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In November of 2016, at a national convention of Agudath Israel of America (AIOA), Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz decreed Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish community to become “schtickle pioneers”, to move out of their basement apartments in Brooklyn and to settle in towns like Jackson, Toms River, Brick and Howell.
Lefkowitz is a leader and trustee of AIOA, the organization which serves a leadership role and policy maker for America’s Heredi (Orthodox) Jewish community. Lefkowitz, Vice President of Community Affairs holds a prominent and influential role in the organization…