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Crown Heights, 22 Years Later

22 years after the Crown Heights riots, what was once a scene of turbulence and violence has become a tableau of peace and diversity, reports NBC's Gabe Pressman. Video

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Be a kiddush Hashem
August 24, 2013 9:54 pm

Having been a frum teacher in a black inner city school, my advice is to greet them with a smile and show no fear. Let r love shine on your face. Be a kiddush Hashem, and remember, the riots were caused by evil politicians.

Propoganda
August 19, 2013 4:59 pm

Rewriting history to go along with current propaganda shaped reality

@30
August 19, 2013 3:22 pm

You are really stretching that last sentence. I didn’t know there were militants in Crown Heights. Since yuppies and hipsters are moving in I find that very unlikely.

mendoza
August 19, 2013 2:00 pm

gabe pressman like his name press man
is reporting a nice story.
but those who live here know the truth , the hatred is there ,its just under the raps .
only G-d is protecting us
if they have a chance they would kill us all . every jew and white . or any one who is not black

To #1
August 19, 2013 1:25 pm

“They are robing … our kids”? That’s nice of them to provide kids with clothing.

Yossel
August 19, 2013 12:26 pm

Haven’t we learned our lesson? It seems not! WIth achdus and shalom in our community, there is no limit to what we can accomplish. Instead, our leaders fight each other in goyishe courts over MONEY and POWER, which is exactly the opposite of what the Rebbe wanted. We are a very stiffnecked people as the Torah says, but you’d think that after 2000 years of intense suffering, we’d put our differences aside and show respect and achdus. Very sad, and distressing too…

to#25
August 19, 2013 9:43 am

That’s what people do. Put everyone into the same box. Smh. It’s clear to me that some people don’t think of other people as individuals.

Reb Hoffinger! :D
August 19, 2013 9:02 am

Reb Hoffinger, you are the Mentsch! You have the correct prescription. Spread Torah. That is what the Rebbe would suggest, IMO. Teach Chesed. LOVELY! 😀

The negative aspect has to go...
August 19, 2013 7:10 am

must of the black kids go to school, give them a chance, stop resenting every black person just because you were robbed by another.,

FAMILY TIME
August 18, 2013 11:13 pm

There are my two sons-in-law, Yossi and Shmaya in the 2nd photo with my daughter. Good changes, B”H.

'Two Sides Clashed'?
August 18, 2013 10:58 pm

Hmm I guess that comment would make sense if the Jewish community were also running around with knives looking for people to murder c”v. But what we appear to have hear is another good old case of yellow-journalism (hogwash in plain English).

we miss you
August 18, 2013 9:35 pm

I remember the good old days when shmaya wax lived in c.h. he always made things lebedik nice he came back to visit

Sheesh!!
August 18, 2013 9:28 pm

U all are right but stop adding un needed comments just be grateful it got better and no argument

Peace
August 18, 2013 8:38 pm

The concept has many definitions
1.The absence of war or other hostilities
2. Freedom from quarrels and disagreement
3. Harmonious relations

Several nice non-Jewish neighbors in our apt. building; I am very nervous when my daughters need to go out at night…

Yussle
August 18, 2013 5:59 pm

The reality is we have for the most part peace and quiet, exactly how it wasd before the rioting……we still have the same amount of robberies, muggings etc….the riots of 91 happened because the police were ordered by an anti semite racist animal dinkins, may he drop dead, to allow the black communtiy to “vent” and act like barbaric animals for three days….sharpton, may he drop dead too, is and always will be an inciting jew hater! He loves the white man money but hates the jews. The riots CAN happen again. So long as the s*#t doesn’t hit the… Read more »

clashes only went one way
August 18, 2013 5:11 pm

it’a a NYT racism propaganda that made up racial clashes

Burach Hashem
August 18, 2013 3:14 pm

Scary but thank god it looks better

My Sentiment
August 18, 2013 2:47 pm

To #4
The same thought when i heard his reporting. Always biased in their reporting.

Boruch N. Hoffinger BS"D
August 18, 2013 1:43 pm

Jewish Citizens of Crown Heights, get out, even 10 minutes per week, and spread the knowledge of ‘The 7 Noahide Laws.’
This is the will of ‘The Rebbe, MH”M’
Give them my email: [email protected]
and I will send them a folder of fascinating material. Perhaps this will aid us all in restarting my class in ‘The 7 Noahide Laws!’
‘Todah raabah.’

'Peace and Diversity'?
August 18, 2013 12:36 pm

tell that to the Jewish community members who have been assaulted, robbed, harrassed and had their possessions vandalized or stolen. Mr Pressman, like most journalists of the tabloid world, is emoting about a subject he knows nothing about.

One sided as always But quite nice.
August 18, 2013 12:30 pm

It looks like it was an accident and the Black people took it as a racial thing and than Behaved despicable. even so they shouldn’t say -clashed-. Because the jewish community were hiding at home no one dared walked out the door.

Sholom Dovber
August 18, 2013 11:54 am

the situation now is better on many levels.
But there be no doubt at the time black element wanted the blood of the Jews.Low lives like Sharpton were at the center of the mob rioting.

They're still the same...
August 18, 2013 10:24 am

And we never hated Blacks if they didn’t bother us. Despicable journalist to compare the 2 sides throwing bottles and being out of control!

Not a Boundary
August 18, 2013 10:14 am

Eastern Parkway is no longer a boundary line for years. This report is out of touch.

Haha!
August 18, 2013 9:02 am

Nothing has changed! It would happen again under the same circumstances.

nbc is the proud owner of " msnbc"... who employ AL Not so Sharpton
August 18, 2013 8:51 am

Of course it is not like it was back then, and people are getting along.Howver it is not this great utopia they are talking about.

To 1
August 18, 2013 4:42 am

Your VERY right

very distorted narrative
August 18, 2013 2:06 am

The black kid was killed via a taxi cab cutting off a Jewish driver

Not as its meant to sound here, each side attacking killing fighting the other side

intended to give the impression that rioting and killing went both ways
August 18, 2013 1:57 am

Despicable and typical

Clashed
August 18, 2013 1:45 am

“I fined their choice of words describing the riots interesting “two sides clashed” hmmm.

wow
August 18, 2013 1:36 am

amazing. what a kiddush hashem and lubavitch!

#1 lesson
August 18, 2013 1:16 am

dont elect black leaders

In ur dreams
August 18, 2013 12:51 am

They are robing and beating our kids day and night

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