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You explain your situation to him. And on Thursday morning, Rabbi Wiener begins to contact people who can help you. He makes telephone calls, he sends e-mails, he arranges meetings or interviews with people who can give you a helping hand, find you a job, even provide temporary relief, while he is still searching for other possibilities, options and opportunities for you. He will help you even though, he never met you before, or heard your name in his congregation. This is the RABBI par excellence.
WHO IS RABBI MOSHE WIENER?
The World Jewish News Agency called him "America's most beloved and appreciated Rabbi." You know the man from his deed, as simple as that. Here is an excerpt from a letter sent by Rabbi Wiener to the national media, and in which he outlined what his council has accomplished and currently offering to the community of Brooklyn. It is self explanatory: " I am most pleased to share with your readers that the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Inc. has expanded its "Dignity Through Employment" program. As a public service, we are now offering a new series of no-cost retraining courses (followed by job placement assistance) for individuals who have been terminated or laid-off from their jobs. These courses include: * Computerized Project Management, which helps qualify students for jobs such as Architectural Drafter, Designer, Construction Site Supervisor, Engineering Technician, Civil Engineer and Estimator. *LAN-Technology, which helps qualify students for jobs such as Network Administrator, Help Desk Specialist, LAN Technician, Network Engineer, Field Service Engineer and Technical Support Specialist * Advanced Programming, which helps qualify students for jobs such as Software Developer, Applications Programmer/Analyst, Data Base Administrator and Web Site Developer. * Computer Applications for Modern Business, which helps qualify students for jobs such as Administrative Assistant, Accountant, Bookkeeper, Executive Secretary, Office Manager, Sales Representative, Customer Service Representative, Teller and Financial Advisor.
Photo: Rabbi Moshe Wiener and Rabbi Herschel Okunov in Brooklyn, dance with newly restored Sifrei Torah that were hidden for decades in the former Soviet Union. Rabbi Wiener escorted the Torah on Sunday, October 24, 2004, in a gala in Brooklyn from the Russian Community of Brighton Beach to the Hebrew Alliance, F.R.E.E. When the Nazis invaded Riga, Abraham Dovidov fled to Russia with the Torah scrolls. After the war, he returned to Latvia. He continued his practice of taking out the Torah scrolls only for prayer services on the Shabbat, and then hiding it. When he passed away, his children brought the Torah to the United States and was received and escorted by Rabbi Moshe Wiener and Rabbi Okunov.
* Lotus Notes Application Development, which helps qualify students for jobs such as Systems Analyst, Lotus Notes Developer, System Administrator and Applications Developer. Classes begin shortly and there is limited space available. Intensive employment counseling and job search assistance will be made available to all students. For more information, your readers can contact our vocational training department at 718-449-5000 extension 6. Thank you in advance for sharing this information with your readers and thereby offering them an opportunity to improve their future. Sincerely, Rabbi Moshe Wiener, Executive Director. The community reveres and loves this Rabbi, and particularly, community services providers and leaders of academia. Here is an example of what they wrote about the leadership of Rabbi Wiener. "KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE stated: Continues on P. 3