Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
Free High Holiday Tix
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 10- Free High Holiday tickets are available for the third consecutive year at Temple Hatikva. Because the synagogue has limited seating, tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets can be obtained by calling Temple Hatikva at (718) 792-1109 or via e-mail at HYPERLINK "mailto:TempleHatikva@aol.com" TempleHatikva@aol.com.
Rabbi Harry Hertzberg, spiritual leader of Temple Hatikva, stated: “We are pleased to be able to invite the community to pray with us at our synagogue. We invite all those that want to observe the Jewish High Holidays to worship with us. Our Board of Trustees and synagogue membership are committed to ensuring that the doors of our synagogue are open to all without charge”
Cantor Kyle Cherry added: “We are planning beautiful services for both Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. We promise you an uplifting and fulfilling religious experience at Temple Hatikva.”
Tickets are strictly limited by the capacity of the synagogue. All those who wish to attend services at Temple Hatikva for the High Holidays are urged to make their reservations immediately to insure their High Holy Day seats. Rosh Hashana is on Monday, September 17 and Tuesday September 18. Yom Kippur begins Tuesday evening, September 25 and ends at sundown on Wednesday, September 26.
Temple Hatikva is located at 2440 Esplanade. The synagogue can be reached at (718) 792-1109 or at www.TempleHatikva.com.
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Friday, September 7, 2012
BP Calls on Community to Stand Up to Gun Violence
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 7- As police release surveillance video of the men suspected of wounding an infant with a stray bullet, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. is calling on all Bronxites to stop the violence.
In a statement, the BP is calling on residents in all Bronx communities to be a part of his “Peace in our Streets” initiative on September 22.
“Please volunteer your time and work with us to take as many illegal guns off of our streets by helping provide information to fellow Bronxites about ways they can make their neighborhoods safer,” Diaz said. “I also urge all Bronxites with knowledge of illegal guns in their community to call 866-GUN-STOP to anonymously report those guns to the police.”
The BP’s plea comes in the wake of two high-profile acts of gun violence. On Tuesday, Lamin Sillah, a 28-year-old immigrant from Gambia, was shot and killed when two men tried to rob the gas station he worked at.
The following day, two-month-old Trayvon Bunson was grazed by a bullet while sitting in his stroller in Hunts Point. Cops say the infant was hit in the shoulder when the gunmen opened fire on their intended target. Investigators released surveillance video of the suspected gunmen fleeing the scene.
"I speak for all Bronxites as we keep Lamin Sellah in our prayers and hope for little Trayvon Bunson's quick recovery,” Diaz said.
"Ending gun violence has been a top priority of mine and I know it is a national problem. Unfortunately, despite our good work, too many firearms end up in the wrong hands both through legal and illegal means. We must all unite in putting an end to this senseless act of violence so we can better prevent these crimes and protect innocent people across our city and nation,” the borough president concluded.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Wakefield News: In the dark on Homeless Shelters
Wakefield News: In the dark on Homeless Shelters: Wakefield Area News By Mary V. Lauro BRONX, NEW YORK, September 6- Before we get to the phone call which inspired this column, we mention t...
In the dark on Homeless Shelters
Wakefield Area News
By Mary V. Lauro
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 6- Before we get to the phone call which inspired this column, we mention that with summer's end, meetings will begin again.
Please mark the dates since postage is expensive and not everyone has e-mail. The League will have its first meeting on September 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church on Barnes and Boyd Avenue. The 47th Precinct Community Council will have its first meeting at 8 p.m. on September 12, also at Redeemer Lutheran which brings us to the fact that the 47's current commanding officer, D.I. DeEntremont has been transferred out of the 47 Pct. to the prestigious Fugitive Enforcement Unit.
We are most appreciative of DI DeEntremont's command of the 47th Precinct these past three years. Given the fact that he was understaffed, he did a tremendous job in keeping as much peace as possible. He also had a very soothing personality and was most cooperative with the community through the 47th Precinct Community Council. He did not see the community as an enemy, and, in return, we saw him as a friend.
The bright side to this loss is that we will gain DI Brian Mullen who comes to us after a stint in the 33rd, 52nd and 44 Precincts. His reputation is also sterling. If past is prologue, he may continue the good community-police relations that marked the tenure of DI DeEntremont.
Regarding that phone call, the voice was that of an intelligent female. Our number had been given to her by CB 12. She was distraught. How could it be, she asked, that neither she nor her neighbors knew that three homeless shelters were scheduled to be built in the community? Her mother lives on Bronx Boulevard, she said, less than two blocks away from the Muller Army Reserve Center on Nereid and the Balfour building on Bronx Boulevard. And, what about this AID's (Praxis Initiative) center being built opposite Food Town on White Plains Road? Don't we count she asked plaintively? Why have we been kept in the dark?
We explained as best we could all we had done since May 2009 on the three shelters: the petitions, the letter writing, the protests, the busloads of people. We told her how Praxis wooed all our elected officials including our Community Board and how Wakefield was kept in the dark until Praxis had them all in tow.
What about the Community Board, she wanted to know. What did it do? She was told the chair wrote long columns, but the Board never discussed the situation. She wanted to know whether it notified the community and why notices were not placed in store windows or flyers sent to all residents within a certain distance from the shelters. We could not answer but she did.
She said, "That priest does not want to see any community uprising. He doesn't want to lose control. I went to two meetings there and swore I would not go again. It was like a high school class with the priest sitting up front and doing all the talking. The agenda was a joke. Same agenda two times and I understand from other people who have gone that it is the same every month. Neither the Board members nor the audience have any idea what the hot topics are. The community is left out in the cold with no voice at all. It seems the main interest of the Chair is to close the meeting by 9:30”
We'll end here, but we will have more to say.
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Reward Offered to Find Immigrant’s Killers
Gas Station Attendant Gunned Down
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, September 6- A $12,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a pair of bicycle robbers who gunned down a hardworking African immigrant at an East Tremont gas station.
Yesterday, police announced the $12,000 reward for information leading to two men suspected of killing a 28-year-old Gambian immigrant inside an East Tremont gas station. The victim had apparently been working at the station less than two weeks before he was killed.
Investigators released a sketch of the gunman who was wearing a NY Giants hoodie at the time.
At around 8:12 p.m. on September 4, Lamin Sillah, 28, was inside the gas station at E. 182nd Street and Southern Boulevard when the bandits rode up on bicycles. Sillah was counting receipts at RC Petroleum when one of the gunman entered the office and showed a gun. Surveillance video shows that as Sillah puts up his hands, the gunman shoots him in the torso.
Sillah was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital with three bullets in him but he died a short time later.
Police said Sillah was a hard working immigrant from Gambia whose wife is still living in Africa. It is unclear why the robbers gunned down the attendant.
The gunman is described as a black male between the ages of 20 and 25. He has a stocky build and was last seen wearing a NY Giants hoodie.
Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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