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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. It is for teens starting in 8th grade, through 12th grade.
1949 Jewish fraternity and sorority gathering in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S. This is a list of historically Jewish fraternities and sororities in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] These organizations exemplify (or exemplified) a range of "Jewishness"; some are historically Jewish in origin but later became strictly secular. Some ...
The organization is intended to build the identity of Jewish teens and offer leadership development programs. [ 1 ] On June 19, 2001, the movement split from B'nai B'rith International , which had been its parent organization, to become incorporated as B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Inc. [ 2 ]
B'nai B'rith International (/ b ə ˌ n eɪ ˈ b r ɪ θ / bə-NAY BRITH; [1] from Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרִית, romanized: b'né brit, lit. 'Children of the Covenant') [2] is a leading American 501(c)(3) nonprofit [3] Jewish service organization and was formerly a cultural association for German Jewish immigrants to the United States. [4]
The Independent Order Brith Sholom (Hebrew: "Covenant of Peace") is a Jewish fraternal organization, [1] founded in 1905 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the Jewish Communal Register of New York City, 1917-1918 , in that year, Brith Sholom had 378 lodges nationwide that included 52,596 members, and had 88 lodges in ...
Grand United Order of True Reformers - Founded in 1873 in Kentucky and Alabama, an African American fraternal organization that was White-led by the Independent Order of Good Templars. [9] Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers – Founded in c. 1875 in Richmond, Virginia, by the Rev. William Washington Browne.
The New Fraternal Jewish Association was founded in Toronto in January 1960 by approximately 200 former members of the United Jewish People's Order who had left UJPO for not being critical enough of the Soviet Union.
The organization presents the following mission statement, as stated in the preamble to its constitution: B'nai Brith has taken upon itself the mission of uniting person of the Jewish faith in the work of promoting their highest interest and those of humanity; of developing and elevating the mental and moral character of the people of our faith; of inculcating the purest principles of ...