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Aug 21, 2021, 12:26 PM

3 days of rioting shattered Crown Heights. 30 years of peacemaking helped put it back together.

Brooklyn Borough Advocate Jibreel Jalloh, left, and Rabbi Eli Cohen of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council attend the One Crown Heights festival, marking progress made on the 30th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots, August 2021. (Office of the Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams)

We have found a way to come together and have conversations about difficult issues. Sometimes we even discover we share the same concerns

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Eli Cohen is the executive director of Crown Heights Jewish Community Council and a coordinator of One Crown Heights.