The congregation has mistreated so many rabbis that the seminary will not send a replacement; the only rabbi the shul's trustees can find is a zealous Reform woman rabbi who nearly flunked out of school and can't sing worth beans. On a drive to the Catskill Mountains in July 1937, Cohen grabbed Sage in a headlock from the back seat, while his associate Jack Drucker stabbed the defenseless Sage over 30 times with an ice pick. WebPhotographer Matthew Jarnich takes you on a breathtaking journey through the historic Catskills region of New York. In its heyday, the area had as many as 500 He testified against his former boss in court, and his former associates were furious. By the time Strauss was a full-blown assassin for Murder, Inc., he used many tools to get rid of witnesses, enemies, and anyone else who had crossed the mafia. Another story describes the invasion of Bethel (White Lake) by hordes of hippies during the Woodstock summer of 1969. Yet, Tannenbaum was told by Weiss to report directly to Lepke, when the deed was done. Among the unique touches is a section showing the link between the Catskills and Miami Beach. His story is a heart wrenching resolution between two brothers and the dark secrets of a family, and how a movie theater would affect so many lives. Those who enjoyed her Growing up at Grossingers will enjoy this memoir of a life that interweaves the famous Catskills resort with Tania Grossingers fascinating life as a publicist and writer. Reles account of the murder could be counted on by police: he had participated in Feinsteins killing. In the former Soviet Union, one can find scores and scores of abandoned and crumbling factories and cities - crumbling ruins testifying to the once great Soviet Union. by Warren Adler (Overlook Press, 2008) is about a young tummler, Mickey Fine, from Brownsville, Brooklyn who goes to work at Gorlicks, a Catskill Resort (circa 1937) that caters to the Jewish gangsters of Murder Inc. and their families and girlfriends. It has good information on the entertainment aspect and on the workings and development of the big hotels. a collection of short stories by Eileen Pollack (Delphinium Press, 1992). See here for places in the world to survive an actual real-life apocalypse. While Tannenbaum walked around his fathers resort dead broke, he noticed that all the Jewish gangsters had plenty of cash to spread around. Brusca did not limit his murderous intent toward enemiesor even adults. by Abraham Cahan ($13.95, Penguin, 1993; Paperback) Cahan started writing about the Catskills in the early years of the century and his book is mainly centered in New York City, but the Catskills segment is important and well-known. Send $16 check payable to "State of Connecticut" and CT residents add 6% tax. In particular, this volume presents new and existing works of fiction and memoir by writers who spent their youth as part of the Jewish resort culture. Miraculously, the jury believed Cohens story and he was acquitted of the murder. Money is found was on the "Island" in Catskills/Adirondacks wasnt just cash a lot gold coins as well he was jewish dnt belive in paper. by Tania Grossinger (Skyhorse Publishing, 2013, $24.95 Hardcover). This was quite an accomplishment, since most boys Tannenbaums age, on the Lower East Side, had already dropped out of school after the 8th grade, and were working at jobs, some legal, and some not so legal. Tannenbaum stalked Greenberg, first to Montral, then to Detroit, before finally cornering Greenberg in Los Angeles. At a time when many tony watering holes were off limits to Jews (We are better off without than with their custom, declared one hotel proprietor, frowning on what he took to be American Jewrys predilection for toothpicks and patent leather shoes), these two establishments provided a welcoming alternative. Brusca embarked on a reign of terror across Italy that included shootings and bombings in different Italian cities. Brusca and his associates planted a half-ton bomb below a street in Palermo; when Falcones car passed over the bomb, it was detonated remotely by Brusca. Although born in Liberty, Pollack's grandparents owned Pollack's Hotel in Ferndale. They set up roadblocks, preventing flight by car. This book has the best first-hand material on the life of the tummler. He carried a knife, gun, and an icepick so he could choose between weapons when killing a target. In 1940, Tannenbaum was vacationing in Florida, when he received