Gangsters and Organized Crime in Jewish Chicago

Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Gangsters and Organized Crime in Jewish Chicago by Alex Garel-Frantzen, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: Alex Garel-Frantzen ISBN: 9781625846617
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: November 19, 2013
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Alex Garel-Frantzen
ISBN: 9781625846617
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: November 19, 2013
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment of the Maxwell Street ghetto produced a proliferation of Jewish gangsters involved in everything from labor racketeering to white slavery. Their illegal activity offended their own community's value system and sparked rifts between Reform and Orthodox Jews. It also ignited tensions between city officials and Jewish leaders, indelibly marked the gentile population's perception of Chicago's Jews and shaped the city's West Side for years to come.
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Al Capone. The Untouchables. The Valentine's Day massacre. You may think you know everything about the Roaring Twenties in the Windy City, but in the early twentieth century, the harsh environment of the Maxwell Street ghetto produced a proliferation of Jewish gangsters involved in everything from labor racketeering to white slavery. Their illegal activity offended their own community's value system and sparked rifts between Reform and Orthodox Jews. It also ignited tensions between city officials and Jewish leaders, indelibly marked the gentile population's perception of Chicago's Jews and shaped the city's West Side for years to come.

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