By COLlive reporter
Principals of the Jewish boys and girls schools and Yeshivos in Crown Heights met Wednesday at the offices of NCFJE on Eastern Parkway.
The upbeat meeting was the first since the same group met to discuss a very different issue – the mumps outbreak in the community – as one participant recalled. “Not an issue this time,” he joked to COLlive.com.
Principals and Program Directors from all divisions of all local schools attended to discuss plans for The Great Parade, the annual Jewish march to be held this year on May 2, 2010.
Shimmy Weinbaum, the parade’s director, began with an overview of why Tzivos Hashem and NCFJE decided to make such a high-profile parade this year.
“It all started with a group of bochurim,” he told them. “They approached us with an idea to make a larger than usual parade because this year is Shnas Ufaratzta and 5770 and said they are totally dedicated to making this happen.”
“Usually the parade focused on Crown Heights and local children,” Weinbaum noted. “This year it was decided to reach out to include children from communities all over the Tri-State area and beyond.”
Obviously, Crown Heights schools were an integral part, the other speakers Rabbi Sholom Ber Baumgarten of Tzivos Hashem, Rabbi Sholom Ber Hecht and Rabbi Shimon Hecht of NCFJE pointed out.
During the meeting, the principals brought up various logistical details and issues that have come up in the past and might be intensified with such a large crowd.
Possible solutions were discussed, and “all the school faculty members expressed great excitement for the parade,” Weinbaum said.
why all the pictures.of the adults ….it was the idea of the our teen age kids (buchrim??)…we are a blessed people with our spirited kinderlach (our buchrim) put them in your pictures!
ot everyon who was there is in one of the photographs- please dont make assumptions if you do not know,,,
great job Shmully!
it looks like some achdus there with not just lubavutchers there
Go shimmy!!!!!!
Shimmy Weinbaum is great!
well then maybe hold the meeting in a larger room with enough room for everyone. it really is a shame.
Where is the ULY OP Yeshiva? Rabbi Dechter was not invited???
I SEE ARI FRANKL FROM AF PRODUCTION IS INVOLVED THAN IT MUST BE BIG
# 5 mentioned that the woman should be sitting by the table and the men against the wall. So basically the men would be looking at the backs of the woman??????!!!!!!!!!!! Not proper at all!
#9 Take a good look at the table? Who should move where???!!!! The table is full!
Nice to see the women Principals are pushed to the back, away from the table. Couldn’t the men have moved up, left a seat or two spare to let the ladies write at the table (it seats about 20!), & showed the ladies some respect? I guess that’s too much to expect round here.
do you think they have their plans and all and there is no permit? of course there is.. look at posts on collive from before about them starting their plans,,,, and discussing it with the police?
in the past whenever there was a parade the women were always relegated to either the island in the middle of eastern parkway or even further back and the men had the front seats in front of 770. The women should be seated in such a way that they can also see the concert. I am sure there must be a more fair way to arrange the seating and still keep men and women separate. Please consider this when making viewing arrangements. Women have a right to see the performers and the parade as much as men, especially if we… Read more »
as a mother , I have seen this issue many times at the big parades. The little kinderlach just can not see from most of the places. They are usually blocked by some adults or anyone else up ahead. Also with a big crowed the little kids just can not see.
I am anash and yet I do not understand why the women principals have to sit against the wall while the men get to sit at the table. I understand they might not want to be seated together at the same table…..but let the men sit against the wall!!!
dont forget to arrange a permit
You are amazing, I am so glad that you are in education.
you are too good – please come back and do chayolei beis dovid – please there is no one like you