As reported by The Suburbanite on August 19, 2010:
Etz Chaim President Robert Erlich wrote in an e-mail that the community liaison position is not unique to this application, but that the BOA has required such a position for similar applications.
"We are pleased with the approval and we will comply with all conditions imposed," Erlich wrote.
Those were the WRITTEN words of Mr. Robert Erlich, president of Etz Chaim of Teaneck. Really? You will comply with EVERYTHING and are PLEASED with the approval?
Last night, at the BOA meeting to memorialize their decision regarding the approval of the variance and the restrictions that Robert Erlich wrote that Etz Chaim will comply with, Etz Chaim's lawyer tried to continue to push through changes to the restrictions placed on Etz Chaim. Sources reported that Robert Erlich yelled at Mr.Rosen of the BOA that he must approve the changes and memorialize them now. Robert yelled at the same BOA member that chastised Etz Chaim for their unethical actions and negative behaviors towards the neighbors. Will the BOA require a liason between the BOA and Etz Chaim and leaders get up 2 times a year to preach tolerance towards the BOA? Yelling at the people from whom you are requesting a favor is idiocy. The BOA did not memorialize any changes. Afterall, Robert is pleased with the original approval and will comply with everything. If not, he is a big fat liar!
Robert did not provide a verbal quote for the article voicing his acceptance of the BOA's decision, he EMAILED it. What changed since that email?
As reported in the previous post, Rabbi Daniel Feldman will be chasing the money and officiate selikhot at the Young Israel of Plainview. It appears that the ramifications of the restriction against conducting services outside of Shabbat and Yom Tov has sunk in and Etz Chaim is now fighting to get it removed. Robert Erlich has gone on record calling Etz Chaim a Private Prayer Group and Rabbi Feldman has gone on record that Etz Chaim only uses the house 3% of the week. They asked for it and they forcibly fought for it. Now they have to live with the result of their actions and their absentee Rabbi.
Sometimes you get EXACTLY what you request.
4 comments:
WTF?? Does the Board Of Adjustment now see that they have been taken for a ride by the etz Chaim thugs? Good for them that they refused to memorialize the variance restrictions after the shuls thug attorney tried to have the restrictions changed. This group seems incapable of abiding by rules and does whatever they can to get around the laws the rest of us try do damn hard to keep.
Anyone else feel that Etz Chaim is taking advantage of the town and making a bad name for the Jews of Teaneck?
Anon 11:30. They have been doing this from day one. Don't you know a leopard never changes it's spots.
Ever since these clowns have come on the scene, I have been embarrassed being a Jew in Teaneck. Every time I see Feldmans name associated with these people, it makes me sick that such a book smart Rabbi can let this issue persist. It is a shame that he is not well balanced between being a 'Torah learning Jew' vs. a 'Torah observant Jew'. It appears his mantra during Selichot & the High Holy Days would be "Do as I say and not as I do". Maybe Jews in have Plainview never heard of him and will believe his conflicting rhetoric. I Never thought I would feel this way about a Rabbi, but you know what, in the end- we all bleed red and end up 6' under. He is no different than any other man. Fortunately his bloodline doesn't run through my family's veins. Happy & Healthy New Year to all.
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