The Kosher Riots
Criminal Records Podcast
English - September 22, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHistory Education criminals crime history truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On one fateful week in 1902, Old Country systems of oversight of meat production met New Country price collusion. With the price of kosher meat skyrocketing in New York City and the Jewish population entering its hangriest period of the year, tensions spilled over into a pandemonium involving naked butchers, flying fish, and cops getting slapped in the face with raw liver.