MARCH, 1982 the ADAR, 5742 girls ure your SHOFAR D ns. chance B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) hard, he d. For the to go take a inning Adversor's Checklist 10 ring It was le REVIEW meeting agenda with godol/n'siah. Remind them: Everyone gets a say! ched son see HELP program chairman plan something for ced erbilt everyone-a full mix of events, meaningful Jewish phis. content. one of REMIND older members to welcome newcomers ion of and get them involved. apter ter h to CONGRATULATE kids on big softball win. eart of Downplay football washout. Wait'll next year! e view ANNOUNCE that meeting room is to be left in $. condition found or better. Don't preach! person n of tory. I COME early to schmooze. Stay late if the signals d keon. are right. Listen! up a THROW out ideas if there aren't any, but don't take eded over. zation of my MARCH IS ADVISOR APPRECIATION MONTH "Welcome!" says the BBYO Advisors Manual, the some are not. There is great diversity among our four years later as a responsible person able to deal first tool that a new BBG or AZA adult advisor advisors, but there are also some common traits with the real world." Hyla, a former BBG chapter receives when he or she volunteers to help a BBYO they share. president herself, agrees that her greatest chapter. "It's great to have you with us. By now Gary Kenzer, Regional Director of KIO Region satisfaction is the intangible reward of "watching port- you've probably got a slight (or horrible) case of the (Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio), interviewed ten chapter the girls grow into mature, Jewishly-educated srael what-have-I-dones?" You've met with staff. You advisors for THE SHOFAR, asking them why they adults." onth, understand the main objectives of our program, had come into the BBYO family, what satisfactions In South Bend, Indiana, Bas Ami BBG 257 has bout and you have a hazy picture of your basic they had experienced, what being an advisor meant three advisors, Brigit Zubkoff Metzger, a sixteen- tion. responsibilities. But where do you'g from here?" to them. Their responses offer some clue about the year veteran, and Karen Berebitsky and Barbara AZA This issue of THE SHOFAR will focus on "where kinds of people who become AZA and BBG Cohen, who have each served for two years-but they went." That is, we will take a close look at advisors, foregoing the lures of golf, tennis, Barbara helped her husband for sixteen years some BBYO adult volunteer advisors. We will cardgames, M.A.S.H., "Dallas" and other diversions before taking on her own advisor role, and Karen's ailed investigate what they have been doing. And we to embroil themselves in the activities-and the husband also served when sons Danny and Adam will share with them some of the feelings that the antics-of a bunch of Jewish teenagers. It isn't an were in Ben Gurion AZA. Barbara takes pride in young people of BBYO have communicated to us easy job. In fact, it can be a downright difficult and her "ability to maintain a very good rapport" with about during Appreciation edition, Month," published their advisors. This frustrating job-Who knows better than teenagers youth, and she values the trust they show in her. "Advisor is intended how hard it is to understand, work with and Brigit gets special satisfaction when alumni of as a tribute and a thank you-not only to the fifty- reason with teenagers! Somehow, though, BBYO BBYO who have grown to adulthood, and even odd advisors whose names are published, but also advisors not only seem to survive the experience- moved away, have taken the trouble to contact her. to the others who have given their time, their they even enjoy it. The KIO advisors tell why. She gets pleasure from the sense of continuity that talents and their commitment to B'nai B'rith youth Helen Ostreicher has advised Hatikvah BBG is represented by this kind of carrying forward of V. around the world. 1622 in Dayton, Ohio for seven years, and Hyla BBYO values and spirit. She also finds satisfaction There is no single stereotype of an advisor in Weiskind has been with them for eight years-after in laying the groundwork for new girls to come BBYO. Some advisors are parents, some are not. a two-and-a-half year stint as a Cleveland advisor. into BBG: "I love working with the MITs," she Some serve for a year or two, some serve for Says Helen: "One of the nicest things to see is a says. twenty. Some are former BBGs and AZAs, and youth come in as a shy, awkward person, and leave Continued on page 2 1982