Pastor’s parting gift to Bay Ridge, a new political club
The Reverend Khader El-Yateem, the Palestinian-born cleric who founded the Salam Arabic Lutheran Church 20 years ago and became a political force in Bay Ridge when he ran for City Council last year, announced that he is forming a new political club to carry on his work after he leaves Brooklyn to move to Florida at the end of the month.
El-Yateem announced the formation of the new club, Yalla Brooklyn, on his Facebook page.
In a message to his thousands of Facebook friends, El-Yateem, 49, wrote that his council run energized the Arab-American community in Bay Ridge.