in and the acronym was established as its
official new name. Several leaders from the Jewish
community, such as key Jewish philanthropists,
alumni, Jewish Federation leadership and ’s International Teen Presidents (the Grand Aleph Godol and
International N’siah), formed a new Board of Directors
to assume governance over .
In , launched its international teen travel
program, now called Passport, which featured the historical International Leadership Seminar
in Israel (). During this time, International
Convention left Perlman Camp for the first time in
years and has been held in a different location every year since. Keeping with ’s mission to provide
a meaningful experience to Jewish teens of all ages,
’s th-th grade experience, now known as
Connect, was reestablished in the - programming year. Connect introduces to pre-high
school teens, while promoting Jewish community involvement between the Bar/Bat Mitzvah years and the
start of high school.
1948
1949
1955
AZA recognizes
State of Israel ahead
of independence
Silver Anniversary
Ceremony for AZA.
The organization
reaches a 25
year milestone
of service to the
Jewish Community.
International
Kallah established
at B’nai B’rith
Perlman Camp.
20
BBYO established
in Australia
and Belgium.