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46 June 16
a 2011
brother, Solomon. It will be stored in the
ark Josh built as his Eagle Scout project.
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Josh Kahn accepts a Torah from his
Josh Kahn stands beside the ark
that he built.
Then the work began, including
inviting fellow students to work with
him and guiding them to bring his
0 my 5 percent of the young
design to life.
men who are Boy Scouts
"I picked people I knew could han-
become Eagle Scouts,
dle the work, but I still had to make
the organization's highest rank of
sure they did everything right;' he
advancement. On June 7, Frankel
said. "A few times, things were messed
Jewish Academy senior Joshua Kahn
up and we had to start over."
joined this select group in the Court of
Everything went as smooth as
Honor attended by fellow Scouts, his
planed wood during the Court of
Scoutmasters, friends and family.
Honor. Joined by his Scout members
Josh followed in the path of David
from Troop 364 and their Scoutmaster
Solomon (FJA '09), who also attained
Steven Graff, family, friends and fellow
his Eagle ranking his senior year.
students, Josh Kahn was presented his
To fulfill the Eagle Scout's leader-
Eagle Scout badge by Louis Sugarman,
ship service project requirement, Josh, Troop 364's founding Scoutmaster.
son of Elaine and Richard Kahn of
"Still waters run deep:' Sugarman
Oak Park, built an Aron HaKodesh
said about Josh. He recalled a canoe
(Torah ark) for FJA.
trip during which Josh paddled the
"I wanted to build something for
entire way, allowing a fellow scout who
my school;' he recalled. "It came down had stayed up late the night before to
to, 'What does the school need?' They
make up lost sleep.
needed an aron."
The formation of Troop 364, which
Josh's project involved a level of
is Sabbath and kashrut observant,
organization; his notes filled a note-
made it possible for Josh to become
book two inches thick. There were
involved in Scouting. "I had prayed
funds to raise, fellow students to
for years that such a troop would be
instruct in woodworking skills, mate-
formed," recalled Elaine Kahn.
rials to order. But first Josh had to
"Josh embodies the four pillars that
design the ark and for that he turned
define the Frankel Jewish Academy's
to his woodworking teacher at FJA,
mission," said Rabbi Eric Grossman,
Ted Harper.
head of school. "At a time when most
"Mr. Harper was extraordinarily
of society judges itself according to
helpful," Josh said. "We kept the design their own values, Scouts hold them-
simple — no curves or intense carv-
selves to values established from
ing." Josh's design complemented the
without." 1 - 1
Torah table David Solomon built for
the school as part of his Eagle Scout
Debra Darvick handles communications
project.
for FJA.