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New Orleans synagogue, Scouts part ways over membership policy

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The Times-Picayune

A major synagogue in New Orleans has told the Boy Scouts it’s no longer willing to partner with the organization because the Scouts deny membership to gay troop leaders and Scouts. The membership posture disappoints AJ Kreimer, a faculty member at Temple’s Fox School of Business and chairman of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, because he fears it will deprive many Jewish youth of the benefits of Scouting. “Scouting has had a profound impact on my life professionally and personally,” he said.