On July 29, 1902 a massive funeral procession for Jacob Joseph, the esteemed Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox community, wound its way through the streets of New York's Lower East Side. The solemn ...occasion was marred, however, when the procession was attacked by a group of factory workers. As the melee blossomed into a full-scale riot, a contingent of New York City policemen arrived and proceeded to pummel and arrest the mourners rather than the instigators. Historians have consistently cited this ugly incident as a vivid example of Irish Catholic antisemitism, noting that both the workers and policemen were "predominantly Irish." Indeed, it was a quest to learn more about the roots of Irish Catholic antisemitism that drew this historian to the subject. And yet, a thorough examination of the incident produced a startling result: a dearth of Irish defendants and a flawed historiography that ultimately call into question the validity of the Jacob Joseph Funeral Riot as an example of Irish Catholic antisemitism.
Portraits
print on silver gelatin paper
Polish photography
Tyt. given by the cataloger.
Fig. photo taken before 1900
portrety
odbitka na papierze srebrowo-żelatynowym
fotografia polska
Tyt. nadany ...przez katalogującego.
Fot. z fot. wykonanej przed 1900 r.
portrety
fotografia polska
fotografia wizytowa
odbitka na papierze albuminowym
Tyt. nadany przez katalogującego.
Sygn. nadr. na awersie.
Portraits
Polish photography
Vision photography
print on ...albumin paper
Tyt. given by the cataloger.
Call no. Root on the obverse.
Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph and his supporters traditionally have been seen as advancing a rejectionist front against the perceived evils of Americanization among East European immigrants. They have ...been characterized as zealots who aspired to transplant European community conditions to America, resist acculturation and oppose other Jewish efforts to come to terms with the new world environment. This article's view of Rabbi Joseph's court reveals, however, that some of these resisters of acculturation harbored noticeable ambivalences towards the cause. This loose collection of believers shared comparable or related views, however, their voice was by no means monolithic. Resistance to America was embraced with varying degrees of commitment. Some members of this circle were prepared to accept those with different views on how best to perpetuate Jewish life in America. Others were prepared to go so far as to support competing institutions. For any number of individuals within Rabbi Joseph's court, old European ways were essentially ideals to which one aspired. But accommodations to American situations were often the order of the day. Less ambiguous rejection of American ways and of other Jewish expressions began in the years after the death of the chief rabbi. /// Abstract in Hebrew.
Portraits
Polish photography
print on albumin paper
Tyt. given by the cataloger.
Traces of retouching.
portrety
fotografia polska
odbitka na papierze albuminowym
Tyt. nadany przez katalogującego.
...Ślady retuszu.
Pod portretami nazwiska w jęz. pol.
