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updated seals for the B’nai B’rith Girls and Aleph Zadik Aleph. The th/th (-) Executive Body and their programming positioned  and  as the future of Jewish peoplehood, as  teens led the charge against bullying and worked collaboratively with the Coalition of Jewish Teens (), the teen leaders of the other Jewish youth movements, to ensure that Jewish teen life would be safe for all teens. The th/th (-) programming year had a renewed focus on the chapters, with a theme of “From the Roots We Build” that was present on all levels of the Movement and resulted in ’s largest International Convention, hosted in Washington, DC. In , the Aleph Zadik Aleph and B’nai B’rith Girls celebrate the milestone anniversaries of  and  years of providing Jewish teens around the world with leadership opportunities, meaningful connections to Judaism and lasting friendships. The first decade of the twenty-first century redefined our Order. Anita Perlman’s dream to provide a meaningful experience to Jewish teens has spread across the world and shows no signs of slowing down. 1948 1955 Dr. Max F. Baer becomes the International Director of BBYO. The first Leadership Training Institute is planned. It is part of International Convention and it stresses Judaism and democratic leadership. BBYO is established in Australia and Belgium. 23