New Details Revealed After Historic Crown Heights Meeting Of Netzigim
by CrownHeights.info
The meeting of Crown Heights Netzigim that took place Tuesday night in Crown Heights has all the signs of success after new details were published by the Crown Heights Jewish community council.
“On Tuesday night, 28 Teves, was the initial meeting of representatives of Crown Heights Shuls to begin preparations for the election of a new Board of Directors for Crown Heights Jewish Community Council and Vaad Hakohol Deshchunas Crown Heights,” they wrote in a press release. “The most recent election took place in 2010 and the officials elected at that time have served until now, close to 14 years.”
Speaking at the event were a lineup of people, including both Harav Avrohom Osdoba, Harav Yosef Braun of the Crown Heights Beis Din, and Rabbi Michoel Chazan, former Board member and Rabbi of Kingsbrook Medical Center.
Rabbi Osdoba, in his remarks, emphasized the importance of ensuring that every conversation in our homes be respectful and full of Torah content. Rabbi Braun spoke of the power of a community in that it takes a multitude of individual opinions and turns them into a new entity of the opinion of the community.
Members of the existing Vaad Hakohol Zaki Tamir and Rabbi Eli Cohen also spoke at the meeting, pointing out that the election of the new Vaad will be a first step towards also filling the third position on the Beis Din that has been empty since the passing of Rabbi Schwei Z”L.
At the meeting, an agenda was proposed to advance towards an election to be held IY”H after Shavuos. Three committees were formed to move the agenda forward, and many of the representatives present volunteered for the committees.
“The outreach committee will be working to expand on the work started by Yudi Gruenberg, a relatively new resident of Crown Heights, and organizer of the newly revamped Mishpat Shalom initiative, who has already secured the participation of 50 of the approximately 80 shuls in Crown Heights,” The press release said. “The majority of those shuls had a representative at the meeting, and it is hoped that by the time of the next meeting there should be at least 75% participation, including many more of the new young shuls and class minyanim of Crown Heights. Any Shul that would like to participate should contact Yudi at the Mishpat Shalom number, 718 604-8000 ext 6.”
Also under formation from the meeting are the Election Committee that will organize the actual election process, sending out notices, identifying candidates and conducting the polls on Election Day. A Bylaws Committee was also formed to look at adjustments and updates that need to be made to the community bylaws to account for new circumstances, like the extension of the community boundaries and new not-for-profit laws in New York State.
“The entire meeting was conducted in a spirit of unity and cooperation and the hope was expressed that this peaceful and forward-looking approach will continue throughout the entire process until the election and beyond,” they said.
The following Shuls have indicated that they wish to participate and named a representative so far:
94 Shul-96 Shul-99 Class Shull (534)-Agudas Israel-Agudas basement 96-Ahavas Achim Empire Shtiebel-Ahavas Moische Maple Street Shul/Itchke’s-Aliya Bais Laime-Anshe Moshe-Anshe Rubushov-Anshei Maaseh-Bais Binyamin-Bais Menachem Mendel-cong 935-Beis Gimpel Chaim-Beis Levi Yitschok-Cong Adas Yisroel-Beis Shmuel-Bnei Solomon Zalman Frankel-Bris Sholom the Best Shul-Chevra Ahavas Yisroel-Chevra Shas-Cong Yaakov Yehuda-David Gershon-Der Shtible-French Shul-F.R.E.E.-Anshei Lubavitch-Getzel Shul-Hadar Hatorah-Merkaz Avreichim-Ktav Sofer-Mayanot-Menachem’s Shul-Mishkan Menachem JCM-Nosson’s Shul-Rayim Ahuvim-Reb Michoels Minyan-Mitzvah Center-Sosnowiec-The Besht Center-The Crown Heights Shul-The Lincoln Place Shul-The Shul-The Shul Beis Moshe-Unzer Shul-Zevi’s Shul-Brownsville JCC
