Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO) B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG) The B'nai B'rith Beber Camp B'nai B'rith Teen Connection B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp "Free to Be" - today?" Yes. Can we stop it? We must. Herein lies the importance The Cure for of the "Free to Be" International Program Thrust. Indifference We all recognize the tragedy of the 6 million Jews, 400,000 gypsies, and handicapped people Are you sick of hearing about who were murdered. Could the prejudice? So am I. Holocaust really have been Unfortunately, we cannot afford prevented? Who knows. But to ignore today's growing maybe America and the rest of problem. Prejudice still exists in the world, the rest of the Jews, our society, and racial disaster, could have taken a stand and oppression, or attempted said something about it. As genocide could occur again. famous author and Holocaust Indifference of the many to the survivor Elie Wiesel stated in a problems of the few is what has speech before President Carter in allowed the greatest tragedies in 1979, "I want to remind our ancient and modern history. contemporaries that in those The Western world prides itself times of anguish, only the Jews on pluralism, or as we know it, were totally abandoned and the idea of the "great melting simply handed over to their pot." "Free to be, you and me..." executioners. I am haunted by We Jews, however, have in recent the families who burned to ash OUTREACH DAY 1990 times ignored and consequently and the indifference of the perpetrated some of the greatest onlookers." The indifference of On Sunday, January 14, 40 members of Red River Region BBYO horrors in the history of the the onlookers! Even when the world. Can we as Jews, Jews did have a possibility of participated in the international OUTREACH DAY. This program was an opportunity for members to learn about current social needs persecuted for millenia, afford to leaving Europe, how many be accomplices to great racist countries were ready to accept in their local community. crimes? them? The world knew and kept Members spent the afternoon at Winnipeg Harvest, a non-profit 100,000 Japanese Americans silent. Pictures of Auschwitz and organization committed to distributing surplus food. Participants were unjustly imprisoned in Birkenau arrived in America and lent their hands wherever needed, from sorting fruits and vegetables California and denied their rights around the world, but not one to moving boxes and straightening up the warehouse. as Americans, while the Nazis in bomb was dropped on the "tracks Europe committed the greatest to death." A boat, the "St. Louis," atrocities of all time, murdering was filled with people who were in their path 6,000,000 European deported by the Germans. No When the night is cold and values for things like t-shirts, Jews in 4 years of Holocaust. It one in the West would accept long, where do they go? They do coats, blankets, canned goods, could happen again. Successful this boat, and 2,000 innocent not have a place to live, they are and toiletries. The chapter that destruction because of hate? No. Jews, like you and me, were not able to get a job, and the was able to find kosher Spam "Indifference." it has been said, "is shipped back to the Nazis where majority of the city shelters are was able to acquire 1,000 points, worse than hate." Indifference they were sent to the gas filled. Food is meager and scarce and there was even a chapter allowed the execution of over 6 chambers. In California at the and the clothing is old and that found some. million innocent civilians by same time, Japanese, rich and limited. This is the familiar Not only did the scavenger Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler could poor alike, were taken from their story of the millions of homeless hunt create competition among have been stopped. It takes more homes and thrown into slave people. They have run out of Philly Region's chapters, it than one man to kill 6 million of labor camps. Can we allow the places to turn. What happens showed that the Alephs and people. Indifference today to the indifference and ignorance to when people are in need? B'nai B'nai B'rith Girls really do care. rising number of white repeat themselves? B'rith Youth Organization is here A collection location was supremists and other racists Racism toward Jews, Asians, to help! arranged with a designated place could lead to a repeat Holocaust, Hispanics, and Blacks is gaining Last year, the International for each chapter to drop off although this time the Jews momentum. All that is needed to Program Thrust was designed to items. To our surprise, over might not be the victims. So I launch a repeat Holocaust is aid the homeless. OUTREACH seventy bags of toiletries, pose the question, "Is prejudice another depression. A scapegoat DAY was a unified effort in clothing, and canned goods were still a threat in our society which regions all over the globe collected. The winning chapters See "Free to Be", Page 9 collected items for the homeless. were N'sicah and Chavalla BBG. Although this is not the With the help of Regional Board programming thrust for this members Keith Seigel and Amy year, OUTREACH was kept on Klein, an entire van and station the BBYO calendar, and on wagon were loaded and two trips ON THE INSIDE January 14, 1990, we came had to be made to the Salvation together for a second time. Army to deliver the bags. The idea of collecting food Although there was a lot of work Leaders' Lines Page 2-4 items, toiletries, and clothing is involved, it was mostly fun. OUTREACH '90 Page 5 not an original one, but the way The true definition of fun is Regional Roll Page 6-7 Philadelphia Region went about knowing that you are helping Happenings Page 8 it was creative and fun. Keith someone who truly needs help. Teen Connection Page 9 Peltzman and Robyn Kotzker, BBYO is an organization based Summer Programs Page 10 Regional S'gan and S'ganit, on helping others and From the Shaliach/Abroad Page 11 organized an itemized list for a OUTREACH DAY is the most ISI Statistics/+ 5 Drive Recognition Page 12 regional "Scavenger Hunt." A list accurate representation of that was sent out with assigned point caring.