Family Focus

Blowing Their Shofars

Conservative synagogues charter a joint Cub Scout pack.

Cub Scouts Solomon Kahn, 10, of Oak Park and
Zack Roberts, 8, of West Bloomfield examine
several different horns.

Rabbi Aharon Davidson explains about the many kinds of horns that can be made into shofars.

ewish Cub Scout Pack 613 kicked
off its Scout year by making
shofars with the Congregation
B'nai Moshe men's club. Fifteen scouts,
along with families attending the program,
learned from Rabbi Aharon Davidson how
shofars are made and what horns may and
may not be used.
Then each Scout sanded and polished
his own shofar for Rosh Hashanah — and
all of the shofars work!
The Scouts have an exciting year
planned filled with Scout activities and
Jewish programs, including the Raingutter
Regatta, the Pinewood Derby, numerous
outings and community service projects,
and one or more weekend overnights.
Pack 613 was chartered this year
by United Synagogue of Conservative
Judaism in cooperation with local

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Conservative synagogues Adat Shalom
in Farmington Hills, Beth Ahm in West
Bloomfield, Beth Shalom in Oak Park,
B'nai Moshe in West Bloomfield and
Shaarey Zedek of Oakland County.
While a number of the synagogues have
worked to establish and maintain indi-
vidual packs on their own, the community
is better served when Jewish children
are able to be with other Jewish children,
regardless of affiliation, said co-Cubmaster
Stuart Sherman.
"David Lerner and I have worked very
hard to bring this vision to reality, and we
both did this for our kids;' he said.
"What an exciting opportunity for our
young men to enjoy the friendship and
camaraderie of Jewish boys from through-
out our Jewish community and have all
the fun that makes Cub Scouting such a
great youth program;' said Allen Olender,

acting chairman of national relationships
for the National Jewish Committee on
Scouting/Boy Scouts of America.
"The new Jewish Community Scout pro-
gram being established by Pack 613 will
surely be a national model from which
to base the continued growth of Jewish
Scouting."
Pack 613 is open to all Jewish boys in
grades 2-5 whatever their affiliation. For
further information on Pack 613 and
Jewish Scouting, contact Stuart Sherman
at (248) 649-1900 or David Lerner at
(248) 901-4010. ❑

Justin Sherman, 10, of Birmingham
and his grandfather Donald Sherman of
Southfield work on their shofars.