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The Jews of Sing Sing | 
| Author: Ron Arons
Publisher: Barricade Books
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 32018
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 1569803331
Dewey Decimal Number: 364
EAN: 9781569803332
ASIN: 1569803331
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Product Description
Sing-Sing prison opened in 1828, and since then, more than 7,000 Jews have served time in the famous correctional facility. The Jews of Sing-Sing is the first book to fully expose the scope of Jewish criminality over the past 150 years. Besides famous gangsters like Lepke Buchalter, thousands of Jews committed all types of crimes--from incest to arson to selling air rights over Manhattan--and found themselves doing time in Sing-Sing.
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 My Grandfather's story-the real story July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thanks to Ron, my grandfather's life has finally been told truthfully. The chapter on Dopey Benny Fein was fantastic as was the entire book. I'm glad I had the opportunity to help Ron with this chapter, and to meet him.
 Facinating details July 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a former New Yorker, I thought I was pretty savvy; but I had no clue that there was such a vibrant Jewish criminal population. Ron Arons opened my eyes, big time! The book is a great read and I am glad that MY grandfathers are not in there.
A suprisingly good read July 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have read many books about the various gangsters (Jewish or other) who served time in Sing Sing. What makes this particular book unique is that it is born out of Ron Aron's personal interest in this subject. The hook is that he unearths the dark secret in his own family that his grandfather served time at Sing Sing. His grandfather's story is revealed slowly by interspersing his story with chapters devoted to other Jewish prisoners. I admit I couldn't wait to find out the whole story and I read the three chapters devoted to Isaac Spier first.
The book is painstakingly researched. The writing style is fluid and engaging.
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