Letters to the Editor 6-26-09

Issue of June 26, 2009 / 4 tammuz 5769

That’s Life awards

To the Editor:

The Five Towns Auxiliary Police would like to express our real thanks

for your giving us a Creativity Award! (That’s Life; June 19, 2009) We

are proud to say that our commanding officer, Lieutenant Gluck, is the

creative force behind the Auxiliary Car Staging program. To request

that a car be parked near your home, please contact us by visiting our

website at www.FiveTownsAuxiliaryPolice.org. We do feel it is

important to note that our cars are not always unmanned. In fact, we

run daily and nightly patrols across the Five Towns.

We are also happy to say that the Auxiliary Car Staging program is

far from our only genius idea. In fact, we have numerous, if less

visible, new ideas that have been implemented recently. For example,

we have equipped each of our cars with a defibrillator since we are

frequently the only official presence at large events; we have

provided each officer with an off-duty beeper so that we can quickly

respond to community emergencies; our officers have received training

in gang culture and gang recognition to understand warning signs; and

we will shortly unveil a new portable Command Post to make us more

visible at community events.

Looking forward to always sharing good news with you,

Sgt. David Spier

Nassau County Auxiliary Police

Thanks for hosting HALB

To the Editor,

Kudos, once again! Thank you so much for another very interesting and

thorough tour of the newspaper plant. The parents who attended gave me

such positive feedback. A personal thank you for explaining that

‘errors do happen,’ even within a professional setting. I had some

very upset students who realized there were errors in the final, final

drafts of their student paper! You made their day...and mine too. Also

thank you for commending my students on their “mostly perfect

behavior.” I am a big believer in positive reinforcement. Have a

wonderful summer. I will continue to read your paper on-line each

week.

Bina Krieger

Hebrew Academy of Long Beach

Shulamith closing costs

To the Editor:

Having a school lose a $2.5 million deposit because the school does

not have the funds to close –– and not trying to cancel the contract

if and when they had notice that the school very well may not have the

funds to close –– is a terrible breach of fiduciary duty (Bnot

Shulamith wins zoning for Inwood campus; June 19, 2009).

Parents would prefer to have the deep pockets of the board cover this

cost than have it cost the Brooklyn students their community school.

If there are parents in the Long Island community who are willing to

negotiate an amicable solution to this dispute (instead of endless

litigation), I would welcome the opportunity. They are welcome to

contact me at malkyhome@gmail for contact with the Brooklyn parent’s

group.

Brooklyn parents have no interest in having the Long Island campus

suffer, but we also want to preserve the school in Brooklyn that we

have had and enjoyed for over 70 years.

Stuart Weichsel

Brooklyn

First Nazis, then poverty

To the Editor:

The Jewish Star did a wonderful job reporting on my son’s documentary

about Holocaust survivors living in poverty (Surviving surviving; June

19, 2009). Less than two days after the release of the paper, the

video on the Vimeo website had experienced 499 hits. That is an

astounding response! It says a lot about your readers...they read and

respond to your paper. Let’s hope we have contributed to helping

relieve the misery these very special people are experiencing.

Harold Klein

Editor’s note: readers can view “Surviving surviving” online at

xwww.vimeo.com/5064899