THE B'nai B'rith Youth Organization SHOFAR ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) B'NAI B'RITH YOUNG ADULTS (BBYA) 47th YEAR WASHINGTON, D. USA FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1971 ty and you to region aign by Public Health $97,000: ISF Goal For Current Program Year to pre- rogram. Work BBYO's Banner Leaders Call cials to ut VD, of pre- In Forefront On All Chapters e local an use Of Big Protests For Action Now litera- duties; BBYO is chalking up a shin- $97,020 conduct ing record for its vanguard That's the combined AZA- role in the world-wide protest BBG International Service tion is movement in behalf of Soviet Fund target to be reached by nerican Jewry. Regional conventions, the end of the 1971 program n, 1740 city-wide demonstrations, peti- Mu year (July-August). N.Y. tion drives, conferences and many other events indicate an GRATIN Athough it seems a large Health sum, it merely reflects BBYO's C. and intensified effort to persuade PEOPLE long-standing per-capita quota ization, the Soviet government to alter of $2-a goal never fully New its repressive policies. achieved, even though some in- Information (still being re- dividual chapters have greatly ceived at press-time) indicates exceeded it, while others fell the broad scope of BBYO in- far short of this minimum. volvement. Each region has a specific In Israel, BBYO's affiliate goal based on membership A Noar Lenoar ("Youth to anticipated in the new mem- Youth") was among the first bership drive that was an- groups to take to the streets nounced last month; objectives with protest banners when a are geared to the number of W Zea- Russian court passed death total members to be enrolled Coun- sentences (later eased to harsh in the regions. into be- prison terms) on alleged plane- BBYO's Israel counterpart Noar Lenoar was in the forefront of tremendous rally in Tel Aviv that protested Soviet mistreatment oria. It hijackers. A photo of NL in The way the total $97,019 of the Jews at which Prime Minister Golda Meir was the main speaker. Note NL banner in foreground. Photos of our Israeli Cohen action was carried round the target breaks down: brothers and sisters in action were published in leading newspapers of the U.S. honor world in press coverage of the AZA $40,938.75. BBG: Jewish demonstration. $56,018. Each amount seems leader Canadian members joined tion in other youth groups in a mass Reffe Assails Adult 'Hypocrisy entirely reasonable in terms of to-be-expected membership- demonstration in the national yet, last year AZA fell short of ith 23 capital of Ottawa. The group Klutznick Decries Generalities its previous fund-raising level n grad- lit a huge menorah not far by $6,000 and BBG by $6,700. from the Soviet embassy, and Regional officers, including WASHINGTON,1 Adult in the synagogue and through U.S. Ambassador to the Eco- sang, chanted and bore plac- ISF chairmen, throughout the "hypocrisy" both inside and ards for five hours in sub-zero ethical dealing with others. nomic and Social Council of Order are called upon to make outside the synagogue es- He further declared the initia- weather. the United Nations, honorary the 1971 fund-raising target a ts that tranges youth from the Jewish tive of youth was the main B'nai B'rith president and for- matter of prime concern on on the Hundreds March in Mid-West heritage, GAG Paige Reffe factor in the recent world- mer AZA grand aleph godol, every occasion. The godol and ve that charged in an Oneg Shabbat BBYO was prominently wide pro-Israel demonstra- moderated the session. The n'siah of every region are ment.' symposium here. The inter- tions and protests against represented among the hun- writes, dreds of youth and adults national AZA godol was Soviet anti-Jewish oppression kind of generational differ- urged to call a special meeting as quickly as possible of all nded it sharply challenged during the -a contention adult activists ences brought forth in the dis- l. The from Chicago, Milwaukee question period of the forum in this cause strongly denied. cussion, he said, were typical chapter ISF chairmen, godolim and other midwest cities who and n'siot to discuss the critical attend- that was part of the annual congregated at Fontana, Wis. Philip M. Klutznick, former (Continued on Page Two) financial problem facing BBYO non- for a conference on Soviet international meeting of the Board of Governors of B'nai Lenny Neimark and Mi- tivities Jewry, followed by a two- B'rith. chelle Czerner, international y. hour program in a drenching in the downpour. A congressman Reffe, Shelley Stuart, BBG 'Freedom of Action' OK'd ISF chairmen, respectively, of AZA and BBG, request that at 7, have and the lieutenant-governor n'siah, and Stuart Slutzman, the regional meetings on ISF. many of Illinois took part in the BBYA president, attended three the goals, of each individual and ed- program, that featured a re- days of deliberations by the Board as official voting dele- WASHINGTON, D.C. series of history-making changes in chapter be clearly set forth. cluding sounding demand for the from Soviet Union to permit emi- gates. The meetings dealt with BBYO policy dealing, for the most part, with youth's urgent Of course, a chapter's per major B'nai B'rith policies dur- quest for greater freedom-of-action in the furtherance of social capita contribution need not rs, the gration of Jews to Israel. istians ing a time of crisis. causes, now has the sanction of the B'nai B'rith Youth Commis- literally consist of a $2 per On the windswept boardwalk sion. member gift but a total other Reffe's talk was entitled embers in wintry Atlantic City, N.J. Drawn up by AZA and BBG at their international conventions chapter sum that at least "Youth's Alienation from Juda- h Met- the northern region of District last summer and presented in a mail poll of the Commission, equals such a per-member ism" Another AZA speaker, 5 culminated a weeklong con- the proposals gained the approval of at least two-thirds of the quota-or, preferably, more. erence Howard Appelbaum, godol of vention with a march for members of the BBYO policy-making body, with only minor ISF funds may be raised in a organi- Daniel AZA, Silver Spring, Soviet Jewry. The city's feder- changes and additions. variety of interesting, enjoy- ield of Md. and high school student ation of Jewish charities had Perhaps the most significant proposal, that concerning con- able and painless ways, many representative on the National requested BBYO to lead the troversial speakers, states, in effect, that BBYO chapters and of which are described in a Coordinating Council on Drug procession. which was covered other units may invite such speakers provided the chapter new publication now available by television crews. Abuse Education, spoke on advisor is present when the decision is made to issue the invita- from the BBYO regional or na- BYA, "The New Morality," while a tion, and provided the chapter assures ample opportunity for tional office. orts a Atlanta's Mayor Sam Mas- third participant was Carl the "other" side of the controversy to air its views at the meeting. sell was on hand to greet 300 Gershman, co-chairman of the Titled "Fund Raising for the udes a Other requirements are that the regional office be informed in delegates to the Southern re- Youth Committee for Peace Seventies", the lively, down-to- which advance of the plans for the meeting and receive a report of gion District 5 convention who earth brochure contains a com- and Democracy in the Middle subsequent publicity. a dish marched to City Hall to demon- East. plete range of easy-to-apply If the meeting is sponsored by a BBYO unit higher than strate against Soviet injustice. methods to help every chapter rty at In an impassioned indict- chapter level, appropriate professional staff members will func- The march through the down- meet - and surpass its ISF Center town area continued to the ment of adults who profess tion as advisors. goal. When you write, ask for nance" State House, where Gov. (now religious belief while failing Another proposal permits BBYO local units to formulate, an- Publication Code PB33. Also plans to practice its tenets, Reffe nounce and publicize positions on local, national or interna- Lieut.-Gov.) Lester Maddox not ask for the covering material called upon adults to "live" tional issues on which B'nai B'rith or BBYO has no clear-cut r new which shows the specific goal (Continued on Page Two) as Jews in sincere worship (Continued on Page Two) for your region.