APRIL, 1981 the SHOFAR D B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) T he B'nai B'rith summer camping philosophy SUMMER is simple: Take Jewish kids out of their #2145 2024 everyday world. Show them some of God's natural handiwork: a sapphire lake, a majestic pine SETTINGS forest, the most brilliantly illuminated evening sky that they have ever seen. Into this awesome setting, bring adults who know and love Judaism and kids. 8 856 Let them teach the joy of being Jewish. This is the magic formula that has been turning kids on to their Jewishness for years at B'nai B'rith's camps in Starlight, Pa. and Mukwonago, Wis. Starlight. A place with that name must be special. 71 Mukwonago? That, too, is a name to be reckoned with-once you can spell it. B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp is in Starlight. It is the site of the BBYO International Conventions, the International Leadership Training Conference, Kallah, and the orientation sessions for the Israel Summer Institutes. B'nai B'rith Beber Camp is in Mukwonago. It's home for the Chapter Leadership Training Conferences. The use of the camps for these purposes may be familiar to members of BBG and AZA. How the camps developed and the other purposes to which they are put may be less familiar stories. The name that has been most prominently associated with the B'nai B'rith camping scene is Perlman. Anita Perlman, founder of the B'nai B'rith Girls and her late husband, Louis-and now their son, Ted-have been special benefactors of the youth camp facilities. The camp in Starlight, B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp is named in honor of the senior Perlmans. The leadership village in Mukwonago is the Perlman Leadership Village. Through the firm of Perlman, Rocque, Ted Perlman established the first scholarship fund for direct aid to children who cannot afford to attend camping programs. B'nai B'rith Beber Camp in Mukwonago is named for Sam Beber, founder of Aleph Zadik Aleph 191 The leadership village at Starlight is also named in 2201 his memory. A special section of that village, with an impressive rustic archway to mark it, memoralizes Bernard Ehrenreich, a founder of Boys' and Young 3 Men's Apparel Lodge of B'nai B'rith in New York City. Everyone finds a favorite place at camp. At B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp, 375 youngsters, ages &to 16, come for three-, four- orseven-week sessions. A special feature is a teen pioneer group. About ninety percent of the Perlman campers are relatives of B'nai B'rith members. In past years, they have come from more than 100 communities in North America. Last year a contingent of children of Venezuelan TIONAL B'nai B'rith members also attended. RSHIP B'nai B'rith Beber Camp has 120 places for campers. About eighty percent of last year's Beber N.W. campers were returnees-testimony to the success of 6 the newest camping facility. Most children come for the entire seven-week season. Beber offers horseback BBYO's riding, water skiing and sailing, activities that are not 1981. available at Perlman on a daily basis. While the ding activities at Perlman tend to be oriented toward groups-the children move from activity to activity in groups, and even come to camp together-the trend at Beber has been toward individual activity and individualized attention. Counselors at both camps must be at least 18 1/2 SUMMER years old (most are older) and college students. Unit directors are usually experienced teachers. Meals at the children's camps and throughout the camp MAGIC Continued on page 2 CH,