Gavin Cato: Rides Fun and Celebration Commemoration

gavin cato: But the plan has opened a painful rift between the slain Jewish student family and organizers, and it has raised questions about when celebration and commemoration can mix, according to Metro News. Promoted by a roster of elected officials, community groups and Jewish organizations, Sunday "One Crown Heights" event starts with a commemoration ceremony. Yet the 25th anniversary of the Crown Heights riot is being marked with games, rides and "fun for all ages."It meant to showcase unity in an area shaken by four days of violence in 1991. But the ensuing " neighbourhood festival" galls relatives of Yankel Rosenbaum, who was stabbed to death as the riot began after a car in a prominent rabbi motorcade fatally hit 7-year-old Gavin Cato."It insensitive," said Rosenbaum brother, Norman, who notes that the event flier alludes to "the events of Aug. 20, 1991," not to rioting or deaths. "It a trivialization of a very, very serious period of time, of a series of incidents culminating in my brother murder."His disapproval dismays one of the organizers, Devorah Halberstam, who stresses her empathy for the Rosenbaums. To her, bringing children of different backgrounds together to have fun is a positive, forward-looking way to observe the anniversary and years of efforts to create more cohesion in Brooklyn Crown Heights. Her 16-year-old son, Ari, was killed on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1994 in a shooting aimed at a vanload of Jewish students."My total intention in this was to do right by Yankel and Gavin Cato" and show their families the community remembered and cared about them, said Halberstam, who helped establish the neighbourhood Jewish Children Museum. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.