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BBYO (B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Inc. [1] formerly part of B'nai B'rith International) is a Jewish teen movement, organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization is intended to build the identity of Jewish teens and offer leadership development programs. [2]
Starting in 1957, BBYO began to hold leadership training programs at the camp. In 1959, the first International Leadership Training Conference was held there. In 1961, Kallah was started to be held there prior to this ILTC. For many years, up until 2005, BBYO's International Convention was held in the summer at B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp.
In addition to founding the Jerusalem Lodge in 1888, life in Israel has been a prime focus for the organization. [73] Among the Jerusalem lodge's most noted contributions was the city's first free public library, Midrash Abarbanel. [74] In 1959, B'nai B'rith became the first major American Jewish organization to hold a convention in Israel. [75]
B'nai B'rith Israel was founded in 1888 (137 years ago) (), with the Jerusalem Lodge being the first B'nai B'rith lodge in Israel. [2] [1] Among the lodge's early activities was the founding of a public library in Jerusalem in 1892. [3] [4] The library, known as Midrash Abarbanel, was the city's first free public library. [5]
BBYO UK & Ireland is a part of BBYO, a peer-led, Zionist youth movement.It is open to Jewish youth between the ages of 13 and 18 who want to take part in its activities. The members form local chapters, of which 3 are situated in the United Kingdom and Ireland, formerly BBYO District 15.
The Grand Order of the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA or אצא) is an international youth-led fraternal organization for Jewish teenagers. It was founded in 1924 as the male wing of BBYO Inc., an independent non-profit organization.
As BBYO was expanding its leadership training programs in the summer at B'nai B'rith Perlman Camp in the 1970s, they sought a new location for a new two-week program that would “make the experience long enough to be meaningful and short enough to hold down costs for the participants.” [2] With this new program, BBYO would hope to re-emphasize its “strong trend toward in-depth training in ...
The first formation of B'nai B'rith was in 1843 by a group of New York Jews of German origin who established a group known as Bundes Bruder (Brothers' League). While the early philanthropic efforts of the group were directed only within the United States, in the early 1880s, in response to the pogroms in Tsarist Russia, efforts were made to establish B'nai B'rith chapters in Europe.