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Rabbi Ilan Meirov - Chazaq
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so with no further ado right here with
us is a man thank you so much for
joining us I know it's a very very busy
day and welcome to thank you so much for
having us and there's another shame and
I said silence we're gonna go strong the
other shame absolutely
so let me let's go all the way to the
beginning so you started the hazak
together with you Nev so what was the
drive behind it how did it happen the
truth is to be straight-up forward with
you it's you Nev that really takes all
the credit for what's happening here
he's most selling that freshness he was
fifteen years old he started this
organization
Zachary was 15 years old in yeshiva and
he was bothered by the fact that there's
so many people in our community that
didn't even know who they are they
didn't value they didn't cherish their
beautiful Jewish heritage and and there
he was as a one-man show Burton that
looking to create you limb in the
community to unites valid image gonna
zoom all the different segments of the
community to come to classes together
about upcoming holidays a bachelor on
part about raising children about anger
management you name it he put together
children with Ruhlman and speakers and
the whole question it was very very
successful and from there is main focus
which was dealing with public school
kids became a reality and you know we
started different programs and a small
scale going back over a decade ago 12 13
years ago in a very small scale and
slowly but surely gradually it's become
they made a tremendous tremendous
operation that is changing so many lives
so many so many Jewish kids how many
years ago we have so we're talking about
starting with the passing years old so
this is happening about 2,000 to 5,000
yes around that time hello Lou 20 28 27
I'm not sure what do you share billion
message Anna but that's what it is it's
it's a I think what's interesting one
thing to guys very interesting is
usually when you have an organization
started I didn't start
a bunch of human need up a name leaders
you know really wealthy people sitting
down at a table signature we have
problem ABC we're gonna put down X
amount of money to start something cuz
we gotta solve this problem over here
was not much ahead finish yeah he was
fifteen result you know and he says
there's problem ABC I'm gonna try to
figure something out
you know actually star was the
participate but remember she became
Julie she organ became base the next
thing you know it's a whole operation
that touching literally thousands upon
thousands of lives throughout the year
I'm talking with people of all walks of
life whether they're very religious
whether their secular whether they have
a Jewish education whether they're in
public school there's still not a pastor
so so this is amazing map if I so give
me some numbers as far as I get an
understanding of you know how many how
many first before we came what we
reached cuz they were here where we
reached wow that's amazing I want you to
understand what we have to reach you
know we have a better leg for what we
know about ten thousand traditional
Jewish kids traditional homes there are
public schools here in Queens area in
the Queensland the Queen's area tell me
have all division that we're ready
starting to open up in the five towns in
North northern wooden here we have
thanks everyone up a little basin they
have other parts of New York you know
people Italians come to green neck but
right now just letting my Queens alone
yes there is approximate 10,000 now
10,000 Jewish kids they're not anti to
ephemerides
expose never had the exposure or maybe
they they're just don't understand the
importance everyone says my kid could go
to public school and they won't be
affected he'll still hold on to his
traditions and them and he'll respect
the values but in reality that the
reality the thing yet we're seeing what
happens what happens what happens
a boy who goes to public school when
when he graduates public school what
happens if it is then every school
delivers a certain message you know
whether it's Jewish school whether it's
a Catholic school whether it's a public
school every school is your message so
these kids from the age of 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 all the way through the high
school years 18 years old I'm not
hearing a thing about you have duty
about Judaism quite the contrary they
probably hearing more Fela and things
against the Jewish values the Jewish
morals and what happens is like there
are mom says you're influenced by your
surroundings right everyone simply by
surroundings you you you it's like he
bring down a Mashhadi
if you're in a perfume store even if you
don't buy anything just walking in there
you have a certain smell right if you go
into a dumpster looking to see what's
there but even we don't touch anything
when you walk out you boy you smell so
bad for your influenced by surroundings
so that kid that boy that girl that's
five years old that goes to the public
school I'm sure they give a good
education no question about it but where
they're gonna be 13 years from now are
they gonna be identifying to the oedema
juice are they gonna be like yeah you
know we support I don't know what to say
the visual we we support this and that
but but in turn Judaism mom I don't have
to practice anything is if I live with
my heart you know and next thing you
know we're seeing it I see with my own
eyes the simulation rates is really
rising you never losing numbers and
how's that
to intermarriage at end of the day you
know when you are not taught the value
of what it is to be you D what kind of
responsibilities come with it what
statue you have what what is your
purpose in this world you can get lucite
very easily and if from a young age
they're not embedded with that what a
shame that the two are that pride in
being Jewish and trying to do as much as
you can when you don't have that you
know what we could have you know I'm in
the wine and celebrate their their
holiday as well you know we could have a
wedding with quote unquote rabbi and
also have buzzer man what's the problem
with it all and you know what you can't
blame him for that for buses it's a very
natural process so Kazak has programs to
combat right so what can you tell me a
little bit more about the actual program
it softens as far as what what do you do
work what do you you know I do how do
you bring them in what what do you say
you know that's a million-dollar
question
like it's not easy we're raising you
know dollars by the way right now thank
you for pointing it out but but I'll
tell you I'll tell you a very simple
thing you have to realize many of these
youth say I went to yeshiva my whole
life and the older I got to leave the
dismissal was you know 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 8
p.m.
