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Shea Hecht is the chairman of the board of the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education () and a leading Chabad rabbi. He is the son of the late Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht, one of the closest confidants of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. == Biography == Hecht is a fifth generation New Yorker, born in Brooklyn. Born to Rabbi J.J. and Chave Hecht he is one of twelve children. He was educated in the Lubavitch Yeshiva Central School System, where he received his rabbinic ordination. He rose to prominence in the 1970s after he began a program that sought to remove and educate Jewish youths away from various cults. This inspired his autobiography ''Confessions of a Jewish Cult Buster''.〔http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Jewish-Cultbuster-Shea-Hecht/dp/0318185318〕 As a community leader during the violent Crown Heights riot in 1991, Hecht worked across racial barriers in the pursuit of a harmonious side-by-side existence between the Hasidic and African-American communities.〔http://www.answers.com/topic/fires-in-the-mirror-play-2〕 Along with Edison Jackson, he co-chaired the Crown Heights Coalition after its inception.〔http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewarticle/c343_a10086/News/New_York/Neighborhoods.html〕〔http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/ny_local/2001/08/23/2001-08-23_beep_honor_peace_coalition_c.html〕〔http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/09/opinion/l-crown-heights-coalition-has-done-much-to-heal-community-126934.html〕〔http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/19/nyregion/report-finds-an-embattled-crown-hts.html?n=Top/News/Health/Diseases,%20Conditions,%20and%20Health%20Topics/AIDS&pagewanted=2〕 For his leadership and service during the riots, he received the Buffalo Soldier Award.〔http://www.jedavis-stopviolence.org/awards.html〕 Hecht was appointed by New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as Commissioner of Human Rights〔http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/28/nyregion/giuliani-sneers-and-even-friends-bridle.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all〕 and as member of the Police Task Force Committee.〔http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/28/nyregion/giuliani-sneers-and-even-friends-bridle.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all〕〔http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/27/nyregion/giuliani-dismisses-police-proposals-by-his-task-force.html?pagewanted=all〕 Additionally, in 1998, Mayor Giuliani appointed Hecht to the Committee for Proper Art in New York City.〔http://www.loopentertainment.net/speakers.html〕〔http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/31/nyregion/giuliani-makes-choices-for-a-decency-panel-on-art.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss〕 Currently, he is a dean at Hadar Hatorah Yeshiva in Brooklyn, NY, a yeshiva dedicated to fostering the Baal Teshuvah movement, as well as a faculty member of the Ivy League Torah Study Program.〔http://iltsp.org/FacultyFounder.asp/〕 He also served as the spiritual leader of the Seaview Jewish Center in Canarsie, Brooklyn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shea Hecht」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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