the news that Lepke had been arrested, and that Murder Incorporated killer, Abe Kid Twist Reles, was now singing like a canary, about the work of Murder Incorporated. This was once a large and proud hotel set on 1,000 acres in Liberty, New York. A similar story is to be found in England, travel back to the first half of the 1900s, and one could see the English coasts and beaches bustling with holidaymakers and bathes in the fridged waters. Also Roy Carlisi, Buffalo; Paul C. Castellano, 1737 E. 23d St., Brooklyn; Charles S. Chiri, 2 Bridle Way, Palisades, N.J.; James Coletti, Pueblo, Colo.; Joseph Falcone, Utica, N.Y.; Salvatore Falcone, Utica, N.Y.; Carlo Gambino, 2230 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, and James V. LaDuca, Lewiston, N.Y. Also Sam Lagattuta, Buffalo; Louis A: Larasso, 115 Donaldson Place, Linden, N.J., Carmine Lombardozzi, 114 Stratford Road, Brooklyn; Antonino Magaddino, Niagara Falls; Frank T. Maguri, 629 Broad St., Elizabeth, N.J.; Michael Genovese, Gibsonia, Pa. Vito Genovese, 68 W. Highland Ave., Atlantic Highlands, N.J. and Anthony F. Guarnieri, Johnson City, N.Y. Also John Anthony DeMarco, Shaker Heights, Ohio; Simone Scozzari, San Gabriel, Calif.; Joseph Francis Civello, Dallas, Tex. Allie Tannenbaum became acquainted with several of the country clubs visitors, including Shimmy Salles, who was a bagman for Lepkes rackets, Curly Holtz, a labor racketeer, and even Lepke himself. Catskills Institute members will be especially interested in selections on the Loomis Sanatorium, early Jewish farms and boardinghouses, traveling to the mountains, organized crime in the Catskills, the Woodstock festival, and, of course, the hotels. American Jews Jewish Vacations: The Catskills A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all. ByJenna Weissman Joselit Share You might also like How Fleischmanns Yeast Built the Jewish Catskills Noshing Is Mah-Jongg a Jewish Game? American Jews My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help Donate But as with so many things in life, the good times just weren't to last. After disposing of Ashkenaz, Tannenbaum went to Lepkes midtown office, to tell Lepke that Ashkenaz was indeed dead. He was not alone. He moved through the ranks quickly and became an adept, ruthless killer. Her book, written with humor and a Jewish flavor, is replete with stories of her life in Woodridge and Monticello, from whose high school she graduated. Then Pearl's famous Borscht Pear necklace is stolen and Solly is murdered. This made him a likely suspect to be drawn into their world of organized crime. by Thane Rosenbaum ($12.95, St. Martin's Press, 1999; Paperback). The estate was big, but not big enough for the gathering envisioned for this week. And here in Catskill, what do Jews believe? Anastasia was assassinated in a midtown barber shop on Oct. 25. As befits a man of standing who prefers privacy, Barbara got himself a fine house, away from neighbors, in Apalachin, and who came and went presumably was nobody's business. He grew a long beard, stopped showering, and made a point of chewing on a leather briefcase strap throughout the ordeal. Brusca had Di Matteos 11-year-old son kidnapped. One example of a small resort today abandoned in the Catskills is the Lesser Lodge, constructed in 1923, which was used as a favorite spot for Bar Mitzvahs. These short vignettes offer a glimpse into the amazing variety of workers and guests that a Catskills hotel owner encountered over the years, and its a welcome addition to our growing library. Barboza was also allied with the Winter Hill Gang out of Boston. by Oscar Israelowitz ($29.95, cloth; Israelowitz Publishing Box 228 Brooklyn, NY 11229.) He was nicknamed The Pig because of his unkempt appearance and his voracious appetite for food. Tannenbaum started working for Lepke, initially for $35 a week. In 1993, one of his partners in the Falcone assassination, Santo Di Matteo, agreed to cooperate with authorities. Making use of his sons capabilities, Sam Tannenbaum employed Allie at his hotel, either waiting on tables, or setting up beach chairs at the lake. by Reuben Wallenrod. This is a creepy and eerie world - perfect for the adventurous traveler keen to explore such unusual destinations. Perdue Met Mafia Boss, Sought Help Against Union - The Washington Post By George Lardner Jr. March 7, 1986 Frank Perdue first met the "Godfather" in the early He was 70 years old. As you would expect, there is a good deal