True-crime history of early-1900s New York, where Jewish reformers form a secret vice squad to battle the immigrant underworld.
True-crime history of early-1900s New York, where Jewish reformers form a secret vice squad to battle the immigrant underworld.
Uptown German Jews vs. downtown ... Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld” (Little Brown and Company)....
will contain mild spoilers
Prostitution and sex-trade vice are recurring underworld elements
Gang violence, murders, and brutal underworld crime throughout
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Era vice includes alcohol, gambling dens, and narcotics trade
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Jewish community identity, faith culture, and antisemitism recur
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult content present
Immigration politics, ethnic tension, and antisemitism are central
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Immigrant hardship, exploitation, vice, and systemic corruption
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