Girl Scout Shabbat This Friday

Girl Scouts, Brownies and Daisies of all denominations are invited to a Girl Scout Shabbat (Sabbath) this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at , 558 High Mountain Rd. in Franklin Lakes.

The service celebrates the 99th anniversary of the founding the Girl Scout organization by Juliet Gordon Low and will be lead by Rabbi Joshua B. Cohen, whose daughter Sidney is a Daisy, the name given to scouts in kindergarden and first-grade. Daisy was also Low's nickname. 

Each March, churches and synagogues across the country participate in Girl Scout Shabbat or Girl Scout Sabbath. The event is being sponsored by Daisy troop 4643 from Gerrard Berman Day School in Oakland. 

"We felt that it was important that our school have a Jewish troop since most troops that meet at public schools conduct activities that are forbidden on the Jewish Sabbath," explained co-leader Barbra Lieberstein, who founded the troop with Natalie Terdiman, its other co-leader. 

The brief, 40-minute service will include the history of the founding of the Girl Scouts, honor all Girl Scout troops in the area and include other readings pertaining to annual service.  The girls will also recite The Girl Scout Law. The service will be followed by refreshments, including Girl Scout cookies.  All troops on any denomination are invited and the event is free.