Brooklyn, NY – Kendall Stewart, 21st SD (D-Boro Park, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood) — Dr. Kendall Stewart is completing his second term as a member of the New York City Council representing the 45th Council District (which includes Boro Park, Flatbush and East Flatbush) where he has served with distinction and built a close working relationship with the Jewish community. On the other hand, we’ve become disenchanted over the past two years with incumbent senator Kevin Parker’s lack of responsiveness to our community. The third candidate is Councilman Simcha Felder, certainly no stranger to our community and certainly a positive force on the City Council. However, after initially announcing a run for the office of NYC Comptroller and later for Brooklyn Borough President, he belatedly shifted to a race for the Senate seat in the 21st SD, well past the time we had committed to Dr. Stewart and any reasonable period for possible reconsideration. In any event, we wholeheartedly support Dr. Stewart.
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No time for possible reconsideration? What a clever lie. Felder is well known to the jewish press and they could’ve easily endorsed him. They’ve failed to explain why Stewart over Felder. What has he delivered to our community.
Well finaly a Jewish Paper Endorces the rite Person for the Job……
A shande un a bishe.
“In any event” doesn’t sound like much of an endorsement.
Re:lock & load
your spelling is “noach mit ziben griezen”:(
A true Simcha to see Felder’s opponent endorsed.
History shows us, we can ONLY GET HELP FROM NON JEWS.
The jewish representatives are our misrepresentatives! VOTE FOR KENDALL STEWART! for then we will have a true friend in the City Council.
A little surprising and their excuse of Felder’s late entry into the race is lame. The Jewish Press endorsement means little, especially now with their shrinking advertising and circulation. I know all 3 candidates in the race, and even ignoring the fact that Simcha is one of ours, he has a record far superior to either Parker or Stewart.
old story it is not even a reform paper but as long as we advertise in it it will be around
the jewish press is not even worth mentioning they are a neusance
Simcha should be the guy but there is alot of pressure from rabanim behind the scenes not to have Simcha voted in because he brought a lesbian to Bais yaakov shoocl last year to lecture our children.
(Christie Quinn)
Also the Aguda did not get their 348.000 and up to 10 million this year from city, state and federal programs and they are blaming Simcha Felder for this.
I doubt it has anything to do with Simcha but what has the Aguda done for jews in NYC over the last 10 years? I would venture to say NOTHING so the aguda does not deserve any funds.
The aguda should explain where the funds have been going the last couple of years.
Anyone who is active in the leadership of the Jewish community knows how much damage Felder inflicted on the community. I am absolutely not surprised to see the Jewish Press support Felders opponent. There are an enormous part of the Heimish population that despises Felder.
Yungerman, please show how it is possible to write “noach mit ziben griezen” (Noach with seven mistakes).
anonymous 09-03-2008 – 10:21 PM Sounds just like this Levin guy
here is my take….
screw the jew bec if he wins he’ll like us anyway.
but if we endorse and he loses, we are left with someone who won’t like us.
in english they call this CHANIFA!
Lets look a little dipper why the Jewish Press didn’t endorse Simcha Felder.
1) Shelly Silver – Jewish Press doesnt do anything with out Shelly’s advice.
2) Shelly Silver – Felder is for Tution Tax Credit and Silver not, cause of the teachers union
3) Shelly Silver – Imagine the boss in Albany has another Jew in Albany that he won’t be able to control.
What has Kendal done for the Jewish Community that he deserves my vote?
what can you expact from a linke
tzeitong
while the agudah may very well be mighty ticked at felder, that is not why the jewish press didn’t endorse felder.
I don’t think anyone in felder’s district will be swayed either way by the jewish press’s endorsement or the lack of it.
I don’t know the other candidates but I did watch our politician who was supposed to represent our intrests in the city and I observed that felder has his political ambitions that dictates evrey move he gives.
never ever did he stand up for our needs if he wasn’t sure that its not going to interfere with his own ceshbonos.
one small example is the bloombergs traffic congestion plan what the yidishe oilem strongly opposed but it was felder who smiled to bloomberg and trow his support .
bloomberg who is new yorks putin is now looking to put his friends into leadership positions in many city and state offices so they will change the term limits so he can run for mayor a third term .
no wonder that the democrat-/epublican-Independen BLOOMBERG endorsed him together with other endorsements he made recently.
bottom line as a private boro parker yingerman I strongly believe that any of the two other candidates would do a much better job representing our needs at the state level in albany.
lets not get overwhelmed by the beautiful photographic ads of simchas campaign .
