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Of immigrants, education, fighting and mobsters
Long, long, long before my encounter with a classic schoolyard bully, my grandfather Jacob took ship from Paris to Boston. At fourteen years old, he was escaping the strictures of Judaic Orthodoxy — which he had reckoned was unhealthy, especially … Continue reading →
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Tagged American immigration, Barney Ross, Dutch Schultz, education, Golden Gloves, immigrant culture, immigrants, immigration, Irish Americans, Jewish boxers, Jewish mobsters, Lulu Rosenkrantz, Max Baer, Orthodox Jews, orthodox Judaism, Revere Massachusetts, Slapsie Maxie Rosenberg
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