SHOFAR B'nai B'rith Youth Organization ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) ah experi- can't sit April, 1977 en. Get Council nost im- hs. Inter- FORECAST habbats, help you YOM HA'ATZMAUT (Israel Independence Day) April 23. See the article er learn on Noar Lenoar immediately below "Forecast." If your community has an Jewish Israel Independence Day parade, participate as a Chapter. re Jews YOM HASHOAH (Day of Remembrance) April 15/WARSAW GHETTO ghtening UPRISING, April 19. Recall the Holocaust and the heroism of the Jewish ut trends people with discussion of the BBYO Judaism Pamphlet, "Lest We Forget: c. can be The Murder of the Six Million Jews of Europe." Discuss how the siege of vish pro- the B'nai B'rith International Center, Entebbe, Munich and the Holocaust ificant it all relate to one another. an im- their life! EXTENDED FORECAST ure and learn- UJA NATIONAL WALK-A-THON (May 15) Communities throughout North vritten in America will join together to walk for the United Jewish Appeal. Check amp Da- with your Regional Director for details on BBYO participation in your nber the community SHAVUOT Sundown, May 22 to Sundown, May 24. Commemorates early wheat harvest in Palestine and covenant established at Mt. Sinai between God and Israel. Plan project informing members about various contribu- tions Judaism has made to the world. See the BBYO Judaism Pamphlet, "Social Justice: The Jewish Contribution to America." LAG B'OMER Sundown, May 5 to Sundown, May 6. Celebration of nature, spring, outdoor physical activity, and a spirit of heroism. Plan a Chapter N'siah Maccabiad. DISTRICT CONVENTIONS usually held in June. Make plans to attend your District's Convention. Bring important information back to your Chapter. that's Confer- They Don't Worry k, your er do a ogram- About Membership Here resident s know Dan's Kids are waiting in line to join BBYO. crisis, the Organization expanded into a of petri- More than that, if the member doesn't keep general community service group. Ten years up his or her grades and doesn't devote at ago, BBYO International Director Dr. Max taking least four hours a week to BBYO community F. Baer visited Israel anxious to bring BBYO ob. service projects, he's no longer a member. to the Jewish state. After speaking with a Sound unbelievable? It really happens in number of organizations, an agreement was A joyous reunion. BBYO staff members Sid Clearfiel Israel. reached whereby Noar Lenoar became af- Lew Hamburger (center) hug Executive Vice President, Noar Lenoar, BBYO's District 14, is filiated with BBYO- District 14. just moments after their release. unique in many ways. Not only is there no Youth organizations in Israel are different membership problem and an expectation of from North America. Except for Noar good grades, Noar Lenoar is also almost Lenoar every youth organization is The Siege At B'nai B' wholly dedicated to community service. For affiliated with a political party. The example, in the Givatim Branch (a Branch youth organization becomes the youth arm of Noar Lenoar is roughly equivalent to a of the party and is designed to meet the What Does It All Mea Region in North America) the members objectives of the political party. have been involved in a toy collection for Because the political parties are SO heavily by Lew Hamburger the children of new immigrants- mostly from involved in Israeli -newspapers Assistant International Director Russia - and the poor. Members brought devote more space to politics than anything for Program Services toys from home, gathered others from else their youth movements become the It was macabre. At no time did any of us think we'd all walk out alive; b friends at school, knocked on the doors of backbone of the parties. According to Noar feel we were alone, isolated from people who really cared. neighbors, and presented all of them to the Lenoar Director, Yehuda Erel, "If you look As for me, I've been held up at gunpoint before, been nearly mugged, be needy children. at the Knesset (Parliament) today, for ex- that were "taken over," and my life has been threatened- with a SO In much the same way, they've also been ample, you'll see that of the young members, Philadelphia and not with B'nai B'rith. Even my wife and brother have b collecting books for the Hakyria Hospital, in 90 to 95 percent of them came through their gunpoint. But never was it this bad. The thought of my own decapitation w the suburbs of Givatim. youth movements. The guns were "only" frightening; the machetes and swords were ghoulish. In addition, the 100 members of the Noar Lenoar fills a void. It lets a member I spent a lot of time thinking of my daughter's Bat Mitzvah, scheduled i Givatim Branch regularly help in the fire be involved in a youth organization and not Saturday after we were invaded. I thought of my family and what they were brigade, volunteer at two local hospitals, have to choose a particular political party. No, my life did not flash before my eyes as I've been asked, even when I th entertain families in need, and every Shabbat Yehuda Erel explains: "A Noar Lenoar In fact, I don't remember thinking of the past in any real detail. Most of o present a show to the local "senior citizens member starts giving to the country, to his geared towards finding a way to get comfortable while bound and helping group. community, at the age of 14, by working comfortable, and finding something anything laugh at, to help "keep th Noar Lenoar hasn't always been a part of with handicapped people, in slum areas, Now, as I write this, a week later, we re trying hard to get back to "business BBYO. The Organization was founded in with new immigrants, in hospitals, every- we try to sort out "what it all means," key issues keep cropping up and we n 1954 by Shaul Levine in the municipality of thing the community needs. In the political take heart from them. In summary form, they are: Tel Aviv as a service organization to help party, they aren't interested in him until after 1. How do we begin to live in this crazy "mixed-up" world? evacuate low-lying areas in the wake of Tel Aviv's frequent floods. 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