eventually in high schools even 10 p.m.
with me schmuck in many of these public
schools like the ones we have in our
neighborhood the older you are the
earlier the dismissal is so you have the
average 9th 10th 11th 12th grader
already on the streets by 11 it might
excuse me 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. my god
sue that's what we have the time you
know a lot of our boys and girls and
bought in crime and drugs
Ashima Shmuel we see with our own eyes
you look at you speak to our staff you
hear the stories of experience over the
past three years is you're gonna be
shaking I'm not shaking
good kids am I talking bad kids all good
families you know Bob what are you doing
you put any kid on the street every day
at 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
you're asking for trouble and that's
what's happening so what Kazak does is
betrayed after-school programs for these
two
where they come they chill quote-unquote
they have a good time they eat they
drink they learn with the rabbi's learn
with the teachers they go on trips after
Shabbat owns it basically keep it keep
them off the streets bring them to a
safe beautiful environment and you see
that beautiful fruits that come out
eventually so many wonderful stories I'm
sure if we check out our website give
cos a calm you see over there a little
link little video five minutes clip of
some of our success stories and be a fun
night so so I wanna make sure that's
only with teenagers not even talk about
what we do with kids kids five-year-olds
70 Latinos we have Sunday programs for
them we have a weekly programs for them
you know teach him that alphabet teach
him how to read Hebrew because we have
besides the teens and children after
school program we have a whole PST Y
division which means public school
tissue with division we have a staff of
men and women they're working their
phones all day long communicating with
the parents of the children that come to
their programs or communicating with
anyone in our community they may be
interested in the Shiva education we
call them up we say listen we want to
offer you an opportunity your ten year
old boy
or you're trying to older daughters ran
in public school what's holding you back
from yeshiva listen I don't know I miss
finances or maybe I don't like education
or it's too far into this so you know
what I've tried to work with you well
introduce you to the schools
well do something make something happen
and add lab time one year and a half
hold you see what is up tight and you're
gonna have you put 370 370 370 plus plus
okay over 370 kids from public schools
DC but in a year you're plus you're
gonna have did I mother amazing that's
besides the hundreds of others that come
to our programs is getting a Jewish
foundation many programs yeah
shopping there's a lot of work to be
done and we're not gonna give up at any
one you know you our theme is No Child
Left Behind we're gonna give every
single one opportunity if they wanted to
the parents want is their decision we're
not
anyone comes along without portunity and
I will give it to you that's amazing
one last question is one personal story
I have to think there's so many good
stories that's how I give you the best
one ever say moving on this question
it's the first one that pops up I mom
into the name of the individual names a
young man comes knocking on my door you
live in the same neighborhood same same
building and sweet boy comes in he was
17 18 years old and you know he comes in
yet a few questions about life it's now
I gave him a little guidance and to
build a new relationship every child
learning you know a couple times a week
and remember was a Shabbat Sukkot I
think it was Malaysia bad Sukkot as I'm
coming back home from attic message
his father was outside he was smoking
we're on the phone evidence mateship at
Sukkot this is a viola by how are you
which is you know you know Russian
accent you mean I know you're learning
with my son please make sure you just
keep guiding him get him good she do a
good Jewish girl and now or two later I
hear her tell of running into the
building
came running into the building and I got
a text from the boy and he was actually
studying with a few friends and you know
you know we immediately went to the
hospital and Shammi sure he didn't
survive within a few minutes but that
boy obviously I think adesh so much that
year but forgiven become good Jewish boy
let's go mental on its hood I try
keeping that promise of getting that she
do I could say I remember Zack timeframe
I think about a few weeks after his
father's your tight you got married to a
girl from a beautiful family you know
and successful young man whose wife is
doing great things in the community and
it all started from one little knock on
the door to my house I'm you build a
relationship today following following
the beautiful tradition that we've had
enemies Jake I appreciate ur me we
courage everyone get involved massage
back in that organization everyone's
organization Gary we're saving so many
beautiful you know there's there's so
many different charity this is something
that involves us in our community it's
right here it's under everyone should
move to every single good something
about something that's really happening
in your neighborhood backyard how big
how much Jessica thank you so much thank
you thank you