THE FOUNDING AND EARLY HISTORY OF
THE ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH
TIMELINE
The organization that was to become the Aleph Zadik
Aleph came together in early . A group of Jewish
boys in Omaha, Nebraska, organized a fraternity and
named it the “Aleph Zadik Aleph,” using Hebrew letters
in the style of Greek fraternities, which often excluded
Jews. The group elected Abe Baboir as their first president and chose a local chemist, Nathan Mnookin, to
be their first advisor. existed mainly as a local
social group until Mnookin moved to Kansas City a
few months later, where he founded a second chapter.
The first chapter was without an advisor until it
approached Sam Beber with a proposal.
Beber accepted the post under one condition: he told
the young men that he envisioned the creation of an
organization of Jewish fraternities that would stretch
beyond the United States to encompass the entire
world. Beber wanted the Omaha Jewish fraternity to
be the starting point of his vision.
It was with this intention that Beber called a meeting
on May , . On this day, in the home of Harry Lapi1923
So many important events
and occurrences have
happened since 1924 that
a timeline structure is
perhaps the best way to
understand the gradual
development of the AZA
program into what it is today.
Fourteen boys in Omaha,
Nebraska form the Aleph
Zadik Aleph (AZA). Abe
Baboir is elected as the
first president and Nathan
Mnookin is the first advisor.
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