Take the Money and Frum

Nineteen-year-old black hat Avraham Rotenberg was recently identified as the man who stormed a Lakewood, New Jersey jewelry store armed with a shot gun this past February, making off with two duffel bags of jewelry.

Rotenberg is still on the lam though some of the jewelry was recovered after Rabbi Michael Rottenberg received a phone call at 4:30 a.m. telling him to look outside his front door. The rabbi contacted the police who found some of the stolen jewelry on his front steps.

The incident has caused a stir in the Lakewood Orthodox community, but community elders insist that the crime should not be considered a “Jewish” one, as the shotgun Rotenberg used was not sawed-off.

What do you think?