Jewish and Muslim community and faith leaders met this afternoon in Southern Brooklyn to emphasize their commitment to continue to work together in the future. Organized by Councilman Chaim Deutsch, the meeting was an important step forward for the two communities.
Deutsch said, “Councilman Yeger has been involved in local politics since the 1990s, working to unite people from every ethnic background. His record of service speaks for itself. Today’s meeting was a valuable opportunity for our two communities to unite to focus on the future, and what we can do together to benefit the many diverse New Yorkers we represent.
International foreign policy differences do not need to have any impact on how we operate day to day as neighbors in Southern Brooklyn. The dialogue we had today was productive, respectful, and encouraging.”
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Achdus is a term only appropriate to use regarding acheinu Bnei Yisroel.
Joseph: Sorry stupid comment
Achdus is when Jews get along with their non Jewish neighbors.
A Jew has a chiev to make a Kiddish hashem and when politicians get involved to straighten out a mess which one of his colleagues made it’s a major kiddish hashem. Chaim Deutch hashem is proud of you and so is Klal Yisroel.
Achdus is NOT about c”v having achdus with aino yehudim.
Attention to City Councilmen/women, State Assemblypersons, State Senators, State Governor: Your responsibilities have little or nothing to do with US foreign affairs. Stop pandering to Jews or anybody else by pretending your support of – or opposition to – the State of Israel has anything to do with your responsibilities as a state or local official. This includes you, Dov Hikind.
wow wow wow,
mr’ deutch: you did a very nice thing
what a kidush hashem
Where are all the commenters against the protest from NK yesterday? they didn’t pose with Muslims.
I don’t think those were NK. I think that was Satmar. One indication is precisely that they didn’t demonstrate together with Sarsour’s people, but held their own event, whose message was not that what Yeger said was wrong but that he shouldn’t have said it in public.