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Education

Letter To The Editor: Here’s Why Urban Dove Needs To Find A Different Location

East 21st Street in Midwood. Liena Zagare/BklynerIn response to our articles about Urban Dove charter school renting school space [/you-dont-belong-here-charter-schools-move-to-midwood-splits-jewish-community/] from the East Midwood Jewish Center, and the controversy that has caused [/hasidic-neighbors-protest-emjc-rabbis-installation-over-charter-school-controversy/] in the immediate neighborhood, we have received a letter to the editor from Laurie Mermelstein. Mermelstein

Central Brooklyn

Jewish Neighbors Protest EMJC Rabbi’s Installation Over Charter School Controversy

Protesters at EMJC. Curtis Brodner/BklynerMIDWOOD — The installation of Rabbi Sam Levine at the East Midwood Jewish Center (EMJC) was protested by over 100 opponents of the Urban Dove School’s move to one of EMJC’s properties. Urban Dove is a charter school that serves students who failed the

Central Brooklyn

You Don’t Belong Here: Charter School’s Move to Midwood Splits Jewish Community

MIDWOOD – An informational meeting about East Midwood Jewish Center’s (EMJC) plan to rent a former Jewish day school building to a charter-school devoted to educating at-risk kids devolved into a chaotic shouting match last night, pitting the Orthodox and Conservative Jewish communities in Flatbush against each other. The room

Announcements

Four Free And Amazing High Holiday Services in Brooklyn

Looking for a community to celebrate High Holidays? These four congregations are opening their doors to share the service with all – from Park Slope to Midwood. Check them out! High Holidays this year: Rosh Hashana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah] this year falls on September 21 and 22,

East Midwood Jewish Center

Attend "Our Journeys, Our Stories" This Sunday

The Interfaith Committee of the East Midwood Jewish Center [http://www.emjc.org/] and Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church [http://www.olrbrooklyn.org/] will hold “Our Journeys, Our Stories,” an event celebrating the lives and travels of recent immigrants to the United States, this Sunday, April 14. The