of Catskills material here. More than any other author, he portrays the difficulties faced by Catskills hotel owners and guests as they vacationed in the time of the Holocaust. I could use one, if it pays, Tannenbaum said. Now police, including Tioga County's local cops and the state police, make a business of checking what goes on in local establishments, including motels. Behind the facade, however, was a cold-blooded killer who earned the nickname Iceman because of his habit of freezing his victims bodies after he murdered them. Italy arrests No. by Joseph Berger(Scribner, 2001.) Architect, photographer, tour guide, and publisher, Oscar Israelowitz has assembled a very attractive book with hundreds of graphics from his own photos to railroad timetables to hotel brochures. The novel explores that rich and exciting moment in American Jewish history when the descendants of immigrants from Eastern Europe struggled to assimilate themselves into American life. Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime) Catskill violent crime is 13.1. Richman's narrative, anecdotes, and photos recapture everything from the traffic jams leaving the city to the strategies for sneaking into the casinos of the big hotels. He had amassed a large, highly profitable heroin operation and refused to share his profits with the other families. By the time it was demolished in 2018, one could have visited this crumbling ruin and seen its gigantic indoor pool holding little more than the overgrown vegetation colonizing it. Travel to countries that have collapsed worldwide, and one will find post-Apocalyptic worlds. Despite Tannenbaums testimony, a judge found Parisi not guilty. Today, they find themselves returning to the country, seeking out the places where they stayed so long ago, only to find that the world has changed a lot in fifty years, and time has a way of erasing all evidence of a world that used to be. Barboza had a falling out with the Patriarca family in the late 1960s. Playing Mah-Jongg in the Catskills. His own waiter's tales, his mother's culinary exploits as a chef, and his father's jobs as a maitre d' and coffee shop operator offer a backdrop to the vital life of Catskills summers. He claimed he committed his first murder at the age of 14, murdering a bully with a piece of wood. He writes that "Jewish comedians in each generation were able to find in Jewish tradition, culture, and history a way to express the feelings of the wider American culture in which they lived. This is a wonderful book to read, by an increasingly well-known writer. George Kranzler's Hasidic Williamsburg: A Contemporary Hasidic Community (Jason Aronson Inc., 1995) does the same, but from a scholarly approach. The year is 1958. Brusca didnt commit his many murders in New York, Boston, or any other American city. They are the silent killers. On the surface, Richard Kuklinski appeared to live a normal middle-class existence in the suburbs of New Jersey. by Stephen M. Silverman and Raphael D. Silver (Knopf 2015). New York City physician Alfred Lebbeus Loomis touted the benefits of the cold, dry mountain air of the Catskills, where he established the Loomis Sanitarium in Liberty in 1896. Through these primary works, the anthology explores how vacationers, resort owners, and workers dealt with a horrific contradiction--the pleasure of their summer haven over against the mass extermination of Jews throughout Europe. There are abundant quotes from the many Catskills entertainers, staff, owners, and guests that the Frommers interviewed, and is a fun book to travel the Mountains with. (But somewhat, for they smoke in secret then.) He is passionate about traveling and opening up the world for other intrepid explorers. Among them were Harry Greenie Greenberg, Louis Lepke, and his partner Jacob Gurrah Shapiro. by Phil Brown ($34.95, Temple University Press, 1998; Hardcover). The boy was finally murdered after 26 months of imprisonment. Earlier generations were no less impervious to what was in and what was out. And you know what else -- the guests still complain. WebCrime in Catskill, New York. Ill handle Joe Rosen; hes all right.'