ANON 10:21 IS EITHER CRACKHEAD LEVIN (WHO R’ AVIGDOR MILLER WOULD HAVE ZERO TO DO WITH TODAY), OR HIS SIDEKICK KNOWN AS SOL FROM FLATBUSH. THERE ARE NO MAINSTREAM RABONNIM THAT HOLD THAT VISIT AGAINST SIMCHA! GET A LIFE GUYS. AND YEHUDA, STOP PORTRAYING YOURSELF AS A SPOKESMAN FOR ANYONE OTHER THAT YOUR(whacky)SELF!
To a a boro parker yid,
I hope you could read this. This is part of the article that was written in the Shpaktiv.
די דאזיגע באשולדיגונג ברענגט גרויס עגמת נפש פאר ר’ שמחה. עס קרענקט אים אז מענטשן זאגן אז ער טוט בלינדערהייט וואס בלומבערג הייסט אים און אז זיי רעדן “כאילו אויב דער מעיאר וואלט מיך געהייסן אראפּשפּרונגען פון דאך וואלט איך עס געטאן,” ווען באמת האט ער מערערע מאל געשטימט קעגן דעם מעיאר’ס אינטערעסן, א שטייגער ווי ביים קעמפן קעגן בלומבערג’ס פארגעשלאגענע טיקעט העכערונגען. ר’ שמחה זאגט אז זיין שטימע פאר דעם “קאנדזשעסשאן פּלאן” איז געווען איינע פון די שווערסטע באשלוסן וואס ער האט געפאסט אין זיין פּאליטישער קאריערע, און ער האט דאס בלויז געטאן נאך לאנגע שטונדן פון באטראכטן אלע צדדים מיט גרויס ישוב הדעת און קומען צו דער מסקנא אז נישט בלויז וועט קיין שום איד נישט ליידן פון זיין שטימע, נאר דער חרדי’שער ציבור וועט גאר פארדינען דערפון, וויבאלד ער וועט ווייטער אנהאלטן זיינע גוטע באציאונגען מיט’ן מעיאר און קענען ברענגען הונדערטער טויזנטער דאלארן פאר חרדי’שע ארגאניזאציעס.
קאנסילמאן פעלדער זאגט: “טייל מענטשן וועלן זאגן, ‘וואס האב איך דערפון אז תומכי שבת אדער בוני עולם באקומט געלט פון דער רעגירונג? ס’איז נישט מיין געלט’ אבער דער אמת איז אז ס’איז זייער נישט אויסגעהאלטן אזוי צו רעדן ווייל יעדע פאמיליע וואס גייט בעטן הילף פון איינער פון די ארגאניזאציעס געניסט פון די געלטער וואס מיר ברענגען. אויב די ארגאניזאציעס וועלן נישט באקומען קיין שטאטישע הילף וועט די לאסט פאלן אויף יעדן איינעם באזונדער. אויב עמיצער וואס דארף באקומען הילף וועט עס נישט באקומען וועט איר אים דארפן העלפן. אלזא, אין דער ענדע געניסט יעדער איינער פון די געלטער וואס מיר ברענגען. איך רעד שוין נישט פון דעם אז די שטאט שטעלט אויך צו פּראגראמען פון וועלכע אומצאליגע אינדיווידועלע מענטשן געניסן.”
לויט געוויסע קוועלער אין “סיטי האל” האט קאנסילמאן פעלדער געשטימט פאר דעם “קאנדזשעסשאן פּלאן”, נאר נאכדעם וואס ער האט אנגערופן דעם ארטאדאקסישן אסעמבלי ספּיקער שעלי סילווער, און דער ספּיקער האט אים פארזיכערט אז בלומבערג’ס פּלאן איז “דעד אן ערייוועל” (טויט ביים אנקומען) און וועט ניטאמאל געברענגט ווערן פאר אן אפּשטימונג אין דער אסעמבלי, און ר’ שמחה האט אלזא געוואוסט אז זיין שטימע וועט באמת גארנישט אויסמאכן, און פון דער אנדערער זייט וועט ער ווייטער אנהאלטן זיינע גוטע באציאונגען מיט בלומבערג, וועמען ס’איז געגאנגען בנפשו אז דער קאנדזשעסשאן פּלאן זאל דורכגיין.
