The Chief Rabbi's Funeral

Gold Medal for the 2024 Reader Views Literary Awards in History Winner of the 2024 Reader Views Literary Awards in Regional: North-East Silver Medal for the 2025 IPPY Award Finalist for the 2024 Best Book Award from American Book Fest Honorable Mention for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book Awards On July 30, 1902, tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of New York’s Lower East Side to bid farewell to the city’s chief rabbi, the eminent Talmudist Jacob Joseph. All went well until the process