Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - Where do people in your community gather or socialize?
  - How and where does your community access services (healthcare, transportation, educational services, etc.)?

Examples of activities and services: Shopping areas, schools and universities, libraries, parks, lakes, rivers, places of worship, healthcare services, public transport, local nonprofit organizations, etc.

Your response: The community gathers and socializes in each other's homes, in synagogues, at community centers. The community accesses services at nearby hospitals or they will travel to hospitals in manhattan using the subway system or buses or by car. The community attends local yeshiva schools for educatiion until 8th grade. They also will attend Brooklyn College or more specialized accelerated degree programs.

Use these questions to think more about how you would describe your community...
  - What are the cultural bonds in your community?
  - If your community has a shared history, what is it?

Examples of cultural or historical interests: Religious groups, ethnic groups, languages, age groups, immigration status, historic or arts districts, etc.

Your response: The community consists of various types of Jews. Some have lived in the united states for many generations and some are recent immigrants. The most commonly spoken languages are English, Yiddish and Hebrew. Yiddish is spoken more in the northern part and Hebrew is more common in the southern part. Ages vary across the lifespan with a large emphasis on young children and their schooling.

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  - Where are residents employed?
  - If there are environmental concerns in your community, what are they?

Examples of economic or environmental interests: Tourism industry, agricultural workers, mining town, manufacturing center, polluted natural resource, unemployment problem, etc.

Your response: Residents are often employed in the community itself as the community tends to be insular. There is an emphasis in the more religious mindset that young men spend their time after graduating from high school learning Talmud for several years (sometimes for life) and to not seek traditional employment. There is expectation from the rest of the community and from philanthropists to support this endeavor. As a result, unemployment does exist within the community with men who have not found the financial support needed to continue learning Talmud full time but who also do not necessarily have other skills that can be applied to traditional jobs.

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  - What should politicians and/or map drawers know about your community?
  - What are the needs of your community?
  - Is there anything else you want to tell us about your community?

Examples of needs or concerns: Keep community in the same district or separate into multiple districts, shared policy concerns, need for a social service, relationship to other nearby communities, issues with current district lines

Your response: The community leans heavily republican for various reasons including viewpoints on Israel, the fact that the community does not send their children through the NYC public school system and feels like they should not have to pay into it and exclusively eating kosher food. While many have the belief that the Jewish Community is wealthy and does not require assistance, in fact there is a lot of families who are struggling with poverty but are too proud to accept assistance.. It will be effective to keep the community in the same district or perhaps to separate it between the northern, Ashkenazi Jewish side as well the southern, Sephardic Jewish side.