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The Kosher Riots

The Kosher Riots

Criminal Records Podcast · Demetria Spinrad and Isaac Meyer

September 22, 20221h 3m

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Show Notes

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.

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