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Passing on Stories

My mother was in town for a few days that summer, babysitting her granddaughter (and my niece), while she had ...

Mile End: From Deli to Cookbook

We just wrote a cookbook filled with recipes, stories and ideas from our restaurants.When we opened Mile End Delicatessen in January ...

The Red Devil

In December, not long after Among Righteous Men was published, I returned to Crown Heights. The evening was unseasonably warm, and ...

A House Divided

In my last blog post, I wrote about the genesis of my book,  Among Righteous Men , and the emotional connection ...

Returning to Crown Heights

Matthew Shaer is the author of Among Righteous Men: A Tale of Vigilantes and Vindication in Hasidic Crown Heights. He ...