ווען מיר האבן אנגעגעפרעגט דערוועגן ר’ שמחה’ן האט ער נישט געוואלט קאמענטירן דערויף, צוליב דער סעניטיוויטעט פון דער אישו. אזויפיל האט ער אונז יא געזאגט, אז “איך בין זייער צופרידן וויאזוי די געשיכטע האט זיך אויסגעלאזט אין דער ענדע.”
The Jewish Press’s endorsement did make a difference for me!!!
Since this newspaper is such a na’arische rag I”ll now try my outmost to vote for Simcha Felder!
He must be doing something right if this yellow rag does not endorse him
well done S.F. is a liar he betrate his freinds by taking away funds from a worthy 30 yrs old with a lot of creditability U.J.O. ……..nobody should vote this impastor S.F
add…… he is council member B.P. why mix in willi.
“noach mit ziben griezen”:(
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What does Noach Dear have to do with all of this?
Has Dov H. made any endorsement?
That rags endoresement means nothing. Does anyone know anyone who admits to reading that paper?
I remember when in exchange for their support an elected official gave them that 3rd Avenue building that currently serves as headquarters of the Jewish Mess.
Faish –
I’m with you. If JP says don’t vote for Simcha then I know that voting for him is the correct thing to do.
SINAS CHINEM
Judging from the intelligence level of those Jewish Press-haters who posted above, I’m proud to say I read the paper every week — and embearrassed that outsiders who read this blog will think ignorant ranting and fractured syntax represent a typical yeshiva education. I’m a frum economics professor (who wears a black hat) and I can only say the posters above who spew about the Jewish Press either haven’t read the paper in who knows how long (anyone who calls it a “yellow rag” is frozen in time — I’d like an example from the last number of years on how it’s a “yellow rag” — or is just hiding the fact that they don’t agree with the paper’s hashgafa.
What’s the real reason for not endorsing Felder?
The reason is Because he is a no show untill Election Year……
Why anyone still gives any credence to the “Jewish Press” is the question everyone should be asking?! They have been a worthless rag for some years now! With daily charedi papers & the proliferation of “charedei” websites, anyone still reading the Jewish Press has got problems!
In any event, just the fact that Kendall Stewart has a doctorate degree in Podiatry makes me think he’s more qualified than the other two candidates. Although he has had his share of investigations for supposed improprieties, nothing has been proven to date. Remember, he is a politician and it just goes with the territory especially here in NYC. As for Simcha Felder even though he is mishelonu, he did endorse Bloomberg’s congestion planning which tells me he does things for political reasons whatever they may be. About the third guy, I have no opinion of him since I don’t know anything about the guy.
To Michael, indeed you are a frum economics professor who can not spell.
Do people in BP or Flatbush still read the JP? I havn’t read this paper for the past 20 years!
ed mcmahon,
why in heaven’s name are you SCREAMING SO LOUD????
TURN OFF YOUR STINKIN CAPS!
anonymous 09-04-2008 – 11:00 AM Why don’t you read comment 09-04-2008 – 1:06 AM. I think that answers the Congestion pricing issue.
Also I just heard the interview on Kol Mevaser with Simcha Felder and think he was right and did the community a faver by voting for Congestion Pricing.
Anonymous: You say you haven’t read the Jewish Press for 20 years. You prove my point. How can you criticize something you admit you have no knowledge of? As to “on&on” — it was not a misspelling, it was a typo, if you know the difference. I accidentally typed in an extra letter in one word of my first comment above, and from that you say I can’t spell. Of course you didn’t address the substance of what I wrote. As I said in my first comment, the level of discourse in the comments section is an embarrassment — it’s mostly name calling, gossip mongering, and sheer nivel peh, delivered in embarrassingly bad English. The website itself is fine — an invaluable source of news for the frum community. But why the powers-that-be allow for comments is beyond me. They diminsh the frum community no end.
