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Allan Levine

Historian and writer Allan Levine’s most recent book is Details Are Unprintable: Wayne Lonergan and the Sensational Café Society Murder.

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    The Lower East Side Madam

    ‘Mother’ Rosie Hertz ran a network of brothels in the early 1900s and spent years paying off corrupt cops—until she finally ended up behind bars

    byAllan Levine
  • Artwork from the 1876  pamphlet ‘The Murdered Jewess’
    Artwork from the 1876  pamphlet ‘The Murdered Jewess’
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    A Jew on Death Row

    The tragic case of Pesach Rubenstein, sentenced to die in 1876 after a sensational murder trial

    byAllan Levine
  • Joseph ('Yosel') Nitikman, his brother Aaron, and Isaac Sirluck began operating a general store in Winkler, Manitoba, a Mennonite community, 70 miles southwest of Winnipeg, in 1910
    Joseph ('Yosel') Nitikman, his brother Aaron, and Isaac Sirluck began operating a general store in Winkler, Manitoba, a Mennonite community, 70 miles southwest of Winnipeg, in 1910
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    Little Shop on the Prairie

    A century ago, Jewish immigrants in western Canada found a niche operating general stores in rural towns. My grandfather was one of them.

    byAllan Levine
  • Rabbi Jacob Joseph's funeral procession, 1902
    Rabbi Jacob Joseph's funeral procession, 1902
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    The Lower East Side Riot

    More than a century ago, police officers beat a crowd of Jewish mourners during a rabbi’s funeral procession—an event the Yiddish newspapers described as resembling a Russian pogrom

    byAllan Levine
  • Frederick Housman, the husband of Patricia’s grandmother Stella Bernheimer Housman, and Patricia’s mother Lucille Burton in their car after Patricia's funeral, 1943
    Frederick Housman, the husband of Patricia’s grandmother Stella Bernheimer Housman, and Patricia’s mother Lucille Burton in their car after Patricia's funeral, 1943
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    Burton Family Chronicles

    How a wealthy German Jewish family went from the society pages to front-page news after a 1943 murder and the subsequent sensational trial

    byAllan Levine
  • Immigrants at dock, circa 1920.
    Immigrants at dock, circa 1920.
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    Out of Ghetto Streets

    When Jewish immigrants came to Canada a century ago, they weren’t always welcomed with open arms

    byAllan Levine
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    The Man Who Made Jewish History in Canada—Twice—and Was Then Forgotten

    George Benjamin broke barriers as an elected official, newspaper editor, and leader of a Protestant organization

    byAllan Levine
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