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commanded to stay: WHY THE LUBAVITCHER JEWS STILL LIVE IN CROWN HEIGHTS

On Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, African-style hairdressers sit next to kosher butcher hops, and Lubavitcher Hasidim, members of a devout sect of Orthodox Judaism, shop alongside African-Americans and Caribbean-Americans in a colorful bustle of garbs and dialects. Bob Matthews, chairman of Project CARE (Community Alliance Revitalization Effort) and an African-American, says that the media "perceive [Crown Heights] to be a tinderbox. That's not true. We work our issues out." Daniel Botnick, executive director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council and a Lubavitcher, concurs: 'It's as integrated as any neighborhood could possibly be."

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