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by Michoel Chazan
Sholom U’vracha

Years ago the Girl Scouts of America were looking for Girl Scout leaders. They put out an advertisement of a Martian coming to earth and saying to a little girl scout “take me to your leader.” The little Girl Scout girl replies “we don’t have a leader”. The problem in Crown Heights might be that, we have too much leadership. We have two Bais Dins, two Vaad Hakahols, two sets of Netzigim, two patrols, not to mention the meshichisten and non meshichisten, and a slew of many wonderful Mosdos that do amazing Chesed. The one thing we lack in the community is a Kehila.

I once asked Rabbi Osdoba why Williamsburg is able to accomplish things that are out of reach for us in Crown Heights. He answered, in Williamsburg, there is a Kehila. The Kehila made shuls, schools and mikvas. In Crown Heights we have shuls, schools and mikvas. Now we want to build a Kehila. It’s not easy to work backwards. While there are wonderful mosdos in Crown Heights, many people feel they don’t belong anywhere. If a Martian told me “take me to your leader” I wouldn’t know where to turn.

Op-Ed: To the Crown Heights Community

by Michoel Chazan

Sholom U’vracha

Years ago the Girl Scouts of America were looking for Girl Scout leaders. They put out an advertisement of a Martian coming to earth and saying to a little girl scout “take me to your leader.” The little Girl Scout girl replies “we don’t have a leader”. The problem in Crown Heights might be that, we have too much leadership. We have two Bais Dins, two Vaad Hakahols, two sets of Netzigim, two patrols, not to mention the meshichisten and non meshichisten, and a slew of many wonderful Mosdos that do amazing Chesed. The one thing we lack in the community is a Kehila.

I once asked Rabbi Osdoba why Williamsburg is able to accomplish things that are out of reach for us in Crown Heights. He answered, in Williamsburg, there is a Kehila. The Kehila made shuls, schools and mikvas. In Crown Heights we have shuls, schools and mikvas. Now we want to build a Kehila. It’s not easy to work backwards. While there are wonderful mosdos in Crown Heights, many people feel they don’t belong anywhere. If a Martian told me “take me to your leader” I wouldn’t know where to turn.

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Baby Boy!

Mendel and Esther (nee Fajnland) Scharf from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Aharon and Rivka (nee Felberman) Simon from Dallas, TX had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Chaim and Chaya Pape from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Levi and Miri Tenenbaum from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Yisroel and Chanie Mogilevsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Moshe and Sarah Spalter from Lake Forest, IL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Levi Itshak Cohen (Versailles, France) to Hanni Sitruk (Paris, France)
New Engagement!

Meir Yabra (Crown Heights) to Chaya Spritzer (Monroe Township, NJ) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Oct. 7th, 8:30pm at The Shull 481 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

David and Elka (nee Boymelgreen) New from Miami, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Boy!

Mechy and Dini (nee Riechman) Weiss from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Srulik Perlman (Canadensis, PA) to Shoshi Wertheimer (Queens, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at the JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Mendel Kopf (Nice, France) to Haya Touitou (Yerres,France)
New Engagament!

Levi Sudak (Edgware, UK) to Muka Sandhaus (Thornhill, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
New Engagement!

Dovid Dworcan (Montreal, Canada) to Mushka Lieberman (West Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Upper Level
New Engagement!

Yisroel Meir Kasowitz (Lauderhill/Hollywood, FL) to Sima Steifel (Longmeadow, MA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 6:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
Baby Girl!

Yisroel Noach and Slava Blank from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Shmully and Dina Hecht from Crown Heights had a baby boy!

NCFJE Annual Legislative Breakfast

(L-R) Rabbi Sholem B. Hecht, Chairman Executive Committee, Recipient of the “Ish Hachesed Award” Rabbi Avrohom Lider, Founder and Exec, Director of Ahavas Chesed and Chaplain Kings County Hospital, Rabbi Shimon Hecht, Senior Chabad and NCFJE Emissary of Brownstone Brooklyn, member of NCFJE Executive Committee, Chaplain Methodist Hospital and Rabbi Shea Hecht, NCFJE Chairman – Board of Trustees.

NCFJE recently celebrated 68 Years of Empowerment of serving the educational, social, religious and humanitarian needs of the community. The annual breakfast honored elected officials, public servants and business leaders who play a vital role in shaping the growth of New York City and its communities.

