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BBYO (B'nai B'rith Youth Organization Inc. formerly part of B'nai B'rith International) is a Jewish teen movement, organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and headquartered in Washington, D.C.
The start of a new millennium brought many changes for the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization. In 2002, BBYO became a legally independent organization from B’nai B’rith International under the guidance and support of Lynn Schusterman, the Founding Chair of what is now just called BBYO.
Twenty years later, an assembly of young women founded the B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG), bringing BBYO to life in its fullest form. Together, AZA and BBG form the global Jewish teen Movement that now approaches its Centennial anniversary.
In the first two decades of the 20th century, B'nai B'rith launched three of today's major Jewish organizations: The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Hillel and BBYO (originally B'nai B'rith Youth Organization). Later, they would take on a life of their own with varying degrees of autonomy.
B’nai B’rith, becomes a leading constituent organization of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry’s successful campaign for a million signatures on petitions to the United Nations calling for international censure of the Soviet Union.
The B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG) was officially established in 1944 and the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) was born as the umbrella over both groups. The B’nai B’rith Youth Commission was established as BBYO’s governing body.
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For more than 95 years, BBYO‘s leadership programs, the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA, high school fraternity) and the B’nai B’rith Girls (BBG, high school sorority) have been providing exceptional leadership programs and identity enrichment experiences, shaping the confidence and character of more than 350,000 alumni who are among the most ...
