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Agudas Chassidei Chabad, Beis Moshiach (magazine), 150 78–83, 152 Beliniski, Noach alrightniks, 35 videotape by, used at trial, Anthony, Cheryl, 52 94, 99–100, 168–170, 190–191, 205–206 Baal Shem Tov (Rabbi Israel ben videotaping by, 11–14, 16 Eliezer), 37–38 ben Eliezer, Rabbi Israel (Baal Babel, Isaak, 2 Shem Tov), 37–38 Barron, Charles, 74 Blecher, Tedd, 168, 175, 182, Baz, Rashid, 119 185, 190–191, 197–200, Becker, Carl, 158 206, 214 beis din COPYRIGHTEDBloomberg, MATERIAL Michael, 74 defi ned, 42, 75–76 bochurim, 7, 91 secular court cases and, Bogomilsky, Rabbi Moshe, 76–83, 165 172 on Shomrim/Shimra dispute, Braunstein, Gavriel, 13–15, 27, 173, 178–179 70, 166

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Brooklyn (New York) See also Shmira; Shomrim Crown Heights neighborhood, Charles, Andrew, 71–74, 5, 8, 22, 28–29, 35–37, 105, 165 40–43, 103 Charles, Moses, 71 Eastern Parkway, 35, Chevra Machazilei Hashchuna, 42–43, 135 51 history of, 133–134, 135 Chideya, Farai, 72–73 prosecutorial zones of, 87–88 Chuditov, Mendel, 110 Brown Girl, Brownstones Cities on a Hill (FitzGerald), 5 (Marshall), 36 Civilian Observation Patrol Buber, Martin, 39 (COP), 165–166 Butman, Rabbi Shmuel, 148, 150 Cohen, Jacob, 79 Cohen, Shalom, 18, 69–70, Cave, Vernal, 50, 52 89–99 Central Committee of Chabad- Craigg, Wendy, 71 Lubavitch Rabbis, 150 CrownHeights.info, 9–10, Chabad Lubavitch, 3 130–131, 172–174, Chabad houses, 40, 126, 150 212–213, 227 characteristics of, 25, Crown Heights Jewish 89–90, 118 Community Council, 51, clothing of, 14 65, 96, 116–117, 155, 172 Gourary case, 76–83 Crown Heights (neighborhood) messianist and antimessianist boundaries, 5, 8 factions of, 149–155 characteristics of, 22, 28–29, origin of, 11, 37–39 35–37, 40–43, 103 Schneerson as Moshiach Crown Heights Shomrim Rescue (Messiah), 43, 91–92, Patrol. See Shomrim 142–155 (See also Cuomo, Mario, 31–32 Schneerson, Grand Rabbi Mendel Menachem) daled amos, 42–43 shaliach (shluchim)/outreach Daughtry, Reverend Herb, 52 movement, 39, 40–43, 64, David, Joyce 80, 90–91, 125–126, 139, biographical information, 147, 150, 154–155 158–163 yeshiva of, 7–9 (See also 749 hired as Chaim Hershkop’s Eastern Parkway (yeshiva defense attorney, 157–158, dormitory)) 163–170

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Shomrim Six charges and, Friedman, Menachem, 40, 137, 225–227 139, 140, 143, 146, 147 Shomrim Six sentencing and, 230 Ger court, 14 trial and, 182, 183, 185, Gill, Joan A., 54 187–191, 199–200, 201– Golden, Howard, 58 202, 204–205, 209–212, Goldschmidt, Henry, 5, 41, 213–221, 223–225 42, 52 De Luca, Bobby, 103–109 Gordon, Sidney, 45 Dinkins, David, 31–32, 58 Gorichnick, Jonathan, 18, 26, Duff y, Brian, 21–30, 32–33, 69–70 70, 167 Gourary, Barry, 76–83 Gourary, Hanna, 80, 82 Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn, NY), Green, Samuel, 67–68 35, 42–43, 135 Groner, Leib, 147 Ellis, Ernesto, 58 Gur, Joshua “Shuki,” 8–10, 14, Ettelson, Mordechai, 187–191, 194, 196, 219 116–117 Gurfi nkel, Elkon (Moshe), 70, Everything Automotive, 105, 99, 166, 182–183, 113, 115 193–194 Ezagui, Menachem, 72 halacha, 3, 75–76 farbrengen, 41, 91 Halberstam, Ari, 119 Farkas, George, 74 Halberstam, Chaim, 67–68 Fishkoff , Sue, 143, 147, 149 Harris, Lis, 39, 154 FitzGerald, Frances, 5 Hart-Celler Immigration and Frankel, Yossi, 10, 99, 190, Nationality Act (1965), 36 202–204 Hasidic People (Mintz), 81 Fried, Israel “Izzy” Hasidism hired as Gadi Hershkop’s Crown Heights Hasidic defense, 168, 174, 176, population size, 42 202–207 Ger court, 14 Shomrim Six charges and, Lubavitch Hasidism (See 226 Chabad Lubavitch) Shomrim Six sentencing and, origin of, 37–39 229, 230, 231 Satmar Hasidism, 10–11, 14 trial and, 210–211 Wiesel on, 68

