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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
