Maccabees (neighborhood patrol organization)
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Maccabees (neighborhood patrol organization)
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The Maccabees was a volunteer neighborhood patrol organization that operated in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, from 1964 to 1971. Hasidic rabbi Samuel Schrage founded the group in 1964 to counter a rising crime wave in the neighborhood. During its peak, the group had a membership of 500 men, most of them young and Jewish. With the local population feeling more secure and improved police protection, the Maccabbees dissolved in 1971. According to The New York Times, the Maccabees "overcam
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Organization in New York City (1964–1971)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabees_(neighborhood_patrol_organization)
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2024-04-25T18:52:00Z
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