He is fifty-five, tall and regal, with a round face and a trim beard.

NEWYORKER: The Rebellion Within

He is bald, with a trim blond beard, pale-blue eyes, and a nose that was broken in a schoolyard fight.

NEWYORKER: The Apostate

Next to me in the pew of a Florida church, the man with a trim grey beard and a "veterans for Obama badge" tells me the same thing.

BBC: A battle for America's soul

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said in a statement Sunday he was "deeply troubled" by the reports Litzman was fired for refusing to trim his beard.

CNN: Hasidic NYPD recruit says he was fired over beard length

"I cannot, as a matter of religious conscience, follow that instruction because I may not trim my beard even temporarily to complete the academy, " he wrote.

CNN: Hasidic NYPD recruit says he was fired over beard length

New York (CNN) -- A Hasidic NYPD recruit is planning a lawsuit after being dismissed for refusing to trim his beard for religious reasons, his attorney said Sunday.

CNN: Hasidic NYPD recruit says he was fired over beard length