For those not steeped in punk-rock history, Jewish skinheads are not particularly unusual, particularly in, say, New York, for all the obvious reasons. Nazi Jewish skinheads — that’s unusual. But most skinheads are anti-racist, and carry with them all the pride in opposing racist skinheads who sully their traditions. (Enjoy this primer.) Case in point: growing up, there was a guy named Dan, who was R.A.S.H. (Red & Anarchist Skin Heads) and if memory serves was part of a local Anti-Racist Action chapter. Dude grew up near me and so took on a helpful mentoring role. Drove a bread truck that his R.A.S.H. crew outfitted like the A-Team van. Wish I knew what happened to him — we lost touch around the late 90s. I’m fairly sure Amy Sohn once wrote a New York Press column about hooking up with him. Who knows, maybe Dan became Orthodox.

(Forgetful in my advancing age: Apparently I’ve written about this before.)