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The forerunner of the Shomrim was the Maccabees, a Jewish patrol organization founded by Samuel Schrage in 1964 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.While initially successful, it was disbanded at the end of the decade due to political pressure amid allegations of lack of oversight and tense relations with the African American community.
The former head of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he forced a troubled 15-year-old girl to have sex. Brooklyn Shomrim leader Jacob Daskal, 64 ...
Regarding other Jewish neighborhood watch organizations such as those in Melbourne and Sydney, I think they should be put in a paragraph under Neighborhood watch (and a link to the main article on Shomrim could also be put there). Yoninah 15:25, 26 July 2011 (UTC) Great edits Yoninah! --pastasauce 15:38, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
Shomrim (neighborhood watch group) V. Voluntary People's Druzhina This page was last edited on 27 July 2018, at 04:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
For months, a Brooklyn Shomrim leader coerced a teenage girl into an illegal sexual relationship, using his status as the anti-crime patrol’s chief to scare her into keeping quiet, federal ...
One of Shomrim's early presidents, Max Finkelstein, became famous in 1938 when he was selected by New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia to oversee security for visiting officials from Nazi Germany and to guard the German consulate. The Shomrim Society is not affiliated with the Shomrim neighborhood watch groups in many Orthodox Jewish ...
Traditionally, shomrim read Psalms or the Book of Job. [7] Shomrim are also encouraged to meditate, pray, and read spiritual texts, or texts about death. [7] Shomrim are prohibited from eating, drinking, or smoking in the shemira room out of respect for the dead, who can no longer do these things. [8] Performing shemira is considered a mitzvah ...
An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish extremists convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans, according to findings by The ...