Tonight, my special guest is Barry Sugar of the Crown Heights Jewish Leadership Council, who will be discussing the series of unprovoked anti-Semitic assaults on members of the Crown Heights Jewish Community.
Also, Dr. Richard Grazi, Director of Reproductive Medicine at Maimonides Hospital, will discuss the issue of infertility.
The Dov Hikind Show 7pm on 620 AM, WSNR.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
HIKIND ‘SHOCKED’ AT INADEQUATE RESPONSE TO ON-GOING ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS IN CROWN HEIGHTS
NEWS FROM
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
November 13, 2013
HIKIND ‘SHOCKED’
AT INADEQUATE RESPONSE
TO ON-GOING ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS IN CROWN HEIGHTS
This afternoon,
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) issued the following statement:
“The series of unprovoked
attacks in Crown Heights has community members both frightened and dismayed at what
they feel is inadequate protection from law enforcement. The New York City
Police Department, for whom I have the greatest respect, must seriously address
these ongoing attacks on both young and old residents.
“Attacks are occurring
regularly, often in broad daylight, by hoodlums who are cheered after assaulting
their Jewish neighbors. These aren’t muggings. No money is taken. The assaults
are motivated by hate.
“There are no ‘minor’
anti-Semitic incidents. Allowing adults and children to be assaulted without a
serious response from law enforcement sends the wrong message and opens up
innocent people to more attacks. This must stop and be dealt with immediately.
“I have met
with Crown Heights community leaders and the community is united. No one in
this city should be forced to live in fear.”
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Protesting Nazi War Criminals
HIKIND’S CAMPAIGN TO BRING JUSTICE
FOR THE VICTIMS OF NAZI WAR CRIMES TARGETS NAZI IN QUEENS
On Sunday, November 10, the 75th anniversary of Krystallnacht, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) brought more than 150 yeshiva students as well as five Holocaust victims to rally at the front door of convicted Nazi War Criminal Jakiw Palij. Palij has been identified by the Department of Justice as an armed guard who was actively involved in the extermination of 6,000 men, women and children in the Trawniki labor camp in Poland in November, 1943. The gathering was co-organized by Rabbi Tzvi Friedman of Rambam Mesivta in Lawrence, NY.
Palij was stripped of his United States citizenship in 2003 for failure to disclose that he had been a guard in Trawinki, but with no country willing to take him in, he has continued to reside in New York.
“He came here under a lie and he continues to live here, enjoying the fresh air in Queens,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “He is living here among us, with his name on his doorbell, and he has nothing to worry about. People have said ‘why are you bothering old men?’ But these are people who were responsible for murdering men, women and children.”
“I am determined to pursue not only this guy, but also Nazis who live in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Michigan,” vowed Hikind. “I will go there and rally the Jewish communities. This is alef bais; this is fundamental. The idea that someone who participated in ‘The Final Solution’ can be living here among us. This goes to the heart and soul of what my parents went through and what so many in our community went through.”
Attacks on Jews in Crown Heights MUST be Addressed
On a regular basis I have been receiving messages from the leaders of the Crown Heights Jewish community regarding attacks on Jews. These aren’t muggings. It isn’t about money. Jews are being attacked and beaten precisely because they are Jews. And the frequency of these attacks is increasing. The situation in Crown Heights is out of control.
I am calling
on the Police Commissioner to address this immediately and do whatever is
necessary to protect the innocent men,
women and children of Crown Heights from these hate crimes.
I will be in
Crown Heights today to meet with people and look further into this.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
STAGING RALLY AT NAZI’S HOME TODAY
NEWS UPDATE FROM
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
November 10, 2013
HIKIND’S CAMPAIGN TO BRING JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF NAZI WAR CRIMES TARGETS NAZI IN QUEENS
WILL STAGE RALLY AT NAZI’S HOME TODAY
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is furious that there are still Nazi war criminals living legally and illegally in the United States—and he’s doing something about it. Beginning this month, the 75th anniversary of the tragedy of Kristallnacht, Assemblyman Hikind is launching a campaign to bring the remaining Nazi war criminals in America to justice.
“People have the nerve to say, ‘They are old now—why bother?’ But what of the hundreds and thousands of innocent victims that were personally tortured and murdered by these criminals? Do we have no obligation to their memories?”
In July, the Associated Press reviewed U.S. Justice Department data and reported that at least 10 suspected Nazi war criminals ordered deported by the U.S. never left the country—and at least four are living here today. “Shockingly, these criminals have remained eligible for public benefits such as Social Security until they exhausted appeals,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “They came here illegally, lied on their registration and naturalization papers, and even after they were caught they were able to take advantage of the system and receive tax-payer benefits. Does it get any more outrageous than that?”
All of the illegal Nazis have been stripped of citizenship and ordered deported. Nevertheless, they have been able to carry on and live out their lives in familiar surroundings. One of the reasons attributed to the illegal Nazis remaining in the U.S. is that their countries of origin do not want them back. This is currently the case of Vladas Zajanckauskas in Sutton, Massachusetts; Theodor Szehinskyj in West Chester, Pennsylvania; John Kalymon in Troy, Michigan; and Jakiw Palij in Queens, New York.
“A Nazi murderer living in Queens,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “Is this a bad joke? If it is, we aren’t laughing.”
