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Jewish Patrol Still Sparks Controversy in CH

by Alex Alper – The Brooklyn Ink

Gadi Hershkop, a shomrim member, patrolled the streets of the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights on Tuesday night. (Photo: Alex Alper)

Last month, four men allegedly surrounded an Israeli man who was visiting Crown Heights for the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and punched him in the face. The man, 36, knocked on the door of a nearby Jewish home at midnight. The residents called Shomrim, a group of orthodox Jewish men who patrol the neighborhood. The Shomrim arrived at the scene and called police, who are investigating it as a possible hate crime. All four assailants were black.

No Longer Kosher to Bully Jews

A new guidance letter issued by United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) explicitly warns federally assisted schools that they will face punitive actions if they fail to respond to hostile environments that target students because they are Jewish, Muslim or Sikh.