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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.

Fourth Annual Shabbat Brings 200 Together

The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik speaking with students. Illustration Photo.

FT. COLLINS, CO — On Friday, Jewish and non-Jewish students gathered in the Lory Student Center’s West Ballroom to celebrate what many felt was the largest family dinner in Fort Collins.

Putting on Teffillin with the Wolf of Wall Street

Rabbi David Masinter director of Chabad activities at Chabad House in Johannesburg South Africa putting on Tefillin with Jordan Belfort. Belfort is known as the ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ after his two bestselling novels which he authored after being released from a 22 month stint in prison.