B'nai B'rith Youth Organization District Two 8011 CLAYTON ROAD, SUITE 312 CLAYTON, MISSOURI 63117 TO: Harvey Berk, Dr. Max Baer, Max Kohnop DATE: May 7, 1975 FROM: Stanley W. Harris SUBJECT: I know that our District #2 News and the Shofar are always interested in programs and projects involving the BBYOers and adult B'nai B'rith. Recently, Ebn Ezra Lodge and Chapter of St. Louis sponsored a "Youth Recognition Night." There was a large turnout both of young people and adults. This program was held in University City Heman Park Community Center. The motivating force behind the program were various members of the Lodge, including Sidney Towerman, Gerald Towbin, a BBYO alumnus and outgoing Lodge president, and Hyman Feder, editor of the Lodge Ebn Ezra Light and an individual who has served as an advisor in the past, on the BBYO committee, and in many other capacities with our youth program. Aubrey Herman, JCCA-BBY0 Missouri-Kansas Regional Director and our office here were also involved. You can see Aubrey in the background in the second picture in the copy of the Light enclosed, and I think you can see the top of my head way in the background in the top picture. Interestingly enough, in the third picture, seated in the front row with a num- ber of the BBGS, is Harry Kessler, whom there are a couple of special stories in theLight. Bill Kahn, executive director of the JCCA, and Robert Cohen, editor of the Jewish Federation The Jewish Light, were among those on the program. In the picture in The Light you will see Gerald Towbin presenting an award to Marty Borenstein, outgoing America #511 AZA president, and to the far left in that particular picture in The Light, you will see Bill Mack, who has been the chapter advisor for many, many years. If you need some names for the BBG picture, the middle is Carol Faintich and the Chai BBG president, Tobie Dobin. Feder was good enough to send us some additional copies of the Ebn Ezra Light, and five different pictures. I am sending the copy of the AZA picture and presentation to Max for the District #2 News, along with a copy of the Ebn Ezra Light, and I am sending Harvey the large picture of the Chai BBG group and another picture showing the crowd that was assembled. I imagine these last two can be used in the Shofar or in some other way. I would appreciate it if everyone receiving pictures would return these to our office at an early date, since these are our only copies, and I want to include these pictures in our excellent district #2 scrapbooks. We utilize these scrapbooks at youth and adult conventions, board meetings, community programs, and other BBYO and B'nai B'rith events. I would have written more on this excellent program, but we are in the middle of our advanced preplanning for our district youth institutes, and things are somewhat hectic. Also, Jerry Towbin and Sid Towerman and Aubrey Herman told me they might be sending some material to the District #2 News and Shofar. If you haven't seen this already, I hope that this is helpful. I'm sure that you would agree that this kind of cooperative adult-youth program deserves the widest publicity. Thanks for everyone's attention to this matter, and trusting that I have been helpful. SWH: Stanley Start W/Harris CC: H man Feder, Seymour Stein, Mrs. I. Marks