General Lingo:

• AZA - Aleph Zadik Aleph,  standing for Ahava Tzadakah Achdu't, meaning brotherhood, charity and unity. BBYO boys.
• BBG - B’nai B’rith Girls
• Ruach - Means “spirit” in Hebrew. Show this by chanting.
• MIT - Members in Training, an evening for members to learn about BBYO.
• PIT - Parents in Training, an evening for parents to learn about BBYO.
• YOFI - Youth Organisations Funding Initiative. Each chapter raises money to compete for the YOFI cup, where the money raised goes to charity.
• Madrich/a - Means “Leader” in Hebrew (m/f).
• Boger/Bogeret - Means Graduates. They are graduates of BBYO who help staff events (m/f)
• Me’itanu - Means “From Us” in Hebrew. BBYO magazine.
• Tzevet - Means “Staff” in Hebrew. People who run these fantastic events.

Events:

• CLTC - Chapter Leadership Training Camp. A weekend for those newly elected on chapter execs.
• Convention - Long winter weekend event.
• New Members Weekend - Long weekend run for new members of BBYO.
• National Weekend - A social interactive event.
• ETC - Executive Training Camp. The first step to becoming a BBYO leader.
• Shorashim - Means “Roots” in Hebrew. Summer Camp for ages 13-15.
• DLTC - District Leadership Training Camp. More advanced leadership training.
• Veida - Means “Conference” in Hebrew. The Annual General Meeting is held and the new national executive are elected, signalling the beginning of a new BBYO year.

Chapters:

• Birmingham
• Brighton
• Deganya (Edgware)
• Dublin
• HaGiS (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
• Masada (Woodside Park)
• Radlett
• Yoni (Nottingham)

Chapter Terminology:

• Chapter - Holds meetings run by executives (execs) regionally each week.
• Exec - Runs weekly meetings. Made up of President, Vice, Admin, Welfare, JZA, Programmer.
• President - Runs the show.
• Vice - In charge of the chapter membership, helps the Pres.
• Admin - Handles money, secretary.
• Welfare - In charge of making sure that the members are aware of current affairs.
• Programmer - Writes and organises the weekly chapter programmes.
• JZA - Jewish and Zionist awareness officer.
• National Exec - After being on your chapter exec, you can run for National, to run events for the whole district.

BBYO’s 5 Ideologies:

• Pluralism - BBYO is an open space for everyone to share and discuss all the different types of Judaism.
• Judaism
• Activism - Action to help improving and repairing the world through positive deeds.
• Peer Leadership - A leader organises, inspires and takes responsibility for a group.
• Zionism - a commitment to the concept of Jewish peoplehood (Am Yisrael), and the expression of that in the land of Israel.