Ebook: Among righteous men: a tale of vigilantes and vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights
Author: Hershkop Aron, Shaer Matthew
- Tags: Habad--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York, Jews--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions--21st century, Jews--Social conditions, Social conditions, Vigilantes, Vigilantes--New York (State)--New York, Trials litigation etc, Hershkop Aron -- Trials litigation etc, Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 21st century, Vigilantes -- New York (State) -- New York, Habad -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York, Crown Heights (New York N.Y.) -- Social conditions -
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- City: Crown Heights (New York;N.Y.);Hoboken;NJ;New York (State);New York;Crown Heights
- Edition: Online-ausg
- Language: English
- epub
Inside the hidden world of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn's Crown Heights--a close-knit but divided community.
On a cold night in December, the members of a Hasidic anti-crime patrol called the Shomrim are summoned to a yeshiva dormitory in Crown Heights. There to break up a brawl, the Shomrim instead find themselves embroiled in a religious schism which has split the community and turned roommate against roommate, neighbor against neighbor. At the center of the storm is Aron Hershkop, the owner of an auto-repair business and the leader of the Shomrim. Hershkop watches as the NYPD builds a criminal case against his brothers and friends, apparently with the help of several local residents, who have taken the rare step of forgoing a ruling from the local rabbinical council. Soon, both sides are squaring off in a Brooklyn criminal court, with the Shomrim facing gang assault charges and decades in prison. What conflict could run so deep it left both sides airing their dirty...