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Simon Wender Pice-President C LIMAXING fourteen years of outstanding achievement as a bene factor of Jewish youth in the South, the Southern Young Judaea Association will con vene in Atlanta, August 6-9 for four days of business and enter tainment. Approximately 250 delegates and visitors from the various cities of the South are expected to attend. According to Sylvan A. Makover, convention city chairman, the most complete program of ac tivities possible has been arranged for this 14th annual convention, to be known as the “Yod” or “Mighty” convention. All plans seem to indicate the most successful convention in Young Judaean history. In addition to the regular business meet ings, there will occur the Maccabiad athletic com petitions, a dinner-dance, a theater party, a nov elty dance, a sight-seeing tour of the city, a fare well dance finale, a swimming party, and several Young Judaea cultural projects. The Maccabiad is an innovation in the program of Young Judaea. It is to be modeled after the Jewish Maccabiad, held for the first time last year in Palestine where Jewish athletes from all countries of the world vied for athletic honors in contests similar to the World Olympics. Each Southern c i t v w i t h Young Judaea clubs will send representatives to participate in the swim ming races, diving con tests, and the tennis tour nament for both boys and girls. Also for the first time, a plaque will be awarded to the best all-around club in the southern as sociation. The plaque is given by Sidney Parks, president of this region, in order to recognize out standing clubs for their work. The contest has been in progress for practically a year, and the final result will be an nounced at the convention. In order to entertain the visitors and delegates, the convention six'ial arrangements committee has planned a most elaborate series of affairs. 'The so cial highlight of the convention will be a novelty night club dance at Peachtree Gardens on the night of August 7. This affair promises to lx* one of the most brilliant affairs ever staged at a Y oung Ju daea convention. Other social events include a dinner-dance in the ballroom of the Jewish Educa tional Alliance on the opening night, a theater party at the Erlanger Theater on Tuesday night, and a farewell dance at the Jewish Progressive Club the final night of the convention. The Southern Young Judaea Association is a branch of National Y'oung Judaea, a Jewish youth movement dedicated to the mental, moral and physical development of young Jewry. Organized 25 years ago by a group of young men in the city By Simon Wonder of New York as a part of the Zionist Organiza tion of America, Y'oung Judaea has now become national in scope with an active membership of thousands of Jewish boys and girls. It purports to foster a Jewish environment in the club and to instill in the youth a love for Jewish history and culture. The first convention of the Southern region was held in Memphis, Tenn., in 1920. Since that time the Southern association has grown until it now comprises more than 60 clubs with a mem bership of 500 boys and girls in 16 Southern cities. Permanent headquarters of the association are in Atlanta. Mr. Edward M. Kahn, executive director of the Jewish Educational Alliance in Atlanta, and an authority on Jewish social and youth prob- Chairman SYLVAN M In charge of the "Mighty Advisor EDWARD M. KAHN lems, is the advisor of the associa tion. At this convention Mr. Kahn will lead discussions on AKOVER, Y'oung Judaea project work and on Convention leaders’ problems. Officers of the Southern association are: Sidney Parks, Atlanta, president; Simon Wender, At lanta; Dave Herman and Julius Katz, New Or leans, vice-presidents; Nace Cohen, Atlanta, sec retary; Mose E. Brener, New Orleans, treasurer; Ix»ttie Goncher, Atlanta, convention city secre tary; Joseph Cuba, Atlanta, chairman of executive board; and Edward M. Kahn, Atlanta, advisor. The official program for the convention follows: SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 10:00-12:00 A. M.—Registration (Jewish Edu cational Alliance). 2:00 P. M.—Opening meeting. 4:00 P. M.—Sight-seeing tour. 7:30 P. M.—Dinner-dance (J. E. A.). MONDAY, AUGUST 7 9:30 A. M.—First business meeting. 1:30 P. M.—Committee meetings. 3:30 P. M.— Panel discussion meeting. 9:30 I*. M.—Night Glub Dance (Peachtree Gar dens). TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 9:30 A. M.—Second business meeting. 2:30 P. M.—Maccabiad Day (Piedmont Park) | 3:30 P. M.—Leaders’ Discussion Group. 8:00 P. M.—Theater Party (Erlanger Theater followed by swimming party (Can dler’s Pool). WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9 9:30 A. M.—Cultural Session. 2:30 P. M.—Final business meeting. 9:30 P. M.—Farewell dance (Jewish Progrr' sive Club). All business and cultural sessions are to be held at the Jewish Educational Alliance. The Atlanta committee in charge of. all ar rangements, con sists of Sylvan A. Makover, general convention chair man ; Nathan Cohen, publicity; Bertha Fisher, housing ; Sara Bromberg and Abe Alterman, athletics; Nace Cohen, hospital ity; Max Kitten- baum, finance; and Leonard Green baum, dat President SIDNEY PARKS, . . will present a plaque . . mg. I he panel discussion meeting to be held <>n Monday afternoon is something novel in Southern conventions. Mr. Kahn will be discussion leader of the panel. Other panel participants will include David Gershon, president of the Atlanta Council of Young Judaea. Joseph Cuba, Simon Wender and Simon Noveck, of Atlanta. The topic to he thoroughly discussed from various angles is I he Relatumship of Young Judaea to the New l*rob- lems of Jewish Y outh in America.” The panel db- cussion, which allows no prepared speeches or pa pers, should be of value and interest to even one A symposium on “The Y'oung Judaea Program and Community Service” will constitute the pro gram for Wednesday morning. Mr. Charles ^ ■ Bergman, of Atlanta, member of the Board of 1 du- cation, will speak on “How Can Y oung Judaea Serve the Community?” Other topics to be dis cussed at the symposium are “Spreading Y oung Judaea Through the South.” and “Coordinating the Programs of Jewish Y outh Organization" in the South.” I hus, this convention, because it will contain such innovations as the Maccabiad, the awa cf the Parks plaque, a panel discussion on a n teresting subject, and because of its well-rou ^ social events and business meetings and its - •attendance has well earned its name ot “Mighty Convention.” Southern Young Judaea Convention [6] * THE SOUTHERN ISRAEI