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

256 Pages·2011·1.22 MB·English

by  Matthew Shaer

AMONG RIGHTEOUS
MEN
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AMONG RIGHTEOUS
MEN
A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication
in Hasidic Crown Heights
Matthew Shaer
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Copyright © 2012 by Matthew Shaer. All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shaer, Matthew, date,
Among righteous men : a tale of vigilantes and vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights /
Matthew Shaer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-60827-2 (hardback); ISBN 978-1-118-09519-5 (ebk);
ISBN 978-1-118-09520-1 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-09521-8 (ebk)
1. Jews–New York (State)–New York–Social conditions–21st century. 2. Hershkop,
Aron–Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Vigilantes–New York (State)–New York. 4. Habad–
Social aspects–New York (State)–New York. 5. Crown Heights (New York, N. Y.)–Social
conditions–21st century. I. Title.
F129.B7S53 2012
974.70492'4–dc23
2011028934
Printed in the United States of America
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For my mom, the
first writer I ever knew
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“… and who would venture to come between
two righteous men?”
—Martin Buber, Tales of the Hasidim
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Contents
Author’s Note xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 7
Chapter 2 21
Chapter 3 35
Chapter 4 45
Chapter 5 61
Chapter 6 75
Chapter 7 85
Chapter 8 101
Chapter 9 113
Chapter 10 125
Chapter 11 137
Chapter 12 157
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