Agudah Convention 2022 Stories

how good this result is an organization where the asconum are on the ground in the halls of government in state houses for whatever we're doing and every move we're taking it's being dictated and being Guided by what our message tell us [Music] to Jackson six years ago when I moved there the sentiment of the township was how do we stop Jews moving it when we saw those ordinance coming down saying no schools no dorms really trying to our infrastructure of town that's when we realized we needed a plan forward we stop this from really escalating past here we turned to avishnav from Agoda to try to help us and navigate our way we were presented with a real serious question do we speak up do we fight against zoning laws other ordinances that are keeping us out or do we not like all other questions we have by goodness is so we went to the members of the math system Abby took me to meet with schmole kameneski if shmuel did not take any information for granted every single thing was questioned we explained every angle of what is happening and only after serious discussion and a serious solid suck from the members of the mayazas they're telling us now is the time to speak up now we can't lay low now we gotta stand up we stood up and we sued the township nobody has any person they get nobody came for himself they came for the Indian and they were always ready to accept the dance of the muscles today in the year 2022 Baruch Hashem for yeshivas got approvals to be built in Jackson and many more are coming there are today 5 000 children living in Jackson Township New Jersey that go to yeshivas not in Jackson and because of us speaking up with the guidance of Das Tyra telling us to speak up they will be yeshivas in this flourishing growing beautiful community a good assistant of Illinois already had an established relationship with the mayor because she visited our community during her campaign in Chicago we had specific anti-semitic attacks and she wanted to show her care and concern for our community and she has to have a visit to be able to show her support that she's standing behind us and the mayor reached out to me personally and said I want to come and show your community that I care and I want to see firsthand and learn from that experience of seeing the families walking to show them there are all sorts of complications with having a political event on Shabbos is it appropriate is it within the spirit of Shabbos there are other halach shylists that come up you weren't 100 clear what the best path forward is we consulted with the members of the most Terror to discuss with each other what in fact should be the guidelines and what should be the best path forward my Rabbi rebelli Britney is very familiar with the landscape in Chicago and was intimately involved in these conversations and guiding us discussed every angle and every detail they grasp the seriousness of the question they understood what needed to be done and they're able to guide us through every single Sif of this child to make sure it was done properly and broadcast them with their guidance we were able to successfully have a visit to our community with the mayor they've turned a potential adversary into a friend and she's very woke and very very blue in in Progressive values and our own personal world and in our own advocacy enough hope he came when she's gotten to learn what the haredi community and her City looks like and represents she's become I would call it almost an advocate for the gravey community in Chicago and and that's a kidisha and you know you can't have more you can't ask for more than that the foundations that were built by this visit from the mayor laid the groundwork for a strong relationship that we had with her moving forward to accomplish many projects and initiatives on behalf of the community the Genesis of our relationship with the mayor and the evolution of that relationship and everything that It produced in hindsight you know none of it would have ever happened without the guidance of the moetsis to do it how to do it the way it was done without question but this is not an isolated incident or like a story that happened this is something this is how we operate on a daily basis yeah good leadership wants guidance it's not that they have guidance has to be imposed they're asking for guidance in all its levels our good Israel leadership all the time this visit of the mayor is just one of the countless examples of dealing with government officials and representatives of the community this is also only one of many examples that we have working together with the Moses guiding us through every step of the process bringing about greater respect in the eyes of these government officials and strengthening our representation of our community to repel the needs of the tour Community forward we've built up a trust amongst the godalia Israel that when we come to the table they know that we're going to have the answers to them they know that we have the information we've gone through the work we have the facts there's no ulterior motives involved we hear because we are our goodest Israel to serve Clause that's our intention that's our motive and we're confident that that gives us a certain amount of Seattle that we will continue to be successful and be able to help classroll and rebuild foreign