. The book is available from the Connecticut State Historical Commission, 59 South Prospect St, Hartford, CT 06106. The Catskills also features many graphics, including a number not seen in other publications. In 1938 three men with rifles fire on a dilapidated farmhouse full of Jewish families. On February 11, 1976, Barboza was shot and killed while leaving a friends apartment in San Francisco. One of Kuklinskis brothers died at the hands of their father, but the family lied to police and said the boy had suffered serious injuries from falling down the stairs. A dozen or so who ludicrously tried to make it to freedom through woods which the local police knew and the invaders didn't, were picked up sooner or later. On the witness stand, during Lepkes trail, Tannenbaum put the final nail in Lepkes coffin, when he testified about the day he heard Lepke order the murder of a candy store owner named Joe Rosen. The Catskills were an important location for this, and Summer Farm opens it property to a group that has no physical property of its own. Harry Pittsburgh Phil Strauss was a feared enforcer for Murder, Inc., the gang of killers employed by various organized crime groups in the 1930s and 1940s, In an epilogue, today, the Resorts World Catskills stands on the sight of the former Concord Hotel. The Catskills have long been a summer getaway for New Yorkers. Carrie Komito, owner of the Aladdin Hotel for 6 decades, left the business at the age of 95. Abe Kid Twist Reles cooperated with police, and Strauss was just one of the names he named. State police called in Treasury Department agents (counterfeiting) and agents of the federal alcohol tax unit (illicit booze). One of the interesting historical contributions is the life of her parents whose parents were temporary partners in fifteen hotels, one of the variations on the Catskills hotel business. Shapiro was a thick-chested gorilla-of-a-man, who supplied the muscle for Lepkes many illegal enterprises. Lepke was hollering: There is one son of a bitch that will never go down to talk to Dewey about me. Max (Rubin) was trying to calm him down. by Sydney Offit ($11.95, Beckham house, 1999; Paperback) Originally published in 1959 (Crown), not enough people have read this wonderful book. by Irwin Richman ($19.99, Arcadia 2003; Paperback) is another marvelous collection of graphics ranging from the later 19th century to the present. The novel also provides an inside look into the Jewish gangster culture of that era when the Italian mafia and Jewish hoodlums were allies in their murderous attempts to control the New York rackets. Ashkenazs body was found near the entrance of a Catskills hotel, riddled with sixteen bullets. Martin's Minotaur). by Carrie Komito. Tannenbaum, as per his arrangement with his father, did not get paid a single dime, until after the summer, which basically ended the resort season. The book has many photographs, advertisements, menus, and rate schedules. The leading independent voice for aviation news and insight. Essays such as "Portrait of the Hotelkeeper as a Young Woman" give us a glimpse into the daily life of hotel owners, their guests, and staff. A New York lawyer moves to the Catskills to start a new career as a novelist and keeps getting rejection letters until the local postmaster secretly edits her manuscript. The book includes letters, memoirs, and interviews, photographs and maps, and historical writing both popular and scholarly. This excellent 186-pp. He died in 1976 at the age of 69. The initial impetus for this project comes from two particular jarring components: Reuben Wallenrods novel Dusk in the Catskills highlights the contradiction between leisure and destruction, and the bungalow colony founders of the film, Four Seasons Lodge cant find pleasure and solace in their summer vacations while in the midst of non-survivors. His parents were Polish Jewish refugees who had survived the Holocaust. Yet Allie Tannenbaum, who started out as a worker in his fathers Catskill hotel, became one of Murder Incorporateds most accomplished killers. This is an 'official' look at Grossinger's, complete with family recipes. While the New York State Route 17 that led to the site was upgraded, passenger train access ended in 1953 on the Ontario and Western Railway. (Museum of Jewish Heritage) During the 1920s, potential vacationers from the East Coast could choose between the Hollywood Hotel in West End, This oversize book is full of photos and graphics of the Catskills. The Concord and Grossingers, that self-styled kingdom of outdoor happiness, were two of the best known and certainly the most enduring of the resort hotels that catered to an American Jewish clientele. In the 1950s, about two thousand bungalow colonies dotted the countryside of Sullivan