of the dis- the Biafra. Photo shows Sandy and Susan with a member of a church group involved in the drive. convention additional informa- tricts, it suggests that if the ning The people of Biafra still need our help! BBYO's response so far has drawn a letter of appreciation from a representative of the tion to indicate the use of the district wanted to make internal Catholic Relief Services who referred to our "invaluable assistance". Chapters unable to collect food and medicine have raised more than $1,000 for the cause. The national office has material to help you conduct your campaign. Consult the two releases on names thus far. structural changes, it should do ore the subject or contact Stu Gluck BBYO, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. But don't send food or medicine OVERSEAS PROGRAM A (Continued on Page 6) ance to our headquarters, but to the Catholic Relief Services, 140 Morgan Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11237. See BBG Allocations for ISF Recommendations Don't Be a Pal; Be a Parent, Petition Drive: ALLOCATED Recommended Allocation only 1. 8% Fixed Allocations 2,250 itute are BBYO Leader Advises Adults Keep it Rolling! TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT first 1. Staff Associates 500 out QUEBEC-An author-colum- vited BBYO Regional Director Some experts on Soviet Rus- nist called upon Jewish adults Irv Rosenstein and the region's 2. District 15, Great Britain 1,000 or sia are beginning to discern a 3. World Jewish Youth Center 750 to support BBYO's efforts to pro- AZA Godol, Howard Kravitz and possible tiny indication of hope- vide young people with healthy BBG N'siah Noreen Golfman. 4. Midwest Camp Development Fund 3,300 ful changes in that nation's offi- 5. I.S. Kallah and idealistic alternatives to the 5,500 Irv, who dealt extensively cial policy toward the Jews. A 6. ISI Administrative 500 disheveled, drug-oriented rebel- with parent-youth communica- real "payoff" to the long weeks of 7. LTC-Kallah liousness that afflicts many 4,300 tion, offered this cogent advice American Jewish protest, they 8. Judaism Pamphlets 1,500 teen-agers of today. to adults: Mike Gutwillig, in his column say, may soon be under way, if 9. B'nai B'rith Building 1,000 "1. Listen to what the kids these protests are not only con- titled "From the Heart" in a have to say. tinued-but intensified. T'ZDAKAH FUND ma local publication, who recently "2. Parents have the right to ents, So far, about 13,000 names in 1. Harmon Scholarship 300 authored a book of the same make certain decisions. If you 2. UNESCO (Girls Academy) 500 name, described how his com- have made up your mind, don't BBYO's petition campaign for 3. Moledet B'nai B'rith 800 munity, with the help of BBYO pretend to lead a democratic dis- Soviet Jewry have been received 4. Ramat Tzvi 1,100 and others, seeks to deal both with the "tuned-out" material- cussion around decision-making. at the national office. Chapters 5. B'nai B'rith Marytrs' Forest 500 "3. Kids aren't all bad. Don't are urged to obtain many, many 6. Leo N. Levi (Little Red Schoolhouse) 500 ism of adults and the "drop-out" more-from friends and ac- generalize. 7. Disaster Fund (Biafra Relief) 750 culture of youth. quaintances, Jewish and non- Vehicle for this effort is a "4. Don't preach or set your- 8. BBW Childrens' Home in Israel 500 Jewish. small club centered in the local self up as a paragon of virtue. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS YMHA. Its main focus is char- Chapters and councils have your "5. Each generation has its acter development, but lately it own fads. Fads today are no organized petition-signing 1. MIT Film Strip squads in schools, supermarkets, 2. Noar L'Noar American Summer Program 3,000 of has keeping shouldered the family added unit task better nor worse than those of 3. Water Fountain Cooler, LTC 250 "the to- 20 years ago. This year's petition campaign gether - at a time when the "Finally, don't be a pal; be a will culminate in a special pres- 28,800 forces around us are committed St. parent. Your son or daughter entation at the internatonal Regular Reserve 6,000 to pulling it apart." In pursuing has enough pals their own age. AZA-BBG conventions in August Special Reserve 1,574 this aim, the club recently in- Only you can be a parent." at Camp B'nai B'rith. 36,374