The Chief Rabbi's Funeral

Scott D. Seligman is a writer and historian. He is the national award-winning author of numerous books, including The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City (Potomac, 2020) and Murder in Manchuria: The True Story of a Jewish Virtuoso, Russian Fascists, a French Diplomat, and a Japanese Spy in Occupied China (Potomac, 2023).  

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