and Ulster counties, catering to an estimated one million people a year who spent all or part of their summer in "The Mountains." The Catskills, with their craggy woods and foggy shrouds, have inspired fantastic stories dating back to Rip Van Winkles 20-year sleep. Quickly becoming a member of a street gang, Diamonds criminal record began while still a teenager, when he robbed a jewelry store. Like other Rosenbaum stories, the deliverance at the end never comes--we are still waiting for Elijah, waiting for peace. He knew only of two worldsGolus [exile] and Zion.. It was no good. kyle chandler dripping springs; best doctor Garnering much attention, Grossingers and the Concord were by no means the only resort hotels on the American Jewish landscape. WebBecause of Tannenbaums summer location in the Catskills, his job mostly included murders, and extortions, in upstate New York. This one is for Lepke. At the end of the summer in 1931, Tannenbaum was strolling down Broadway in Manhattan, when he bumped into Big Harry Schacter, one of Lepkes underlings. In America, one can find a post-Apocalyptic world just out of New York City. When Marvin was 13, his dad, a projectionist, began teaching him the trade. The bomb was so strong that it registered on local earthquake monitors. Known as "the gem of the Catskills," Windham is a picturesque place with plenty to enjoy. His mother died in 1913, and the family moved to Brooklyn. Our guests who feel most comfortable here, and return year after year, are Gentiles. The crackdown came at the end of a dead-end road in a tiny rural community in Tioga County 190 miles from New York, of whose existence most of the world has never known. Tannenbaum was a valuable asset to He follows the resort season's cycle, almost as if it were a religious cycle. Barboza moved to northern California to start a new life. by Martin Boris (Crown Publishers). What will become of us? As Natalie tries to enter the world that has excluded her--and succeeds through the sheerest of accidents--The Inn at Lake Devine becomes a delightful and provocative romantic comedy full of sparkling social mischief. The impending decline of the Catskills, the novel's "dusk," is always present, even though the brilliant heyday of the Catskills' golden years is just starting. County cops conferred with state police. Cohen returned to Los Angeles and worked as an actor in small roles for many years. Local authorities knew what to do. Reprinted with permission from The Forward. Personalizing the story of growing acculturation and deracination, it begins by contrasting a traditional Eastern European figure, a great-grandfather, with his descendants. While imprisoned on a murder charge in the summer of 1967, Barboza felt he only had one option left. As his work production increased, so did Tannenbaums pay. Tannenbaum was given the assignment to murder Greenberg by Lepke, through one of Lepkes intermediaries (to insulate himself from any connection to a murder, Lepke never gave orders to his killers himself). Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. In the best hunting season in Tioga's criminal history, the beaters made a bag of 62, winding up at 11 P.M. READ: Finding the Goldbergs: A Catskills Mystery Unraveled. The first of the establishments to fall prey was the bungalow colonies. Written in Hebrew, when he was in Israel, Wallenrod provides something of an 'outside' look at the Catskills. Tannenbaum testified on the witness stand to District Attorney Burton Turkus, Lepke was yelling that he gave this Joe Rosen money to go away, and then he sneaks back into a candy store, after he tells him to stay away. She tells stories that might not otherwise show up in hotel memoirs: a terminally ill child enjoying his last chance at a Mountain day camp, a convention of gay men, a handyman dying at the hotel. Brusca and his thugs held the innocent boy for over 2 years, consistently sending Di Matteo photographs of his son being tortured. An undercover ATF agent posed as a fellow hitman and lured Kuklsinki into a murder-for-hire plot. The book includes 91 b&w photos as well as a list of close to 1000 hotels that once existed in the area. No other novelist portrays the transition from informal farmer's boarding house to hotel. Citizens of the West, each of them lays claim to a particular vision: One family member believes in France; another in science; a third in the Vilna Gaon [an 18th-century Jewish sage]; and a fourth, a