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PHOTOS: Brooklyn Boro President Adams Wraps Up Trip To Israel – Visits Mir Yerushalayim; Gives Exclusive Statement To YWN


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Brooklyn Boro President Eric Adams is wrapping up a week-long visit to Israel, and just paid a visit to the largest yeshiva in the world, the Mir Yerushalayim.

Moments after exiting the Mir, YWN spoke with President Adams who gave the following brief statement to us regarding his whirlwind tour of the country:

“I walked into the Mir Yeshiva, closed my eyes, and thought I was in Williamsburg.

“After spending a few days in this country, I must say that despite Israel living under the constant threat of violence, it incredibly does not surrender to fear.

The entire globe has a lesson to learn from Israel.”

“I am proud to represent the largest Jewish community outside of Israel”, Admas added.

As YWN reported, Adams left NY on Saturday night on a five-day mission focused on developing transatlantic partnership in public safety and economic development. He was accompanied with a 11-person delegation of current and former NYPD officials as well as local business leaders. Highlights of the trip, sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Inc. (JCRC), included a visit to an IDF base in the Golan Heights, a counterterrorism briefing with intelligence officials in the Israeli National Security Council, a meeting with the chair of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and a tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Museum. Borough President Adams underscored the importance of this mission for strengthening the critical ties between Brooklyn and Israel, particularly in the midst of rising extremism in the Middle East that also threatens American security.

Borough President Adams’s delegation to Israel included retired NYPD Chief of Department Phillip Banks, III, NYPD Inspector and 90th Precinct Commanding Officer Mark DiPaolo, United Jewish Appeal (UJA)-Federation of New York Managing Director of Government and External Relations Jeff Leb, JCRC Executive Vice President & CEO Michael S. Miller, retired NYPD Inspector and current National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) President Timothy Pearson, NYPD Captain and 66th Precinct Commanding Officer Kenneth Quick, NYPD Patrol Borough Brooklyn North Deputy Chief Jack Trabitz, and Yidel Perlstein, Chair of Community Board 12. Members of his office that will also traveling with him include his special counsel Ama Dwimoh, special assistant Joel Eisdorfer, and director of intergovernmental affairs Abe Friedman.

An in depth article on the trip will be forthcoming.

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(Dov Gordon – YWN)



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