Just after the turn of the new millennium, many changes for the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization occurred. Our Order became a legally independent entity from B'nai B'rith International in 2002 and BBYO, Inc. was established as its official new name. Several leaders from the Jewish community, such as key Jewish philanthropists, BBYO alumni, Jewish Federation leadership, and BBYO's International Teen Presidents (the Grand Aleph Godol and International N'siah), formed a new Board of Directors to assume governance over BBYO.
While traditional summer programs such as CLTC, ILTC and Kallah continue to be offered, a new slate of Israel trips and community service programs grew extensively. In 2004, BBYO launched its international teen travel program, now called BBYO Passport, and restored its historical International Leadership Seminar in Israel (ILSI). The organization also created the BBYO Panim Institute, which offers premiere service learning opportunities open to members and non-members of BBYO. During this time, International Convention also left Camp Perlman for the first time in 50 years and convened at Camp Ramah Darom outside of Atlanta, GA in February 2006, and has been held in a different location every year since. Keeping with Aleph Zadik Aleph's mission to provide a meaningful experience to Jewish teens of all ages, BBYO's 6th-8th grade experience, now known as BBYO Connect, was reestablished in the 2007-2008 programming year. BBYO Connect positions BBYO as a 'rite of passage' for pre-high school teens, while promoting Jewish community involvement from pre-bar/bat mitzvah through the high school years.
In recent years, BBYO and the Aleph Zadik Aleph have encouraged our members to become involved with community service both in and out of the Jewish community. The 85th/65th (2008 - 2009) International Boards introduced Stand UP - BBYO's service, philanthropy, and advocacy campaign. The 86th/66th (2010-2011) Executive Body ignited a renaissance of globalization - reconnecting BBYO worldwide and establishing new partnerships with twenty Jewish teen communities across the globe. The 2010-2011 programming year also yielded the introduction of "Speak UP for Israel", BBYO's campaign for Israel education and advocacy.
The first decade of the twenty-first century redefined our Order. Sam Beber's dream to provide a meaningful experience to Jewish teens has spread across the world and shows no signs of slowing down.
