The Nominations Committee of the Netzigim of Crown Heights met last night (Monday) to review nominations received for the upcoming elections for directors of Crown Heights Jewish Community Council and Vaad Hakohol.
Nine nominating petitions were received on behalf of the potential candidates. The committee examined the petitions and decided that all appeared to be valid, with more than the required 50 eligible voters signed.
Accordingly, subject to a 2 day challenge period for any objections to be received, the candidates will be: Yehuda Kirsh, Dovid Halon, Meir New, Yankel Goldstein, Yitzie Kamman, Shmuel Rosenstein, Berel Hildeshaim, Zalman Friedman, and Pinchos Woolstone.
The committee will meet again on Wednesday night to produce a final list of candidates to post in all member shuls. All comments should be emailed to the committee at [email protected].
The Committee is appointed by the official Netzigim of Crown Heights. The following have appointed official Netzigim so far:
1. 93rd shul/Tzeirei anash/aguda basement (Langzam)
2. 94 Shul (Kuperman)
3. 96 Shul (Lazaroff)
4. 99 Class Shull (534 Empire) (Rimler, Chanin)
5. Ahavas Achim- Empire Shtiebel (Simon)
6. Aliya- Bais Laime (Feiglin)
7. Anshei Lubavitch (Leshes)
8. Bais Binyamin (Berkowitz)
9. Beis David Gershon (Felberman)
10. Beis Gimpel Chaim (Breshevitzki)
11. Beis Shmuel (Dubroff)
12. Chovevei Torah- Murphy Shul (Leshes, Zulaf)
13. Chug Yaakov Yehuda (Hecht)
14. Bnei Solomon Zalman-Frankel shul(Caplan, Adelstein)
15. Getzel Shul (Spinner) (Avrohom Eliyahu)
16. Hadar Hatorah (Weisz)
17. Menachem’s Shul (Wilhelm)
18. Mitzvah Center (Chayo)
19. Mishkan Menachem- JCM (Berghoff)
20. Nosson’s Shul (Wilhelm)
21. Ohel Nosson (Webb, Kaminetzky)
22. The Besht Center (Freidman)
23. The Shul (Chein)
24. Unzer Shul (Simon)
25. The Lincoln Place Shul (Shushan)
26. Rayim Ahuvim (Katzman, Fuss)
27. Torah Utefilah – Shain Cong Tiferes
If you don’t see your shul here, please have the shul management reach out to [email protected] to complete the necessary process.
Who’s going to represent the women who don’t have a male in their house? How can this be a community election if the females of the community aren’t being represented….
Men can’t represent women?
Women can’t represent men?
You never heard of Devorah Halberstam? Shes very outspoken and represents the community at every public event. please do your research before making unfounded statements.
Meir new, one of the candidates runs the Space Ch !
I thought if you run a mosad you can’t run for CHJCC?
You mean his wife runs the space right?
I believe last election only married men were allowed to vote, that gives each married couple a vote, equally leaving out all single men and women… Don’t think it’s different this time around
Such an issue is under the preview of the Netzigim not a matter which can be decided by the CHJCC Board members.
If the Netzigim want to admit women to the election process they would need to change the constitution.
It could be argued in order to do that they would need to receive the majority support of their memberships through holding a special issue community wide vote.
In the absence of a male head of household, single mothers must have a voice in the voting. Our community council represents their interests.
I believe single men over 30 can vote.
It still leaves no women, who obviously will have a better understanding of the needs of women. And it’s ridiculous that a divorced man, or man over a decided upon age living in CH, should not have the right to vote. It is a message that that they are less a part of the community (tachlis, also the opposite of Ahavas Israel).
Looks like we are in for some good change
Yitzie kamman is so objective
Agreed
Where is the female representation?
exactly. and also where’s the female representation on the bet din and 770 gabbi’s ?
and come to think of it, not one women was ever in the Sanhedrin or the Babylonian Talmud which i believe impacts Jewish life slightly more then the esteemed CHJCC (with all due respect).
on the other hand each of them had a mother who impacted them deeply. and we know that the shekhina rests amongst the jews because of the women. so yes we seem to be following the ways of our forefathers (and mothers) as they were dictated by god.
Devorah Halberstam, shes high up there.
We are talking about being on the board of CHJCC, not beit din or to be a 770 gabbai, or on the Sanhedrin etc.
This is the way it worked for years and years, and worked just fine
When has it worked well?
This never worked at all. After more than 30 years and 8 vaads we still have no connections with police or any other city agency. 7 months after the fire Lefferts mikva still can’t get a permit to rebuild. Young or old, this vaad isn’t going to be any different. Same old same old…
Stay open minded, be positive about the capacity for change and vote.. encourage others to vote.
This va’ad has younger and more active, good people (like Yitzie Kamman etc.) I’m sure it’ll be a lot better…!!
What about gabboim elections? I clearly remember the original proposal was about chjcc AND gabboim. It was subsequently dropped. Why?
Part of CHJCC’s responsibilities is to make elections for gabaim once every 4 years if there is a revitalized CHJCC then they will have the right to force a election for gaboim
Although someone please correct me if I misunderstood
N’tzigim are responsible for running all elections
This includes elections for gabboim and rabbonim
Hopefully elections for these will be held as well in the not too distant future
The success of elections for Vaad, as well as the continuation of a revitalized body of N’tzigim will hopefully fuel momentum for these elections
Seems like Once You get elected, If “They” don’t like you They will Find a Reason To Get Rid Of You;;;;;;;;
yes women in our community need a Voice
Rabbi Shmuel Rosenstein – a true leader who has done incredible work in our community. We look forward to seeing you in action, Hatzlacha!
Can’t wait to see the results
Let’s remember to do it in the spirit of ahavas yisrael
If not, because only families (husband and wife) can vote, why is everyone complaining that women can’t vote? No singles can
(Honest question)
What about divorced women or widows. Don’t they count
Then buchurim. They and their children are directly involved & impacted by decisions about Chinuch, safety, community standards – unlike young single males . Not being petty – This is simply an objective fact.
Divorced mothers should be allowed to vote as heads of household.
Because bochurim should ostensibly be so busy with their learning that they wouldn’t be involved in this type of community involvement (not just the vote itself, but all that it takes until then, to decide who to vote for)
As someone currently long-term in a rehab center in Boro Park, formerly a resident of Crown Heights (married), and hopefully again in the future, will I be eligible to vote in this election?