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Opinion: “I’m Impressed with Friday Activity for Kids”

by Anonymous

If Crown Heights doesn’t offer everything to everyone, I did want to point out one thing that was offered to the young boys that wish to play with their friends on Friday afternoon. As the boys gear up to grow up to use this time for Mivtzoim – but until then, they get to enjoy their time playing with friends in a nice Jewish atmosphere with an older game leader. Teaching, the boys how to play together as well as deal with a call that doesn’t go their way, something some have difficulties with.

This past Friday I witnessed one of the nicer more refreshing sites in the course of a week in Crown Heights, on Friday afternoon while I’m sure the subways are filled with Bochurim going on Mivtzoim, which is wonderful THE best thing possible, (though I haven’t seen that in a while) my son was invited to join an organized baseball game in Rochester Park organized by Mrs. Devorah Krasnianski, filled with close to 80 kids starting at age 8 or so, having grown up in CH myself, (though I don’t currently live here) I can remember when an organized baseball game coming from anyone other than the kids themselves would be like disconnecting from Yiddishkiet (Chas V’sholom) for the short while, and while I was watching for a few short minutes, it was a pleasure to see all these wonderful yiddishe children from Chassidishe homes, being afforded the opportunity to play ball like proud Jewish children. I am very appreciative for this concept.

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19 Comments

  • Nothing wrong with this!

    This looks like well supervised activity, Kosher fun! I hope it continues for the “in-city” kids during the summer. Friday afternoon after camp is a long time to be bored before Shabbos. Our kids need healthy, physical activities & what can be better than learning team spirit & Achdus at the same time?

    Hey, that’s an idea! Let’s get the Moshchisten & Antis, Vaad candidates, Gabboyim & even the Rabbonim (they can be umpires!) play a few baseball games together! It’s true, we can learn from our children.

  • happy parent

    its a great thing i send my kid there keeps him occupied on the long friday afternoon a big thanks to the organizers!!!

  • 5th last picture

    Who and what is that? Is that the “look” we want from our kinderlech in another 10 years? That’s the problem when kosher ativities aren’t “glatt kosher”. Can’t we act and dress as if the Rebbe is watching the game from his car? The seeds of “goyish – frei-keit” are planted by the kids wearing sunglasses and leather/sports gloves, trying to be “cool”.

  • Tzitzis

    I love the shots with the kids playing with their tzitzis hanging out.

  • very happy

    Thank you so much for organizing these games. My son really enjoyed it and it gave him a boost for the whole week.Please let us know if it will continue in the summer. Thanks again to the organizers.

  • to comment number 5

    why dont you do a little homework and find out who you are talking about(a frendship circle kid who comes to play with other boys at his level)

  • nosson

    i never heard of this before when did this start? will it go on all the time?
    even during the school year, there should be fun activities for the kids such as leagues. this way school wont be looked at as such a burden.

  • ready to explode

    to #5

    I have no words to express how i feel from your moronic, idiotic, hurtful comment. GROW UP!

  • Avarham

    To comment #5, Please watch what you write!
    I believe if you thought before you wrote your comment, you wouldn’t wrote that.I expect an apology.

  • A grateful Bubby

    Most important is a BIG Yosher Koach to Mrs. Devorah Krasniansky for this amazing program that she pulls off each week. As an out of town grandmother I had the extreme pleasure to pick up 8 sweaty but exhuberant boys on an erev Shabbos. As they all climbed into my car I was greeted with only smiles, happiness, and joy!! After a long day at Yeshiva what a beautiful way to conclude and get ready for Shabbos!! Kudos to Mrs Keasniansky and the wonderful buchrim who go out of their way each week for our kids!!

  • Mashpia

    I agree with #5 – some of the kids are way too “areingeton” in the levush of the sport. The gloves and sunglasses and general b’chukas hagoyim is the genesis to the “at risk kids” which spirals downward into “off the derech” and further heartbreak. I would like to see such sports supervised by machanchim, chassidishe yungerleit who treat it as kedusha and bchol drochecha do’eyhu. I am speaking, sadly, from experience.

  • cg

    Thank You Mrs. Devorie Krasnianski- you never cease to amaze me with your tireless efforts to engourage our children to grow in every way!!! It is wonderful to see the children so happy and using their energy positively, learning how to be team players is a critical life skill!!
    Anyone who has an issue with it- let me see what you are organizing !!!
    Keep up the gr8 work MRS. K

  • concerned mother

    For those who are worried that sunglasses which protect the eyes from the UV rays from the sun and the leather gloves which protect the hands from the squeeze of the bat – will turn these boys into ‘Shkutzim’… Why dont you suggest these boys go hang out on the street corners all Friday afternoon instead of playing supervised baseball at the park!