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Hatzolah, 42, 146 Shomrim/Shmira rivalry Haynes, Tina, 55–59 history and, 66 Haynes-Martin, Dorothy, 58 at Shomrim/Shmira Hecht, Rabbi Shea, 212–213 sentencing, 229–232 Heilman, Samuel, 40, 137, 139, at trial, 176, 202, 206, 140, 143, 145–146, 147 214, 223 Hershkop, Aron, 4–6, 19–20 Hershkop, Yehudah “Yudi,” 26, businesses of, 101–103, 105, 29, 36, 108, 158, 169, 113, 115 170 NYPD and, 101–111, Hershkop, Zaide, 117–118 113–124 Hikind, Dov, 194 Prager and, 66–67, 110–111, Holy Days (Harris), 154 166 Huebner, Paul Levi, 20 Schneerson and, 148 beis din on Shomrim/Shmira Shomrim fi nancial backing by, confl ict, 173, 178–179 167 biographical information, Shomrim/Shmira rivalry 61–64, 69–70 history and, 66, 69, 101– civil case brought by, 166– 111, 129, 131–132, 136 167, 185, 205, 220–221 at Shomrim Six sentencing, Shomrim arrests and, 24–25, 229, 230–231 33 at trial, 171–176, 213–214 Shomrim Six defense and, 165 Hershkop, Chaim Shomrim Six prosecution and, defense of, 157–158, 163–170 89 at Shomrim/Shmira confl ict, trial and, 185, 210, 214, 18, 21–30, 32–33 218–221 at Shomrim Six sentencing, on trial outcome, 231 229, 231 Huebner, Suri, 62–63 at trial, 175, 224 Hussein, Saddam, 140 Hershkop, Gedalia “Gadi” Hynes, Charles, 74, 88, defense of, 168, 170 94, 167 gloves worn by, 15–16, 94, 184, 196, 224, 226 International Campaign to Bring NYPD and, 113, 122–124 Moshiach, 148, 150 at Shomrim/Shmira confl ict, 4–6, 15–16, 18, 21–30, Jacobsen, Rabbi Israel, 81 32–33 James, Letitia, 72

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Jewish Community Council Maccabees (anticrime patrol), (Crown Heights), 51, 65, 45–52, 54 96, 116–117, 155, 172 Mark, Adam, 142 Marshall, Paule, 36 Kazin, Alfred, 35 Marx, Alexander, 81 Kelly, Raymond, 22, 74, 105 Men of Crown Heights, 52 Klein, Schleimy, 102, 176 mesira, 76 Koch, Ed, 53 messianism Krinsky, Rabbi Yehuda, 78, Chabad Lubavitch internal 142–148, 150, 154 struggle over, 149–155 David on, 164–165 Lamm, Norman, 149 defi ned, 138 Lifshitz, Binyomin “Ben” Mischistizn, 3–4, 142, alleged threats against 151–155 Gurfi nkel, 193–194 Schneerson as Moshiach CrownHeights.info, 9–10, (Messiah), 43, 91–92, 130–131, 172–174, 212– 142–155 213, 227 Schneerson’s views on, 138– defense of, 165, 168, 169, 170 142 prosecution and, 99 trial testimony about, 197– Shomrim radio signal 200, 210–212 jamming and, 125–136 Tzfatis, 151–152 Shomrim/Shmira confl ict and, Mintz, Jerome, 6 15, 16, 94 on Crown Heights Hasidic at Shomrim Six sentencing, population size, 42 229, 230, 231 on Gourary case, 77, 79, 80, Shomrim Six verdict and, 81, 83 227–228 Hasidic People, 81 Simonetti and, 105–107 on messianism, 138 trial and, 175, 177–178, Mischistizn, 3–4, 142, 188, 189 151–155 Lifshitz, Devorah, 177–178 missionaries. See shaliach Lifshitz, Menachem, 125 (shluchim) Lifshitz, Yossi, 126 Mitchell, Susan, 168, 190–191, Lipman, Steve, 58–59 226 Lubavitchers. See Chabad Moore, Floyd, 56 Lubavitch mosers, 3, 76

