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Opinion Judging Menachem Stark’s Jewish Life — Not Just His Death
A man was murdered last week. By many news accounts, he was a crook. He also happened to be a Haredi Jew. Does the last fact matter? Yes, according to the politicians who have fallen over themselves to condemn the New York Post’s typically tasteless coverage of the death, which included the headline — based…
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Fast Forward New York Post Faces Boycott Threat Over Menachem Stark Front Page
The New York Post is under fire for a cover story about the murder of Hasidic landlord Menachem Stark. “Who Didn’t Want Him Dead?” blared the headline of the Sunday edition, next to a photo of Stark wearing a large shtreiml and graying side curls. According to the story, Stark “had so many enemies that…
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Opinion Menachem Stark Was Good Man Who Didn’t Deserve To Die — Or Be Smeared
My brother in law, Menachem Stark was killed this weekend. A 39-year old father of seven, he will be missed by his wife, children, friends, and so many others. He had so much ahead of him and his loss is a tragedy for all of us. He left home Thursday, and simply never returned home….
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Fast Forward Menachem Stark’s Family Mourns as Police Seek Answers in Hasidic Murder Mystery
Stunned relatives and friends mourned the death of murdered Hasidic real estate developer Menachem Stark — as police continued to hunt in vain for his killers Monday. “We’re still in shock. Nobody can come to terms with it,” a brother, Yaakov Stark, told the Daily News. “I spoke to my brother the day he disappeared.”…
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News Questions and Outrage Surround Menachem Stark’s Brutal Murder
Menachem Stark, a Hasidic real estate developer who was found murdered and burned in a dumpster on Friday in Long Island, was buried last night after hundreds gathered outside of the Lodiner Bais Medrash synagogue in Williamsburg to pay their respects. Questions surrounding the circumstances of his death continue to mount. Detectives working on the…
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Opinion In Menachem Stark Slay, Where’s the Humanity?
Menachem Stark, a Brooklyn Hasidic real estate developer, was abducted, murdered, and thrown into a dumpster. Stepping to a new low, the New York Post reports this story with inappropriate levity and derision toward the victim. Practically gloating over Stark’s death, the front cover of [Sunday’s New York Post rhetorically asks, “Who didn’t want him…
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News Murdered Hasidic Millionaire Menachem Stark Mourned by Overflow Funeral Crowd
An overflow crowd of hundreds of Hasidic Jews gathered Saturday night at an emotional Brooklyn funeral for murdered millionaire real estate developer Menachem Stark. Grief-stricken speakers at the Lodiner Bais Medrash synagogue in Williamsburg recalled Stark, whose charred corpse was found in a Long Island dumpster, as a generous figure who was always quick to…
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Fast Forward Kidnapped Hasidic Millionaire’s Charred Body Found in Long Island Dumpster
A charred body has been found in a Long Island dumpster and police say the corpse is that of kidnapped Hasidic millionaire Menachem Stark. The body was found Friday afternoon and police say it has been identified as Stark, the prominent Satmar real estate developer who was kidnapped at the height of a blizzard Thursday…
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