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British Jewish Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary with "Centenary Camp"
Over 700 Attend Including a Delegation from France
May, 2009
The National Jewish Scout Fellowship (NJSF) held a "Centenary Camp" on May 22-25, 2009 with over 700 Jewish Scouts and leaders in attendance. It was the first such event of its type in England. The Camp was organized to commemorate the oldest Jewish troop in Scouting, located in Leeds, England.
According to Andrew Marks, Chairman of the National Jewish Scout Fellowship, the UK Scout Association, "produced the incorporation documents for the troop and we can now confirm that this scout troop is the oldest Jewish Scout Troop in the world. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) covered the event on one of its nightly news casts. The video can be viewed by clicking here. (http://www.jewishscouting.org/news/stuff/bbctvcentenaryvideo.wmv)
Jewish Scouts from Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs Israelites de France (EEIF) were in attendance as well. The EEIF represents Jewish Scouting in France. Jewish Scouts from around the world have been invited to attend in 2010, which will mark the 100th anniversary of Scouting in the United States.
The National Jewish Scout Fellowship (NJSF) is a member of the UK (United Kingdom) Scout Association which in turn belongs to the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). The NJSF and the EEIF are founding members, along with the National Jewish Committee on Scouting (NJCOS) located in the United States, of the International Forum of Jewish Scouts (IFJS).
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