More in the Extended Article!

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Beis Shmuel Welcomes New Safer Torah

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — While the Backer family was celebrating the completion of their Safer Torah Sunday afternoon, another Siyum Safer Torah took place in Crown Heights. At approximately 2:00 pm hundreds of members of Anash along with members of congregation Beis Shmuel gathered on the patio adjoining 770 to fill in the final letters of the Torah. Following the Siyum, a beautiful Tahlucha took place, which proceeded through the streets of Crown Heights.

Many more pictures in the Extended Article!

Crown Heights News
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The seaside resort of S. Marinella is a popular summer destination for residents of Rome.

Hearing the blast of a ram’s horn to usher in the month before Rosh Hashanah is a big deal in the Italian seaside resort of S. Marinella. Just ask Mino Zarfati, the 47-year-old lay leader of Rome’s Jewish community who organizes an annual summer event with the shofar as its centerpiece.

Jewish Romans Hold Fast to Summer Custom at Seaside Resort

The seaside resort of S. Marinella is a popular summer destination for residents of Rome.

Hearing the blast of a ram’s horn to usher in the month before Rosh Hashanah is a big deal in the Italian seaside resort of S. Marinella. Just ask Mino Zarfati, the 47-year-old lay leader of Rome’s Jewish community who organizes an annual summer event with the shofar as its centerpiece.

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This past Friday, Rabbi Chaim Mentz, Shliach in Bel Air, CA called in to the Sean Hannity Show and expressed how embarrassed he was that the Jews turned away any political speaker at the upcoming rally against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ym”s and that now, none of the press with give the protest more than five seconds of attention.

More in the Extended Article!

Shliach Has Strong Words on Hannity Show

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This past Friday, Rabbi Chaim Mentz, Shliach in Bel Air, CA called in to the Sean Hannity Show and expressed how embarrassed he was that the Jews turned away any political speaker at the upcoming rally against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ym”s and that now, none of the press with give the protest more than five seconds of attention.

More in the Extended Article!

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JPost

Protesters attend a rally across the street from the United Nations, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in New York. The demonstration attended by various community leaders including Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel is aimed at protesting Iran's human rights abuses and the appearance of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Efforts by the Jewish organizers of a New York City rally against Iran Monday to keep the event free of politics failed to stop protesters from voicing their avid support for the Republican presidential ticket of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

Thousands Attend NYC anti-Iran Rally

JPost

Protesters attend a rally across the street from the United Nations, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in New York. The demonstration attended by various community leaders including Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel is aimed at protesting Iran’s human rights abuses and the appearance of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Efforts by the Jewish organizers of a New York City rally against Iran Monday to keep the event free of politics failed to stop protesters from voicing their avid support for the Republican presidential ticket of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last week Thursday night was the first Precinct Council Meeting since the summer as well as the first one since Crown Heights’s 71st Police Precinct welcomed D.I. Peter Simonetti as the new commanding officer.

More in the Extended Article.

First Precinct Council Meeting with the new C.O.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Last week Thursday night was the first Precinct Council Meeting since the summer as well as the first one since Crown Heights’s 71st Police Precinct welcomed D.I. Peter Simonetti as the new commanding officer.

More in the Extended Article.

Crown Heights News
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NY Post
The NYPD is trying to settle a long-running dispute between two rival Orthodox Jewish patrol groups - and keep them from taking the law into their own hands - by uniting them into one police-supervised unit, The Post has learned.

The challenge is getting them to cooperate.

Shmira and Shomrim, private crime-patrol organizations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, have been rivals since the late '90s, when they split.

Shmira has agreed to the merger, which was proposed in June. Shomrim has refused.

The plan would create a united, NYPD-trained patrol group the department would supervise and partially fund, a source said.

COPS: JEW GUYS NEED TO TALK!

NY Post

The NYPD is trying to settle a long-running dispute between two rival Orthodox Jewish patrol groups – and keep them from taking the law into their own hands – by uniting them into one police-supervised unit, The Post has learned.

The challenge is getting them to cooperate.

Shmira and Shomrim, private crime-patrol organizations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, have been rivals since the late ’90s, when they split.

Shmira has agreed to the merger, which was proposed in June. Shomrim has refused.

The plan would create a united, NYPD-trained patrol group the department would supervise and partially fund, a source said.

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