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Moshiach (Messiah), 43, 91–92, Schneur Hershkop, 170. 142–155 See also Shomrim Six trial People of the State of New York v. Nachshon, David, 143 Yaacov Prager, 110–111 Nahman of Horodenko, Persian Gulf War (1991), 140 Rabbi, 38 Petrov, Efraim, 128–136 Nahman of Kossov, Rabbi, 38 Pinhas of Koretz, Rabbi, 38 National Public Radio (NPR), Pinson, Schneur, 32–33, 72–73 168, 170, 195, Nelson, Lemrick, Jr., 31, 55, 205–206, 226 121, 212 plaintiff s, in Shomrim Six trial. News & Notes (NPR), 72 See Braunstein, Gavriel; New York Police Department Gurfi nkel, Elkon (Moshe); (NYPD), 2, 19 Rotem, Schneur; Shatz, arrest of Shomrim Six, 17, Yaakov 21–30, 32–33 Prager, Yaacov “Yanky,” 66, 67 Civilian Observation Patrol Aron Hershkop and, 66–67, (COP), 165–166 110–111, 166 Hasidic/African American Civilian Observation Patrol integrated crime-fi ghting and, 166 unit of, 53 People of the State of New York 71st Precinct, 23 v. Yaacov Prager, 110–111 77th Precinct, 21–30, Schneerson and, 148 32–33 Shmira/Shomrim rivalry Shomrim approached with history and, 107–111 off er by, 103–109, 113– Price, Charles, 31, 55 124, 167 proselytizing. See shaliach (shluchim) outreach movement. See shaliach (shluchim) Race and Religion among the Owens, Major, 52 Chosen Peoples of Crown Heights (Goldschmidt), 52 People of the State of New York v. race relations (Crown Heights) Schneur Pinson, Benjamin Maccabees and, 45–52, 54 Lifshitz, Nechemia Slatter, NYPD Hasidic/African Chaim Hershkop, Yehuda American integrated crime- Hershkop, and Gedalia fi ghting unit, 53

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riots (1991), 30–32, 57, 58– on messianism, 138–142 59, 64, 101 as Moshiach (Messiah), 43, Rosenbaum and, 31, 55, 91–92, 142–155 121, 212 as “Oracle of Crown Heights,” Shmira and, 52–53 62 Rebbe, Th e (Friedman, Heilman), Schneersohn, Rabbi Yosef 40 Yitzchak, 40, 76–83, Reddish, Willie Mae, 51 137–139 Remnick, David, 147–148 Schrage, Rabbi Samuel, 45–50, Reyati, Bassam, 163 108 Robbins, Eban, 55–56 749 Eastern Parkway (yeshiva Rogatsky, David, 68–69 dormitory) Rogatsky, Eli, 69 confl ict/arrests, 2–3, 9–20, Rosenbaum, Yankel, 31, 55, 21–30, 32–33, 93–94 (See 121, 212 also Shomrim Six trial) Rotem, Schneur, 70 description, 7–9 as civil case plaintiff , 166, Shabtai Tzvi, 144 220–221 shaliach (shluchim), 64, 80, 90– Shomrim Six arrests and, 91, 126, 139, 147, 154–155 16–19, 21–30, 32–33 Sharpton, Al, 101 trial and, 209–212, Shatz, Yaakov, 17, 27, 70, 166, 213–221, 224 202–207 Shemtov, Israel, 54–55, 56–59, Salaway, Mitchell, 168 101, 108, 126 Sam, Reverend Heron, 53–54 Sherman, Alon, 73 Satmar Hasidism, 10–11, 14 Shifrel, Scott, 174 Schneerson, Chaya Mushka, Shmira 39–40, 77, 137 case decided in secular court, Schneerson, Grand Rabbi 42, 75–83, 165, 173, Menachem Mendel 178–179 (See also Shomrim biographical information, 37, Six trial) 39–40, 137–138 Civilian Observation Patrol Chabad movement and, (COP), 165–166 40–43 Crown Heights Jewish death of, 3–4, 63, 67, 145–149 Community Council and, Gourary case and, 76–83 51, 65, 96, 116–117, leadership of, 6 155, 172

