Brooklyn, NY – Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and the United Jewish Organization (UJO) of Williamsburg had a meeting with community leaders regarding large-scale disaster preparedness, in a bid to increase the community's ability to ensure greater security during times of disaster.
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Joseph Bruno, commissioner of the New York City OEM and other OEM officials. David Pollock of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of NY – actively involved in monitoring the safety of Jewish religious communities and religious sites – and Fred Kreizman, assistant commissioner of citywide outreach for the Mayor's Community Affairs Unit, encouraged all Williamsburg schools, as central organizing points, to be fully prepared with comprehensive emergency plans. [jewishpress]
In the picture you could see (L-R) David Oberlander of the Pupa chassidic sect; Jarrod Bernstein, deputy commissioner of the Mayor’s Community Assistance Unit; Fred Kreizman; Rabbi Yechiel Kaufman; Commissioner Joseph Bruno; Rabbi David Niederman; OEM Chaplain Rabbi Isaac Wurtsburger; David Pollock; and Rabbi Moshe Indik of the Der Blatt Yiddish weekly newspaper.