Newspaper Clipping regarding the A. Z. A. Detroit-Windsor Council hosting the Sixth Annual International Tournament, 1930

1930

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Newspaper clipping glued to 8.5 x 11 paper. Article reads:

Aleph Zadik Aleph will hold tourney

Representatives of 9 districts in U.S.-Canada Coming.

Aleph Zadik Aleph, junior branch of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, will hold its sixth international tournament in oratory, debating and basketball in Detroit and Windsor, next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

Representatives of nine districts in the United States and Canada, which include 120 chapters in every section of the two countries, will attend the tournament and district champions will compete for national honors. The Detroit-Windsor council is sponsoring the tournament with Jess R. Feiler as general chairman.

The program outlined will begin at 7 a.m. Friday, with registration. At 9 a.m. a debate will be held in Hotel Tuller. During the day a basketball game will be held every hour, with the exception of the luncheon period. 

Joseph Karesh, of Minneapolis, grand aleph godol of the order will officiate at Friday night services at Shaar Hashomayim synagogue in Windsor. Edward L. Kay is president of the Detroit-Windsor council. 

Identifer: CJF.2014.010.004

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Description

Aleph Zadik Aleph is an international youth-led fraternity organization for Jewish teenagers founded in 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1925,  B’nai B’rith adopted Aleph Zadik Aleph as its primary youth program at their National Convention.

The Detroit-Windsor Council of AZA was formed July, 1929. Three chapters of AZA are represented on the council: Detroit No. 63, Adolph Freund No. 93, and Theodore Herzl No. 112.

The Detroit-Window Council put in a bid for the sixth international tournament, and the bid was accepted. The Tournament was held March 7-9, 1930.
 

Related Objects Letter to the Detroit-Windsor Council from the Supreme Advisory Council of the Order of Aleph Zadik Aleph, 1930 The Jewish Center Life, Vol. 6 No. 7, featuring dates for A.Z.A Meetings and Events Newspaper clippings regarding the A. Z. A. Detroit-Windor Council's Play, "Crooks for a Month," 1929 Program for the Sixth Annual Tournament of Aleph Zadik Aleph, hosted by the Detroit-Windsor Chapter, 1930 Letter of Congratulations from the Jewish Centers Associate to Edward Kay, 1930 Thank You Letter sent to Edward Kay from the Jewish Centers Association Photocopy of Photograph of Unknown Children Program for two performances put on by the Arts Society of Temple Beth El, January, 1930 Program for two performances put on by the Arts Society of Temple Beth El, March, 1930

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