B. Ewnin. The Faithful Portrayal. Composed of Various revelations upon the Climax of an Anti-Semitic Topic on American Soil
AUCTION 36 |
Thursday, March 22nd,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts
Lot 16
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
B. Ewnin. The Faithful Portrayal. Composed of Various revelations upon the Climax of an Anti-Semitic Topic on American Soil
New York: S. Levine 1907
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $400
An indictment of the actions of the New York City Police Department following anti-Jewish violence during the funeral procession of Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph of New York. The author regards the event as “the biggest anti-Jewish scandal in the history of New York” (p. 8).
As the funeral procession reached the establishment of R. Hoe & Co., a number of ”missiles” were thrown at the crowd of thousands of Jews, whereupon the police, who were woefully under-represented, sought to curtail the resulting scuffles by “unprovoked and most brutal clubbing” of Jews, which in turn “encourag[ed] the culprits who [then] broke up the order of the funeral march”. Following an inquiry, the New York District Attorney is quoted as saying: “You cannot expect a jury to convict a policeman for clubbing a Jew” (p. 13).
The author also examines other local anti-Semitic outrages in public schools, hotels and other commercial ventures