Showing posts with label Jewish News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jewish News. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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Jewish Condo Owners of Williamsburg Apartment Building Forced to Vacate
On one of the coldest days of the season, police oversaw the eviction of dozens of families from a Williamsburg, Brooklyn apartment building. The families did nothing wrong, and they own the apartments they're being forced to vacate. Ida Siegal explains how a developer's troubles has affected the homeowners.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Jewish Man Beaten at Brooklyn Subway Station Investigated As A Hate Crime
Police said rabbi visiting from Israel was beaten with his own umbrella on a subway platform in Brooklyn this week, as his attackers called him a “dirty, bloody Jew” among other epithets.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Outremont Residents Debate Sukkot Holiday Accommodation
A Jewish holiday that marks the end of 40 years of travelling through the desert is causing strife in Outremont.
The holiday of Sukkot is traditionally marked by building a 'sukkah' -- a small hut that should remain in place for up to ten days of the festival.
Current zoning laws in the borough allow the sukkahs to be in place for 15 days, while Outremont already bans construction on Sundays and observant Jews will not construct or dismantle the sukkahs on the Sabbath, which is Saturday.
That prompted councillor Mindy Pollak to ask for an extension, so that sukkas could be in place for seven days before and after the holiday.
With 30 complaints filed last year about sukkahs, councillor Celine Forget counter-proposed allowing them to be in place for three days before and after the festival.
About 200 people packed into the council meeting Wednesday to discuss the matter.
"For me the three days after and before would be fair but let's not go too far. What would be the next accommodation?" wondered one woman at the meeting.
Another woman argued that strict rules need to be in place.
"This is really not nice to see, so we would like to have rules. We don't want to take off their celebration but we would like to have rules," she said.
Borough mayor Marie Cinq-Mars said ultimately she would prefer that residents were able to get along.
"If the people from both communities could both be good neighbours, just that, that would help a lot," said Cinq-Mars.
Council is expected to vote on the matter in the near future.
The holiday of Sukkot is traditionally marked by building a 'sukkah' -- a small hut that should remain in place for up to ten days of the festival.
Current zoning laws in the borough allow the sukkahs to be in place for 15 days, while Outremont already bans construction on Sundays and observant Jews will not construct or dismantle the sukkahs on the Sabbath, which is Saturday.
That prompted councillor Mindy Pollak to ask for an extension, so that sukkas could be in place for seven days before and after the holiday.
With 30 complaints filed last year about sukkahs, councillor Celine Forget counter-proposed allowing them to be in place for three days before and after the festival.
About 200 people packed into the council meeting Wednesday to discuss the matter.
"For me the three days after and before would be fair but let's not go too far. What would be the next accommodation?" wondered one woman at the meeting.
Another woman argued that strict rules need to be in place.
"This is really not nice to see, so we would like to have rules. We don't want to take off their celebration but we would like to have rules," she said.
Borough mayor Marie Cinq-Mars said ultimately she would prefer that residents were able to get along.
"If the people from both communities could both be good neighbours, just that, that would help a lot," said Cinq-Mars.
Council is expected to vote on the matter in the near future.
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