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Author Archives: Matthew Shaer
The Red Devil
In December, not long after Among Righteous Men was published, I returned to Crown Heights. The evening was unseasonably warm, and I walked east from my apartment, past the lip of Prospect Park, and down the undulating clamor of Eastern Parkway, my hands … finish reading The Red Devil
A House Divided
In my last blog post, I wrote about the genesis of my book, Among Righteous Men, and the emotional connection I often felt to Crown Heights, the Brooklyn neighborhood where the book is set. Suffice to say that the sense of connection … finish reading A House Divided
Returning to Crown Heights
Matthew Shaer is the author of Among Righteous Men: A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning. I did not set out to write a … finish reading Returning to Crown Heights
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Tagged brooklyn, chabad, crown heights, hasidim, nonfiction, shtetl
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