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Troop Down To 2 Scouts By Kevin Madigan
PAULSEN FOR POTUS
Rabbi Mark Hillel Kunis longs for a candidate we could trust to lie to us. Page 12
FAITH IN POLICE
Rabbi Hillel Norry joins a call for a plan of action to unite police and citizens within faith communities. Page 23
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Dennis Prager doesn’t hold back on his criticism of liberalism. Page 24
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AUGUST 19, 2016 | 15 AV 5776
Fest Flies Into Danger Zone The presidential election campaign figures to drive people into the danger zone, so the organizers of the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center decided to cut loose in November. Singer Kenny Loggins is opening the festival Nov. 5, three days before the election. He’ll talk about his new children’s book, “Footloose,” featuring dancing zoo animals, and he’ll play four or five songs. His appearance will be one of several lighthearted events at the 25th festival: • Hollywood agent Shep Gordon will present his memoir, “They Call Me Supermensch,” after a screening of the documentary about him, “Supermensch.”
• Carson Kressley of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” fame will appear with “Does This Book Make My Butt Look Big?” • Bravo’s Andy Cohen will close the festival Nov. 20 with memoir “Superficial.” The fest won’t be all fun and games. The nonfiction includes “Transitions,” the memoir of Moshe Dayan’s daughter, Yael, and Peter Bergen’s work on homegrown terrorists, “United States of Jihad.” Fiction highlights include Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Here I Am” and Alice Hoffman’s “Faithful.” Atlantajewishtimes.com has the full lineup. Individual tickets and series passes go on sale Sept. 1 at atlantajcc.org. ■
Boy Scout Troop 73, based at Congregation Or VeShalom, is down to two members, putting the group’s future in jeopardy after 66 years in existence. But the troop’s leader, 94-year-old Josiah Benator, marking his 81st anniversary in Scouting, is not giving up. “The problem is that most of the 12-to-13-age youths are overburdened with other activities,” Benator said. He cited the Internet and other pastimes. And “our Jewish youth at that age are already involved with bar mitzvah preparation activities,” he said. “I haven’t had any new boys for the last two or three years,” Benator said. Five boys are required for the troop’s annual registration; the deadline is December. The troop started in 1950, and the Brookhaven synagogue has been its home since 1958. Most of the members have been Jews, Benator said, but a few Christians have been in Troop 73. A total of 50 boys from the troop have earned Eagle rank. “We have an excellent program working with our Scouts in their advancement,” Benator said. Steps are being taken to boost the ranks, he said. “We have put signs up at our synagogue and contacted the Sunday school program at OVS for possible candidates. Our weekly bulletin includes an invitation for joining our troop. We have contacted the two Cub packs in our neighborhood for boys reaching 11 to visit our troop, with no responses. We will contact them again.” ■