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A Matter of Principal
One man makes a difference

NBC’s “Today Show” featured a segment on New York City principal Shimon Waronker, a Chabad-Lubavitch Chasid under whose watch a failing Bronx middle school has gone from one of the city’s most dangerous to one of the most promising.

The March 12 report follows an article in the New York Times that highlighted Waronker’s take-charge attitude when it comes to leading a student body and faculty almost written off by the public.

Waronker, who lives in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, speaks fluent Spanish and served time in the military before studying in a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva. …


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Posted: Apr 5, 2008
Mazel Tov
Have forwarded link to several on my list. Wish I could forward to more. Work in a southern public school system as a health care provider. Believe it is one Chabad-Man's partnership with his Creator. I love it when he danced around the question as to whether or not he wanted to be there. He was called there by the Holy One - he obeyed. I am so awed.
Posted By Anonymous, Old Hickory, TN
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Posted: Apr 1, 2008
principal takes back school
How inspiring. This is the positive publicity the Jewish people need to show the world. This is the goodness and holiness of G-d's work. I commend this man for bringing out the goodness in his students, parents and teachers. May we all take a lesson from him. I certainly will do so.
Posted By Anonymous, Southampton, Pa. USA

Posted: Mar 28, 2008
yay shimon!!!
Posted By kaye, uk

Posted: Mar 27, 2008
All I can is - wow!
This really is an amazing story. It just shows the power that one person can have. Now imagine the power that 5 people like this man could have, or 10, 50, 100, or a 1,000. It could change the world. My job and your job is to be one of the ones that change it.
Posted By Andrew, Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Mar 25, 2008
Interesting story
Yet the question must be asked, is it one man's work? or is it one chabad-man's work?
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