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Tightening Up

Youth group leaders maintain enforcement
of staff regulations and teen safety.

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well as the selection and supervision
the chapter advisers, all volunteers.
The hiring of staff is not taken
lightly within Michigan BBYO.
Weiner is responsible for recruiting
and interviewing the paid staff. "I lo c
for. a role modeling aspect," he said.
personnel committee of adults and
youth leadership review Weiner's rec-
ommendations.
Weiner meets with the assistant
directors on a regular basis to discuss
supervision and related issues. In 30
years with the organi-
zation, he said he has
had few concerns wit
the behavior of staff.
"Once or twice, a
young adviser may
have thoughts of dat-
ing a member," Weine
said. "I let the person
go — he doesn't
understand the role of
the group."

n the wake of the June 23
allegations of abuse of teens
by a National Conference of
Synagogue Youth rabbi, local
leaders of other movements say no
such incidents have been reported
here.
In addition to the Orthodox
NCSY, the major Detroit area Jewish
youth organizations include B'nai
B'rith Youth
Organization
(BBYO), the
Conservative move-
ment's United
Synagogue Youth
(USY), and the
Reform movement's
North American
Federation of Temple
Youth (NFTY).
NCSY Director of
Regions Rabbi
Baruch Lanner is the
USY Policies
focus of a NCSY
In the Conservative
Special Commission
USY and the Reform
investigation of alle-
NFTY, staff are hired
gations of physical,
BBYOs Arnold Weiner
through individual syn-
emotional and sexual
agogues that house thei
abuse of teens. He resigned from his
own chapters and set their own policies .
position, following the report of
United Synagogue Youth is the
dozens of allegedly unanswered com-
youth arm of the New York-based
plaints made by current and former
United Synagogue of Conservative
NCSY youth over a 30-year period.
Judaism (USCJ), with NFTY part of
NCSY is the youth arm of the New
the Union of American Hebrew
York-based Orthodox Union. This
Congregations, also based in New
week, Dr. Mandell I. Ganchrow, OU
York.
president, announced the addition of
In Michigan, approximately 300
a pediatrician, Dr. Susan K.
sixth- through 12th-graders participate
Schulman, to the now nine-member
in USY, focusing on religious, social,
commission. Her expertise is in the
cultural, educational and community-
area of effects of child molestation.
service involvement.
On the local level, synagogue-
BBYO Policies
employed staff supervise events.
Synagogue staff in host cities, as well
Housed in the Jewish Community
as local USY alumni, oversee kids at
Center in West Bloomfield, BBYO is
regional programs.
locally headed by Arnold Weiner,
A summer camp lasting six days
senior executive regional director. .
goes on at Camp Wise in Burton,
Most of Michigan BBYO's 975 mem-
Ohio, each August. Run by staff
bers are involved in one of 25 volun-
hired by USY, policies of no physi-
teer-led chapters. Assistant BBYO
cal contact and no verbal abuse of
directors oversee seventh- and eighth-
campers are included in a contract
graders in the Teen Connection, as

