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couple of times a month out of the same
sense of loyalty and pride in the troop.
There are four active assistant Scout-
masters and another dozen registered
assistants, most of them college students
who keep their hands in when they're
home from school. When the troop is on a
trek a group of parents called "Gofers"
run the necessary errands so the Scouts
can keep going. Frequently the Scouts are
guests of their far-flung alumni when
they're trekking. "We have old Scouts,
literally all over the world, who yearn for
the dav when the troop comes by and they
can host us," Merv Sluizer said.
Troop 185 is an integral part of the
youth programs of Congregation Adath
Jeshurun. "We would not have supported
the troop for 55 years if it didn't have
value for us," Rabbi Seymour Rosen-
bloom said.
The congregation also has a very active
United Synagogue Youth program, which
aims to provide spiritual training, in-
volvement in the congregation, and cul-
tural, educational, and social experiences
for both boys and girls from third grade
through high school.
"The aims of Scouting are similar to
USY's in some respects, different in
others." Rabbi Rosenbloom said. "Scout-
ing is an adjunct of our youth programs."
Part of its value lies in the fact that it
draws some boys who are not attracted by
USY's offerings.
Of the 500 Jewish units in the BSA, half
are chartered to synagogues, according to
Rabbi Kraus of the national staff.
Another 30 percent are chartered to
Jewish co mm unity centers, and the
remainder are split among Jewish War
Veterans posts, B'nai B'rith chapters, and
Jewish day schools. "Our greatest growth
has been in packs and troops in Orthodox
synagogues and day schools," Rabbi
Kraus said.
"Generally Scouting has been viewed
as a competitive force rather than as
complementary," he said. "The initial
response of leaders is skepticism. Once the
rabbi and congregation are apprised of
what Scouting can do for them, they are
usually very receptive. I have yet to meet a
rabbi who says that Scouting can't fill a
void in a congregation's youth programs
once it is fully explained."
Troop 185 Committee Chairman Dave
Ellis agrees: "We have to go out and show
people that Scouting's programs can
strengthen the bonds between the kid and
the Jewish community and that the ideals
of Scouting are not different from the
ideals of Judaism. We need to show that
Scouting's ideals reinforce the Jewish
sense of communal responsibility and
communal involvement." ■
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