beggar industry in orthodox jewish town

[Lauren Chiang]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/magazine/the-beggars-of-lakewood.html

"Once a year, Elimelech Ehrlich travels from Jerusalem to Lakewood, N.J., with a cash box and a wireless credit-card machine. "

"But this separate and booming religious economy comes with a rider: itinerant beggars like Ehrlich. Hundreds every year."

"It’s not that Lakewood residents enjoy having their doorbells rung two, three or four times a day to hear a hard-luck story."