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Shmira (continued) defense team, 157–170 (See Shomrim radio signal jammed also Blecher, Tedd; David, by, 125–136 Joyce; Fried, Israel “Izzy”; Shomrim rivalry history, 28, Mitchell, Susan; Salaway, 54–55, 64–74, 101–111, Mitchell; Williams, Steven) 116–117 prosecution team, 85–100 “Who Is Shmira?” (blog), (See also Steingard, David; 195–196 Weiss, David) See also Shomrim Six trial publicity in Crown Heights Shmotkin, Zalman, 147 Hasidic community, 193– Shomrim 195, 212–213 case decided in secular court, sentencing, 229–232 42, 75–83, 165, 173, trial, 171–185, 187–191, 178–179 (See also Shomrim 195–200, 201–207, 209– Six trial) 212, 213–221, 223–225 charges against, 94, 225–227 verdict, 227–228 defi ned, 1 See also individual names of NYPD off er to, 103–109, defendants and plaintiff s 167 Shuchat, Yitzhak, 72–74, 104 NYPD off er to, and towing Sifton, Charles, 80, 81, 82 attempt, 113–124 Simmons, David, 54 Pidyon Shevuyim fund for, Simonetti, Peter, 104–107 172–174, 227 Skoblo, Leib, 166 radio signal of, jammed by Slater, Nechemia “Nossi,” 21–30, Shmira, 125–136 32–33, 168, 170, 195, 226, Shmira rivalry history, 28, 229, 230 54–55, 64–74, 101–111, Souls on Fire (Wiesel), 38, 68 116–117 Spielman, Rabbi Josef B., 53–55 See also Shomrim Six trial Spitzer, Eliot, 74 Shomrim Six. See Hershkop, Steingard, David Chaim; Hershkop, Gedalia biographical information, “Gadi”; Hershkop, Yehudah 86–87 “Yudi”; Lifshitz, Binyomin on charges, 225–227 “Ben”; Pinson, Schneur; pretrial discovery by, 85–100 Slatter, Nechemia “Nussi” trial, 195–200, 207, 209, Shomrim Six trial 210–212, 215, 217, charges and, 94, 225–227 219–220

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trial opening, 176, 178–185 pretrial discovery by, 85–100 trial sentencing, 229, 231–232 trial, 195, 197–200, Stern, Chaim, 67–68, 110 215, 218 Stern, Yossi, 68, 72–73 trial opening, 176, 178–185 Sugar, Barry, 104 trial sentencing, 229, 231–232 Survival (television program), What You Should Know If You’re 48–49 Accused of a Crime (David), 161–162, 223–224 Tales of the Hasidim (Buber), 39 Whitmore, James, 48–49 Tanya (Zalman), 39 “Who Is Shmira?” (blog), Tomei, Albert, 13, 176, 178–179 195–196 on charges, 225–227 Wiener, Shmuel, 78 trial, 187–191, 197–200, Wiesel, Elie, 38, 68, 144 203–207, 210–212, 215– Williams, Steven, 168, 182, 220, 223–225 190–191, 226 verdict, 227–228 Tzfatis, 151–152 Yaakov-Yoseph of Polnoye, Rabbi, 38 U.S. State Department, 78, 81 Yalkut Shim‘oni, 140 Yehi (song), 144–145 Vaad HaKohol, 116–117 yellow pins/fl ags, symbolism Vega, Frank, 104–105 of, 91–92 Yota, Yani, 67–68 Walker in the City, A (Kazin), 35 Weiss, David Zalman, Rabbi Schneur, 39, biographical information, 86 82–83

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