- The first chapter outside of the US was in Calgary, Canada
- The first Grand Aleph Godol was Charles Shane
- The first Advisor and the founder of the second AZA chapter (Kansas
City, MO) was Nathan Mnookin
- The founder of the Five Fold and Full plan was Boris Bogen
- AZA's sponsoring organization is B'nai B'rith International
- The founding AZA meeting took place at Harry Lapidus' home on
May 3, 1924
- AZA's sister organizion is B'nai B'rith Girls (BBG)
- The founder of AZA is Sam Beber
- AZA's official pep song is Up You Men
- AZA started in Omaha, Nebraska
- AZA and BBG together make up B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
(BBYO)
- We are Hurricanes AZA, chapter #843
- Hurricanes AZA's name was chosen because there was a hurricane
while the founders were picking a name.
- We are currently 53 years old
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We belong to MIA Region (Miami Region)
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There are nine chapters in our region: Hurricanes AZA, Zion AZA, Masada AZA, Ak'rav AZA, N'shamah BBG, Halom BBG, Zericha
BBG, Har'lev BBG, and La Playa
- Each member is AZA is an Aleph.
- The President is Godol
- The Vice-President is S'gan
- The Membership Officer (and teacher) is Moreh
- The Officer of community service, social action, and Israel is
Schliach
- The Secretary is Mazkir
- The Treasurer is Gizbor
- The Counselor or Chaplain is Kohane Godol
- Meaning "my people," the AZA password is ami
- The BBYO newspaper is The Shofar
- The well-rounded chapter award is the Henry Monsky Award
- The Award for recruiting six new Alephs is the Tree of Life
- The Club for chapters with over 35 Alephs is Club 35
- The highest individual AZA award is the Shield of David
Five folds include:
Judaism
Education
Social
Athletic
Community service
Seven cardinal principles include:
Patriotism
Purity
Charity
Conduct
Fraternity
Filial Love
Judaism
- The Motto of AZA, Ahavah, Zadakah, Achdut, means brotherly love,
charity, benevolence.
- The thumb of the AZA handshake stand for monotheism
- The index finger extending down the wrist during the AZA handshake
stands for the blood that binds all Alephs
- The three other fingers grasping the hand during the AZA handshake
stands for benevolence, brotherly love, and harmony.
- One places their right hand palm over their heart and says "ami"
when they enter a room.
- Three raps of the gavel means to rise and one rap calls for order.
- Rituals are used at meetings, council meetings, and elections.
- The order used for conduction business is called parliamentary
and procedure.
- The part of meetings when every Aleph says what is on his
mind is called good and welfare.
- The ceremony in which graduating seniors discuss thier lives
in AZA is called life.
- ISF stands for international service fund
- Five BBYO summer programs include: Chapter Leadership Training
Conference (CLTC), Israel Summer Institute (ISI), International Leadership Training Conference (ILTC), International Leadership
Study in Israel (ILSI), and Kallah.
- The BBYO pyramid from bottom to top is, in order, member, chapter,
council, region, international
- The BBYO Camp located in Starlight, Pennsylvania that hosts the
International Convention is B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp
- The network of BBYO social action programs called ACT stands
for Actively Concerned Teens
- On-going community service projects can b e TASC projects, and
TASC stands for Teens Actively Serviing Communities
A few important BBYO terms
A life is what one receives when they graduate.It's a time
when they could talk about their life in BBYO, give advice to others, and hand out all of the items that they've gathered
throughout their years in BBYO.
MIT/AIT is the convention that AITs (alephs in training)
go to to learn about BBYO. They usually go as freshman, but may attend any year.
MIA convention is the convention that everybody in
MIA (miami region) attends towards the end of the year.
Formal is the prom of BBYO.
A sweetheart party is when a guy chapter can elect
girls to be part of their chapter, or a girl chapter can elect guys to be part of their chapter.
