Marking a new era of community involvement and leadership, Crown Heights Shul representatives (Netzigim) invited the new Vaad Hakohol/CHJCC Board of Directors to an inaugural meeting to build on the success of the recent election.
Your letter claims you had the pleasure of serving our community for 14 years. Is that a joke? We don’t get your sense of humor.
The newly elected board members of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council (CHJCC) and Vaad Hakohol are excited to announce their roles and share their plans for the future with the Crown Heights community.
It is with a profound sense of gratitude and fulfillment that we, Zaki Tamir, Fishel Brownstein, and Yossi Hackner, extend our heartfelt thanks to the most amazing community in the world.
Dear Fellow Residents of Crown Heights, We did it! Sincerely, Yisroel Wilhelm, Avi Lesches, Binyomin Dubroff, Moshe Berghoff, Shmuli Breshevitzki, and Meir Kahanov.
Hundreds of Crown Heights residents turned out Sunday for the first election for the Vaad Hakohol of Crown Heights in fourteen years. Following a successful voting day, the election results are in.
This Sunday, Crown Heights residents will go to the polls. Shul delegates, united behind the election, share the Rebbe’s message about voting and answers to frequent questions.
Amongst the many segments of our community in Crown Heights that has experienced tremendous growth, B”H, is the 60 and above demographic. We have already had the privilege to meet with the leaders of other JCCs and learned of the many government programs and funding opportunities that are available for our seniors
OneSlate, a slate of five candidates running in the Crown Heights Vaad Hakohol elections has released a video outlining some of the practical steps it plans to take to tackle the issues residents of Crown heights face.
As a long-time resident of Crown Heights, I’m deeply troubled by the fear-mongering tactics surfacing in our community elections. Our vibrant neighborhood deserves better than divisive campaigns.
With all the negative changes taking place in New York in the last few years, our neighborhood and community has experienced some of these changes as well, from increased crime to antisemitic incidents. We still have much work to do to restore a sense of safety and security on our streets.
Many people have been asking us, why are you running for the Vaad Hakohol/Crown Heights Jewish Community Council as a slate? This is the answer.
Until there is a significant change in the status quo, and the klepotocracy is replaced, the elections are unlikely to bring about the necessary improvements.
The upcoming Crown Heights elections are generating a buzz, especially among young voters aged 23-38. Here’s what the folks I spoke with are saying.
Five candidates for the Vaad Hakohol election have formed a Slate, providing a video outlining their drive to better Crown Heights and make the Shchuna the place the Rebbe wanted it to be.
Currently, the city is proposing a slew of government-funded development projects to be enacted in exactly this area. At this stage, some 2,000 units have already been approved, more than 1,000 of which will be designated homeless housing units. This is a direct threat to the hundreds of Jewish families who’ve settled in the vicinity, as well as to their non-Jewish neighbors, who likewise want clean and safe streets for their families.
Among the eight candidates running for the position of directors of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council and Va’ad HaKahal is a united group–a slate–of young men campaigning for change.
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