Yiddish Book Center, Talk
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Yiddish Book Center (1021 West St, Amherst, MA 01002, Amherst MA)
The Chief Rabbi’s Funeral, with Scott D. Seligman
Join us on Zoom | Thursday, March 27, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. ET
Scott D. Seligman
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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, Jacob Joseph. All went well until the procession reached Grand and Sheriff Streets, where scraps of steel, iron bolts, and scalding water rained down and injured hundreds of mourners, becoming the single largest antisemitic incident in American history.
Scott D. Seligman is a national award-winning writer and historian with a special interest in the history of hyphenated Americans. His book The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902 won gold medals in history in the Independent Publisher Book Awards and Reader Views Literary Awards and was a finalist in the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards. He lives in Washington. DC.
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