As Seen in the News

Fair Lawn rallies in response to anti-Semitic incidents
[Published in Jewish Standard - July 22, 2005]

"Before Steve brought this problem to our attention, we weren't aware of it because people can't report the incidents on the Sabbath," said Sgt. Robert Boyle of the Fair Lawn Community Policing Unit. That's because Sabbath-observant Jews do not use the telephone on the Sabbath except in cases of life-threatening or medical emergencies. But Boyle and his colleague, Officer Glen Callons, met with Kobrin's committee and officials at Cong. Shomrei Torah to devise a solution they've dubbed the Shabbat Alert System, which they hope to have in place in time for the Hgh Holidays.

Fair Lawn's Homeland Security Initiative
[Published in Fair Lawn News]

Steve Kobrin, a member of the Shomrei Torah Orthodox Congregation on Morlot Avenue, has been living in Fair Lawn for twenty years. "This is a wonderful community for Jewish people", he says. "With eleven different synagogues, we have become one of the major Jewish communities in New Jersey. Jews of all denominations have come to live here. There’s a growing Orthodox community and the businesses that cater to us -- kosher bakeries, delis, pizza, grocery stores -- have been thriving." However, as in just about every other town with Jewish residents, Fair Lawn has had problems with anti-Semitism.

Chanukah, Anti-Semitism, and Homeland Security
[Published in Arutz Sheva]

Let's suppose you were given a magic wand that could eliminate Anti-Semitism. You could use it to rid your town of this hatred, as well as every other town in the US. For that matter, you could use it to rid our country of every form of hatred based on religion, nationality or ethnic origin. What lesson would you teach people so they would end the hostilities? What idea would you illuminate in their brains so they realized hating people is the wrong choice?