While the U.S. can deport these men over evidence of involvement in Nazi war crimes, they cannot put them on trial because their crimes took place outside of the U.S. The responsibility to prosecute is thrust on the countries where the crimes were committed.
“As far as I’m concerned, this farce has gone on too long,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “We don’t want these murderers living among us, among the descendants of the men, women and children their tortured. That is beyond adding insult to injury—it is a mockery. It is our obligation to root out the evil from among us. If their native countries don’t want these Nazi murderers back, then put them on a boat and send them off. They have no right to enjoy the freedoms they denied others.”
Friday, November 8, 2013
HIKIND DEMANDS INVESTIGATION INTO NY TOWN’S ‘ACCEPTED’ ANTI-SEMITISM
NEWS FROM
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
November 8, 2013
AS KRISTALLNACHT ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES, HIKIND DEMANDS INVESTIGATION INTO NY TOWN'S 'ACCEPTED' ANTI-SEMITISM
“THIS ISN’T A SERIES OF INCIDENTS—IT’S A CULTURE OF HATE AND INTIMIDATION. PINE BUSH IN 2013 IS GERMANY IN EARLY 1933.”
“THIS ISN’T A SERIES OF INCIDENTS—IT’S A CULTURE OF HATE AND INTIMIDATION. PINE BUSH IN 2013 IS GERMANY IN EARLY 1933.”
CALLS ON NY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is calling on New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the years of anti-Semitic incidents that have occurred in the Pine Bush Central School District in New York State—incidents that have been tolerated by the district and ignored by local officials. A class action suit by three Jewish families whose children have suffered enormously from the tolerated racism in Pine Bush—once home to a local KKK chapter president—has uncovered a culture of tolerated racism that has terrorized local Jewish families for years.
“There are reports about incidents of swastikas, ant-Semitic
epithets and nicknames, and jokes about the Holocaust being virtually ignored
by the school system,” said Assemblyman Dov Hikind. “And of course it doesn’t
end there—when local authorities ignored assault, it inevitably leads to
battery, to terroristic threats, to a tolerance of constant intimidation as if
that’s an inalienable right. So one Jewish boy gets beaten severely and another
Jewish child is withdrawn from school, a third child learns to deny being
Jewish and a fourth testifies to feelings of depression and suicide.
“We have a national dialogue about equality for everyone and
tolerance for all lifestyles and the long-term damage that bullying does to a
child. But here in Pine Bush we discover the worst type of bullying. It is
taught by parents, tolerated by the school district, and it has gone on for years without interference from local officials.
That is unconscionable.
“You have the local superintendent responding to a parent
who complained about her daughter’s harassment, ‘your expectations for changing
inbred prejudice may be a bit unrealistic.’ You have testimony from numerous
victims that not one or two but 35 students regularly carry out anti-Semitic
acts. Threats like ‘Die Jew’ are made and tolerated. A swastika is drawn on a
photograph of President Obama’s face and, after reported, left hanging on a
wall for a month! You have a seventh grade girl restrained by one student while
another draws a swastika on her face!
“This is beyond outrageous. This is heart breaking. This is
what those poor Jewish children and their families had to tolerate in Germany
in 1933. But we will not stand for this. We will not tolerate Jewish children being
used as punching bags. There are laws in this country and it’s time to unmask
what’s been going on in Pine Bush, New York and bring law to this town and
protection to all of its residents.”
Assemblyman Hikind, the Assistant Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly, represents the largest number of Holocaust survivors in the United States.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Tonight: Greg Birnbaum on The Dov Hikind Show
Tonight's guest is Greg Birnbaum, Deputy Managing Editor at Politico.com and a former political editor at The New York Post.
The Dov Hikind Show 7pm on 620 AM, WSNR.
The Dov Hikind Show 7pm on 620 AM, WSNR.
Monday, November 4, 2013
HIKIND CONDEMNS BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOR CONTINUED CO-SPONSORSHIP OF ANTI-ISRAEL EVENT
NEWS FROM
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND
November 4, 2013
For Immediate Release
Contact: Yehudah
Meth
973-945-4903 (cell)
HIKIND CONDEMNS
BROOKLYN COLLEGE FOR CONTINUED CO-SPONSORSHIP OF ANTI-ISRAEL EVENT
"SPONSORSHIP IS
TANTAMOUNT TO SUPPORT. A CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK HAS NO BUSINESS ESPOUSING HATRED!"
Assemblyman
Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) called on Brooklyn College to end its co-sponsorship of
yet another hate fest against the State of Israel. "We respect the freedoms our Constitution
affords everyone," said Assemblyman Hikind, "but that in no way
condones Brooklyn College's lack of sensitivity in co-sponsoring this event."
On November 14th,
Ben White, a known anti-Israel "academic," is scheduled to speak as a guest of Students
for Justice in Palestine. This is the same group who welcomed Omar Barghouti,
founder of BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions), which aims to eliminate the
State of Israel from the map.
"Ben
White is not just anti-Israel," said the Assemblyman, "he is also an
anti-Semite. Last year while advocating a boycott of Israel's Habima Theatre's
participation in London's Globe Theatre World Shakespeare Festival, White
tweeted the following: If you need another reason to support a
boycott of Habima, I present a massive picture of Howard Jacobson's face.
To boycott something based on the appearance
of what a Jewish person looks like is no different than Joseph Goebel's classic
anti-Semitic propaganda."
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