A Hudson Valley organization has been given authorization from New York state to properly dispose of Jewish books and other sacred objects damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
State Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn says the Department of Environmental Conservation has granted burial rights to Beth Genizah Olam in the Orange County town of Monroe, 45 miles north of New York city.
Hikind says between the Jewish holidays of Purim on Feb. 24 and Passover in late March and early April, six tractor-trailers will be available in Brooklyn and Monsey in Rockland County to collect damaged religious articles for burial in Monroe.
(AP)
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You need government approval to bury paper (which by definition is bie-degradable) on your own property??????
The article sounds suspicious. A politician trying to seem like he’s being busy.
I agree with akuperma. The bulk of the shaimos from sandy was buried in the Catskills already. The video of the tractor trailer loads was on line in November.
Well said, akuperma.