“A tough-looking, leather-clad gang of Hasidic Jewish bikers who call themselves “Rebbe’s Riders” are cruising the tri-state area of New Y0rk, New Jersey and Connecticut, bringing the truth of the Torah to other motorcycle-riding Jews they meet on the road.<\/p>\n
The Riders — members of the strict\u00a0Brooklyn-based Lubavitch sect — “say their love of choppers gives them something in common with Jews who might have strayed onto the Highway to Hell,” reports the New York Post.<\/em><\/p>\n “If a rabbi walks into a bikers club, he doesn’t exactly fit in. But if he comes riding up on a bike, doors open to him,” said Jonah Halper, 30, who founded the Riders earlier this year. Some fellow Jews occasionally\u00a0“make comments that what we do is not a Jewish thing. They say, ‘How can you ride bikes as Jews and say it’s for a Jewish purpose?'”<\/p>\n But on the road, the Riders get more respect — especially from other bikers, reports the Post<\/em>‘s Reuven Fenton:<\/p>\n “No one sees the Rebbe’s Riders and says, ‘Who are you guys?’ ” Halper said. “It’s not like the Crips and Bloods. There’s a certain kind of respect you have for other riders that transcends lifestyle or creed.<\/p>\n