He has lived in the neighborhood for 36 years. He grew up on Long Island so he knew about the community here. He chose to live here because it had a lot of Jewish amenities that catered to the religion. His favorite part of the community is the fact that it's very safe and friendly, especially for children. The different ethnic groups that live here blacks, whites, ans Latinos. Since he moved in 36 years ago, the population has basically stayed the same. The population can't really increase so much here because there is only a limited amount of space and housing in the neighborhood. The Jewish population has changed dramatically. There are a lot of orthodox Jews living in West Hempstead and this group increased more than any other group. It went from 120 Jewish families when he moved in to now over 1,000 families. In West Hempstead there is a Public school, Jewish School and Catholic school. When he moved in there was no Jewish early child center like there is today. Now, due to the amount of children who live here, there is a pre-k for both the public school and the Jewish school. The neighborhood and the Jewish community have not changed dramatically because it's a very stable community. For example, since he moved in, one of the more busy streets has a problem that whenever it rains, the street floods a lot. It was supposed to be fixed a long time ago and to this day it floods the most of any street in West Hempstead. even though that it's good to be stable, that is one thing that everyone in the neighborhood wouldn't mind seeing a change in. The Jewish community now consists of more types of Jews and has gone from a left winged modern orthodox to a more right winged orthodoxy. There is also now 4 orthodox synagogues instead of one as well as a conservative one. When i asked him if he would recommend other Jews to live here he responded "absolutely." he said he would recommend it to all types of Jews because that's the type of community that we are.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
interview
I interviewed Mr.Lou Miller, who does a lot of work for the synagogue in West Hempstead.
He has lived in the neighborhood for 36 years. He grew up on Long Island so he knew about the community here. He chose to live here because it had a lot of Jewish amenities that catered to the religion. His favorite part of the community is the fact that it's very safe and friendly, especially for children. The different ethnic groups that live here blacks, whites, ans Latinos. Since he moved in 36 years ago, the population has basically stayed the same. The population can't really increase so much here because there is only a limited amount of space and housing in the neighborhood. The Jewish population has changed dramatically. There are a lot of orthodox Jews living in West Hempstead and this group increased more than any other group. It went from 120 Jewish families when he moved in to now over 1,000 families. In West Hempstead there is a Public school, Jewish School and Catholic school. When he moved in there was no Jewish early child center like there is today. Now, due to the amount of children who live here, there is a pre-k for both the public school and the Jewish school. The neighborhood and the Jewish community have not changed dramatically because it's a very stable community. For example, since he moved in, one of the more busy streets has a problem that whenever it rains, the street floods a lot. It was supposed to be fixed a long time ago and to this day it floods the most of any street in West Hempstead. even though that it's good to be stable, that is one thing that everyone in the neighborhood wouldn't mind seeing a change in. The Jewish community now consists of more types of Jews and has gone from a left winged modern orthodox to a more right winged orthodoxy. There is also now 4 orthodox synagogues instead of one as well as a conservative one. When i asked him if he would recommend other Jews to live here he responded "absolutely." he said he would recommend it to all types of Jews because that's the type of community that we are.
He has lived in the neighborhood for 36 years. He grew up on Long Island so he knew about the community here. He chose to live here because it had a lot of Jewish amenities that catered to the religion. His favorite part of the community is the fact that it's very safe and friendly, especially for children. The different ethnic groups that live here blacks, whites, ans Latinos. Since he moved in 36 years ago, the population has basically stayed the same. The population can't really increase so much here because there is only a limited amount of space and housing in the neighborhood. The Jewish population has changed dramatically. There are a lot of orthodox Jews living in West Hempstead and this group increased more than any other group. It went from 120 Jewish families when he moved in to now over 1,000 families. In West Hempstead there is a Public school, Jewish School and Catholic school. When he moved in there was no Jewish early child center like there is today. Now, due to the amount of children who live here, there is a pre-k for both the public school and the Jewish school. The neighborhood and the Jewish community have not changed dramatically because it's a very stable community. For example, since he moved in, one of the more busy streets has a problem that whenever it rains, the street floods a lot. It was supposed to be fixed a long time ago and to this day it floods the most of any street in West Hempstead. even though that it's good to be stable, that is one thing that everyone in the neighborhood wouldn't mind seeing a change in. The Jewish community now consists of more types of Jews and has gone from a left winged modern orthodox to a more right winged orthodoxy. There is also now 4 orthodox synagogues instead of one as well as a conservative one. When i asked him if he would recommend other Jews to live here he responded "absolutely." he said he would recommend it to all types of Jews because that's the type of community that we are.
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