Someone needs to check into the real reasoning behind this endorsement.
Kendall Stewart… are you kidding me? Please, educate yourselves and visit this article http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/2-city-council-aides-face-federal-charges/?hp
Stewart’s Chief of Staff STOLE $31,000 in taxpayer money, slated for a non-profit and send it to his friends in Jamaica.
So now the Jewish Press is advocating that the voters allow Stewart access to a larger pocketbook? That is unbelievable.
As for Parker… they should try talking to people who live in his community. Parker is incredibly responsive to the Jewish community and has built pretty solid relationships with many of our community leaders and organizations.
It is appalling that the Jewish Press’ editorial board chose to endorse someone who’s own top staff member – his closest aide – is a proven thief over someone who is actually qualified for the job.
What a shame to see how far they have fallen.
Duh…Really? JP endorsing Felder..JP (a frum paper) endorsing a frum yid. Odd? Not at all.
Why is this neias?
does anyone even care what the Jewish Press has to say?
I care cause I know for not to vote for.
Parker punched out a policeman and assaulted a woman…yes sounds like the perfect man to represent our community.
I am not a big Simcha Felder fan, but who should I vote for, kevin parker or Kendall stewart.Look at their records, Stewart stole mony from organizations and parker has been arrested more times than the amount of legislation he passed. Parker brought less than $200,000 to the district while Simcha brought over $3,000,000. Im not voting for Simcha because its good for him, but its the best choice for me.
simcha you just got my vote
Stewart’s staff stole mony that he allocated. He has not been accused of anything. Kevin Parker was only arrested once for attacking a parking agent. Felder has not been accused of stealing anything or attacking anyone. Both Stewart and Parker have been attentive to our community for the purpose of getting our votes.
The Jewish Press failure to endorse Felder confirms that he is the one to vote for. The Jewish press, is however, a great place to find ads for apartments.
בס”ד
אז מען שרייבט אידיש, וועל איך אויך שרייבן מיין מיינונג.
ר’ שמחה, אזוי? אפשר הרב הגאון הצדיק רשכבה”ג! ער אליין ריפט זיך נישט רבי, ער האט קיינמאל נישט גענומען קיי סמיכה. דאס איז ריין ליצנות
ער האט עגמת נפש, נעבעך. וואס טוט זיך מיט די עגמת נפש פון די אלע אנ”ש וואס פלאגען זיך פאר א שטיקל ברויט, און דארפן באצהאלן עקסטער יעדן טאג נאר צו פארן אין די ארבייט? אין די זעלבע צייט שנארט שמחה פון היימישע אידן מיליאנען פאר זיינע פטליטישע אמביציעס.
אויב די איינציגסטע סיבה וואס ער האט אקטיוו געשטימט פאר דעם “קאנדזשעסשאן פּלאן” איז ווייל וויבאלד ער וועט קענען ברענגען הונדערטער טויזנטער דאלארן פאר חרדי’שע ארגאניזאציעס. סוף כל סוף האט שמחה געשניטן מיליאנען פון חרדי’שע ארגאניזאציעס אוי ווי אגודה, מעט קאנסיל, און יו דזעי או. וואס דרייט שמחה א קאף?
ער קען דרייען א קאף מיט פטליטישע חשבונות און שמות נרדפים אזוי ווי: קוועלער אין “סיטי האל, ספּיקער שעלי, בלומבערג, גריפעלד, ספרדים. גענוג געווען מיט פעלדער, לאמיר אנהייבן א נייע בלאט.
First Simcha does have Semicha from Harav Pam.
Second, Simcha didn’t cut money from Aguda and the Met, the speaker did it. By the way every year when the Agudah got money they gave credit & thank yous to David Weprin not to Simcha so when the Money gets cut you blame Simcha? Why don’t they go to David Weprin? Regarding the UJO He gave them in the past and gave them this year too.
anonymous 09-04-2008 – 4:27 PM – You are correct with what you wrote regarding the funding. As being involved in the Budget it’s a shame to see how the Jewish Community reacted to this years budget.
A lot of organizations got cut, due too paper work or investigations, and there were some new organizations that got funded that had all the correct documents to supply.