Grand Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg - רבינו הקדוש רבי נחום ראזנבערג שליט"א

Exclusive Hamercaz Report: Activist Nuchem Rosenberg Shot Last Friday

R’ Nuchem Rosenberg, famous for his anti-molestation crusade in the Chasidish community, was targeted in a shooting this weekend, according to sources close to the activist.

R’ Rosenberg was reportedly shot at with a small caliber firearm; his forehead was grazed [see enlarged photo HERE], but he otherwise escaped injury. While the sources did not provide exact details as to the attack, they say that the attack was the work of members of the Jewish community upset with R’ Rosenberg for going up against some of the powers that be in the course of his activities.

Several years ago, R’ Rosenberg founded a telephone hotline dedicated to addressing what he maintained were issues of corruption in Williamsburg and in the greater Chasidish community at large. Earlier this year, he was forced to close the hotline due to pressure placed upon his opponents. At that time, he stated [listen HERE] that he was forced to buckle to the demands of his opponents due to threats made to his life. In response, his detractors had said that no such threats were ever made. They maintained that R’ Rosenberg’s claims were nothing more than an attempt to gain sympathy from the public.

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EDITORS NOTE: Nuchem was on the Dov Hikind Show Last Motza Shabbos and Didn’t Mention a word

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Two points of view on Kiryas Joel sidewalk

Kiryas Joel’s critics see its unauthorized sidewalk beside County Route 44 as further evidence the village holds itself above the law. But some residents there argue the road dispute exposes a different pattern: a double-standard when it comes to Kiryas Joel.

Abe Glanz, whose family lives in the vast condo complex served by the new walkway, scoffs at the safety concerns Orange County officials raised two weeks ago when they closed part of Route 44 and accused the village of loosening 500 feet of guard rail.

If the county was truly worried about cars hitting the guardrail and plunging down an embankment, Glanz asks, why isn’t it equally concerned about the exposed dropoff on County Route 105, near where the state has replaced a Route 17 overpass?

If it were, he suggests, the county would have closed Route 105 and fined the state Department of Transportation $1,000 a day, as it has threatened to do with Kiryas Joel.

“I’m not saying that the guardrail issue isn’t something to be addressed,” he wrote in an email. “But it’s definitely not something to shut down a road.”

Rich Mayfield, spokesman for County Executive Ed Diana, calls the road comparison “apples and oranges.” The Route 44 work was “not a permitted project,” he said, whereas Route 105 constitutes “a clearly defined, active construction site,” where drivers have “certain expectations.”

Chris McKenna
Now, an opposing view

Even as Kiryas Joel residents criticize the county’s response to the Route 44 sidewalk as overly harsh, three county lawmakers whose districts abut the village are pressing for even stronger measures.

In a letter to Diana, Legislators Frank Fornario, Roxanne Donnery and Greg Townsend propose a litany of steps to speed the reopening of the thoroughfare and suitably fine Kiryas Joel for the sidewalk work and a previous incursion on county property

For instance, they suggest the county hire a contractor to repair the loosened guardrail and bill Kiryas Joel for the work. They also suggest the county impose fines from the date of the violation, not from the deadline Diana originally gave to shore up the guardrail.

They wrote: “The county must send the strongest message possible to Kiryas Joel or any other municipality that it will no longer ‘negotiate’ a solution to such activity but will take the strongest actions possible under the law.”

Chris McKenna
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Exclusive Hamercaz Report: Activist Nuchem Rosenberg Shot Last Friday

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Two points of view on Kiryas Joel sidewalk