Florida Jewish Community Sends Food To Police Precinct After Officer Was Shot Nearby

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HOLLYWOOD,FL (JTA) – When a police officer with the Hollywood Police Department was shot and killed during an armed robbery Sunday, it hit the local South Florida Jewish community close to home.

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The shooting took place in Emerald Hills, the neighborhood that forms the heart of the local Orthodox Jewish community, and happened just minutes away from a local synagogue. In the days since the shooting, the Jewish community has rallied to support the local police precinct, organizing hundreds of meals for the officers who worked alongside Yandy Chirino, the 28-year-old officer who was shot while attempting to stop the robbery.

For one meal Wednesday evening, Fancy Plants Salad, a salad station located inside a kosher grocery store, provided 200 individually wrapped salads to accompany 200 pizzas donated by Lenny’s Pizza, a local kosher pizza store.

“There are multiple restaurants helping to prepare meals, there’s a meal train for the family where whole classes from the local schools have participated in. It’s remarkable,” said Adina Ciment, a Hollywood resident who dropped off breakfast for the officers Thursday morning.

“It’s unfortunate that it took a tragedy in our backyard to remind us how much the police force does for us each day and how much we take it for granted,” Ciment said.

The Young Israel of Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale is hosting a prayer vigil in memory of Chirino Thursday evening.


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lipa99
lipa99
2 years ago

KIDDUSH HASHEM……………………

Pesach
Pesach
2 years ago

Shomer Shabbos Jews everywhere in America and beyond- Hasidim, Lakewood Litvaks, Orthodox, all– Should do this kind of thing even without, G-d forbid any tragedies to show the Police how much we respect and value their incredibly honorable daily putting their lives on the line.
Counter all the sickening disgusting “defund the police” people with ferocity.

z h
z h
2 years ago

What will food do for them? Does a murder make people hungry? Send food to the family members of the victim who may not be able to prepare meals for themselves, but that picture looks overdone.
Stop the fake Kiddush Hashems. Keep Mitzvos and don’t do aveiros