The Chief Rabbi's Funeral: The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot

by Scott D. Seligman

On July 30, 1902, tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of New York's Lower East Side to bid farewell to the city's chief rabbi, the eminent Talmudist Jacob Joseph. All went well until the procession crossed Sheriff Street, where the six-story R. Hoe and Company printing press factory towered over the intersection. Without warning, scraps of steel, iron bolts, and scalding water rained down and injured hundreds of mourners, courtesy of antisemitic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 164012618X
• ISBN13: 9781640126183
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 248 Pages