(Jerusalem Post) A troop of 11-13-year-old Jewish Girl Scouts in Scarsdale, New York, who were warned by the national Girl Scouts against marching in uniform at the annual Israel Day Parade because it would be "insensitive to Arab Scouts," received a last minute okay, a troop leader said. Though the national Girl Scouts urges its scouts to join parades of other cultures as a gesture of solidarity - such as Mexican pride, Hispanic heritage, and Asian New Year - it has told Jewish troops in the past that a parade for Israel is different because it is political and other parades are ethnic.
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