Council of Jewish Organizations and Staten Island Shomrim - Hosts Chief Kenneth Corey For AVirtual Pre-Rosh Hashanah Security Meeting
On Monday,
September 14, 2020, The Council of Jewish Organizations of Staten Island (COJO-SI) and its Security Committee held its Annual
Pre-Rosh-Hashanah Security Meeting. This year due to the pandemic, the meeting
was held virtually.
Rosh Hashanah,
the Jewish New Year, falls out this year on Friday evening September 18, and
goes through September 20, 2020. Rosh HaShana is the start of the Jewish High
Holiday season that connects with Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement,
which will be observed on Sunday evening September 28, through Monday,
September 28, and culminates with the Sukkot Holiday celebrated from Friday
evening October 2, through Sunday, October 11. This is an important period of
faith for members of the Jewish religion.
At the
meeting, the focus was on how to better secure Synagogues and Houses of Worship
for the High Holiday Period in the time of Covid 19.
At the virtual
meeting, COJO officials such as Mendy Mirocznik, COJO president, Scott Maurer
COJO CEO and executive vice-president and Ari Weiss, COJO security chairman and
coordinator Staten Island Safety Patrol (Shomrim), were in attendance as well as
David Pollack from the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC-NY) and a
member of the COJO-SI Security Committee.
The meeting
was successful and in the words of Chief Corey, "demonstrated the strong
community partnership and bond between COJO-SI and the NYPD, and in no small
measure that is thanks to the efforts of Mendy Mirocznik, Scott Maurer and Ari
Weiss who exemplify what leadership is all about."
Mendy Mirocznik commented that, “the secret to the great
relationship between the NYPD and COJO-SI is communication. Chief Corey has
open lines of communication with COJO and this open communication allows us to
build community confidence with the NYPD.
Our prayer is that all those observing the High Holidays should do so in
a meaningful secure way. When we pray, we should pray for the well-being of the
NYPD that the Officers should be safe and return every day safely to their
families. However, this year we additionally pray that the Almighty have mercy
and eradicate the pandemic and put an end to the tragedy of Covid 19. May the Almighty bless the world by inscribing it in
the Book of Life and may the world know of peace, joy and happiness.”
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