Scott D Seligman

The Chief Rabbi's Funeral

The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot

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Produktbeschreibung

Scott D. Seligman recounts the untold story of the largest antisemitic riot in American history: the horrific attack on Jewish mourners by factory workers and police on New York’s Lower East Side during the 1902 funeral of Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 137mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781640126183
• ISBN-10: 164012618X
• Artikelnr.: 69823092

Autorenporträt

Scott D. Seligman is a writer and historian. He is the author of numerous books, including The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City (Potomac Books, 2020), the award-winning The Third Degree: The Triple Murder That Shook Washington and Changed American Criminal Justice (Potomac Books, 2018), and The First Chinese American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Chronology    
Dramatis Personae    
Prologue         
Chapter I: “Unite the Hearts of Our Brethren”          
Chapter II: “An Old Fogy in Their Eyes”     
Chapter III: “Protect Our Holy Faith”           
Chapter IV: “A Flower Transplanted to Uncongenial Soil”  
Chapter V: “One Solid Gang of Criminals”   
Chapter VI: “Disgusted With the Corrupt Methods of the Police”   
Chapter VII: “So Impressive a Funeral”        
Chapter VIII: “Get Out, You Sheenies! We’ll Soak You!”  
Chapter IX: “Club the Life Out of Them”     
Chapter X: “Commissioner Partridge is a Sleepy Old Bubbie”        
Chapter XI: “There Never Was Such an Outrage on Our Race”      
Chapter XII: “Action is Called for! Examples Should be Made!”    
Chapter XIII: “Cross is Cross With the Jews”          
Chapter XIV: “Driving Them Like a Lot of Hogs”  
Chapter XV: “The Well-Considered Opinion of a Committee of Citizens” 
Chapter XVI: “The Trouble Was All Over When We Got There”   
Chapter XVII: “The Attack Was Deliberately Planned”       
Chapter XVIII: “Because We are Hebrews and the Police are Irishmen”    
Chapter XIX: “A Direct Snub to the Commissioner”
Chapter XX: “These People are Ignorant”    
Chapter XXI: “I Don’t Need This Job”         
Chapter XXII: “I Withdraw the Statements Challenged”     
Further Reading         
Glossary         
Notes  
Index