Among Righteous Men A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights

Name: Among Righteous Men A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights
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ISBN: 9780470608272

ISBN-10: 0470608277

ISBN-13: 9780470608272

Edition: 2011

Authors: Matthew Shaer

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Inside the mysterious world of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyns Crown Heights-a close-knit, but divided, community Aron Hershkop runs an auto-repair business in Crown Heights, but also heads a volunteer community patrol called the Shomrim. When his brothers and colleagues try to stop a brawl at a rabbinical dormitory, they end up in court not as witnesses for the prosecution, but on trial for assault. The Shomrim Six are, in fact, caught up in a religious schism that has divided the community (and started the brawl), and the two sides take it to a secular court instead of letting the local rabbinical council settle it. This compelling story takes you to the deepest corners of a normally hidden…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 10/28/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction
























































Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Index