This one is really stranger than fiction. Aaron Akaberi is a Brooklyn Jew who loves Noahide Rabbi Schneerson (the one who called non-Jews "satanic" [here]), but he is also a drug dealers in cocaine, LSD, marijuana, MDMA, and other “dangerous substances.”. In his first court appearance he was reprimanded for reading the Talmud in court, and so upon his 2nd appearance he decided to dress himself in newspaper that featured the writing of Rabbi Schneerson; Noahide pushing Rabbi Schneerson is lauded and raised to the level of leader of Jewry in US Public Law 101-267 (here). However, upon his head Akaberi wore a copy of the seven Noahide laws for the whole court to see. The police have described Akaberi as "extremely dangerous" and a "manipulative psychopath". I guess there is no Noahide law against taking or dealing drugs.
The biggest weirdo in NYC this week is this guy By Emily Saul, September 14, 2016 | 8:55pm
Aaron Akaberi is dressed in Hebrew newsprint as part of a protest at being briefly remanded by a judge for reading the Torah in a courtroom, while waiting for his case to be called.Stefan Jeremiah
Fashion Week’s craziest moment wasn’t at the Kanye West show — it was in Brooklyn Supreme Court, where a drug suspect who had been banned from reading Talmudic quotations at a pre-trial hearing showed up in an outfit made entirely out of religious texts.
Aaron Akaberi donned a shirt Wednesday that he had personally fashioned from newsprint pages covered in the holy Hebrew writings of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
He accessorized with a hat made out of white paper bearing religious passages, including the Ten Commandments, which, in an apparent nod to this spring’s minimalist trend–and The Seven Laws of Noah– had been edited down to just seven.
The ensemble wasn’t meant to impress Anna Wintour — it was a rebuke to Judge Martin Murphy, who had refused to let Akaberi read passages from his Jewish texts into the court record at an earlier pre-trial hearing.
Enlarge ImageAaron Akaberi in the hallway at New York State Supreme Court at 320 Jay St. in downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016.Stefan Jeremiah
“The Judge wouldn’t let me read my ‘Chayenu’ in court, so I decided to wear it, said the 30-year-old Akaberi, 30, who is charged with possession of cocaine, LSD, marijuana, MDMA, and other “dangerous substances.”
“There’s a new ‘Chayenu’ each week, so I have to reconstruct the piece for each appearance.”
While Akaberi later told The Post he was simply “silently” reading his texts as he waited for “courtroom pomp and circumstance,” court sources disputed that account–confirming he had recited passages before the judge.
Despite being all dressed up, Akaberi had nowhere to ago, as his hearing was adjourned to a later date.
The Brooklyn man has a colorful history of being involved in bizarre incidents.
He was booted from the United States Air Force Academy because of his strict adherence to “Aaronism,” had prevented him from participating in training, sources said.
Akaberi then made headlines in 2006 when he went on a a 12-day hunger strike at Binghamton University to protest not being given food complaint with the Rastafarian faith — which was his next religion of choice.
He even got mocked in segment of the “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart.
Law enforcement sources now describe Akaberi as “extremely dangerous” and a “manipulative psychopath.”
Akaberi declined to discuss his current legal situation with The Post, only reiterating that he pleaded “not guilty.”
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