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Fast Forward Cell Phone Strapped To Bottom of Menachem Stark’s Car Give Police New Lead
Police investigators working on the Menachem Stark case announced this weekend that they discovered a cell phone strapped to the bottom of Stark’s car, which they believe was used as a tracking device by his abductors. The police are currently searching for the owner of the phone. Stark, a Hasidic business man, was abducted and…
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Opinion Menachem Stark — Just Another Hasid?
I was pained to read Jay Michaelson’s article about murdered Hasidic businessman Menachem Stark. With its ‘Us-vs.-Them’ mentality, simplistic black-and-white view of human character, and broad stereotypes, it was an ugly and shameful slur. It was almost down-right Haredi. I don’t claim to possess any more information about Stark than Michaelson does. Just like him…
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News Bend the Arc Leader Stosh Cotler Has Radical Streak — and Black Belt
(JTA) — When Stosh Cotler takes over as CEO of Bend the Arc, a Jewish group that fights for immigration reform, workers’ rights and other domestic liberal causes, she will be one of the few women leading a national Jewish group of its size. But Cotler’s gender is not the only thing that sets her…
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Fast Forward Menachem Stark Painted by Orthodox Media as Saint — Not Slumlord
(JTA) — The murder of Menachem Stark has sparked intense media scrutiny of the Brooklyn real estate developer’s troubled business record, prompting the New York Post to ask “Who didn’t want him dead?” on its front page. But while mainstream media outlets scrutinized the Satmar hasid’s relationships with tenants, contractors and lenders, haredi Orthodox publications…
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Fast Forward Menachem Stark’s Suspected Killer Caught in Breakthrough Video
A new surveillance video offers the first look at a possible suspect in the murder of Brooklyn real estate developer Menachem Stark. The just-released footage shows a man parking a white Dodge Caravan with Ohio license plates down the block from Stark’s real estate office in the Williamsburg section just before 5 pm on Jan….
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News Who Was Menachem Stark — and Why Was He Murdered?
When Menachem Stark still hadn’t come home late in the evening of January 2, his wife started to get scared. It had snowed several inches in Brooklyn that night, and the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Williamsburg was coated in white. His wife Bashie Stark called a friend, who called a member of the Orthodox Shomrim security…
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Fast Forward Menachem Stark Murder Reward Raised to $72K
The reward for information in the murder of Brooklyn real estate developer Menachem Stark has been raised to $72,000, with his family contributing $50,000. “There are 7 orphans in Brooklyn, and a loving grieving wife,” Rabbi David Niederman, Executive Director of United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg. ” And we hope and pray there will be…
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Fast Forward Few Strong Leads in Menachem Stark Murder Probe
Police admit they have no suspects and few strong leads in the investigation into the shocking kidnap and murder of Brooklyn real estate developer Menachem Stark. Police Commissioner William Bratton said police are hoping than information about the van used to snatch Stark from his office in Williamsburg last Thursday night may jumpstart the tangled…
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