proud resident of the United States, believes in just about everything. Into the net, scurrying like small-time gamblers fleeing a lower East Side dice game, fell hoods from New York, New Jersey, Ohio, California, Puerto Rico, Cuba and points in between. by Philip Ratzer (SUNY Press July 2010 $14.95 paperback). In 1939, Cohen showed up in a bit part in a Hollywood film entitled Golden Boy. The jury wasnt buying the act, however, and Strauss, along with his companion Martin Bugsy Goldstein, was sentenced to death in Sing Sing Prisons electric chair, known as Old Sparky. On June 12, 1941, Strauss and Goldstein were executed. In Kosher certainly; in Shabbos, less. by Harold Jadiker Taub. Joey Adams, a comedian who spent childhood summers in the Catskills, reminisces about his youth and the development of show business in the area. Below are the stories of 5 deadly mob hitmen who left behind a trail of bodies while maintaining a relatively low profile. by Tania Grossinger; illustrated by Charles George Esperanza. Those who fled by car were stopped by roadblocks. ; James Anthony Osticco, Pittston, Pa.; Frank Desimone, Doroney, Calif.; Joseph Bonanno, 1726 DeKalb Ave., and John Bonventra, 115 Cleveland St., Brooklyn; Ignatius Cannone, Endicott, N.Y.; Salvatore Tornabe, 1464, Second Ave., New York; and Patsy Turrigiano, Endicott, N.Y. Also Frank Joseph Valenti, Rochester, N.Y.; Stanley Valenti, Rochester, N.Y.; John Ormento, 118 Audrey Drive, Lido Beach, N.Y.; Joseph Ida, 108 Lincoln Ave., Highland Park, N.J.; Joseph Profaci, 8863 15th Ave., Brooklyn; Joseph Magliocco, Bay View Ave., Islip, N.Y.; Louis Santos, Havana, Cuba and Angelo Sciandra, Pittston, Pa. Also Patsy Sciortino, Auburn, N.Y., Frank Zito, Springfield, Ill., Gerardo Cateno, 21 Overhill Road, South Orange, N.J., and Domenic Oliveto, 1157 Magnolia Ave., Camden, N.J. Sgt. While we don't usually think of bungalow colony life as full of great food, Miriam's bungalow was a feasting bungalow where memories were etched in the food. WebJul 22, 2019 265 Dislike Share kvellercom 842 subscribers You've probably heard of the Catskills from Dirty Dancing or The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The Catskills region sprawls across four counties north of New York City, dotted with lakes and crowned with around a hundred mountain peaks. The book is organized by several topics, including a nice section on the railroads, and then alphabetically by dozens of Catskills towns. On Wednesday, the group began converging on the remote and palatial estate of Joseph Barbara, once a prominent mobster in the Pittsburgh area who more recently has fronted his activities by running a soda bottling business in and about Binghamton. In New York City, Sam Tannenbaum, as he did in Pennsylvania, ran a general store. The most feared men in the underworld are typically not the bosses, or the brash, flashy gangsters who grab headlines. A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all. Cohen sobbed in court and vehemently denied he had anything to do with the murder. A Future in the Catskills Jack Diamond was born July 10, 1897, in Philadelphia to Irish immigrant parents. This is a very funny book that includes a New York delicatessen where a psychiatrist conducts treatment while people eat; the guests/patients pay a combined bill for therapy and meals at the cash register. The wide-ranging photography collection spans the The trials and tribulations of the small-time entertainers are here, too, along with those of the guests and owners--everything that made summers memorable. Weve got enough on you to put you in the chair, District Attorney Deckelman told Tannenbaum. Check out the astonishing tail of The Greenbrier in West Virginia - a resort that has welcomed more than half of the USA presidents and is still going strong. As air travel grew, the younger generation of Jewish-Americans looked further abroad for more exotic leisure destinations, sending the resort in decline and ruin. Tania Grossinger, author of Growing up at Grossingers, got to know Jackie Robinson from all his time there. Cohen was arrested in Los Angeles and sent back to the east coast to answer for the murder of Walter Sage. One can book accommodation here, but if one does, be sure to check out the many derelict buildings in the region before they too are all torn down. The Nevele Grande Hotel is another resort that was closed permanently in 2009. Updated by Gabriel Kirellos, December 3rd, 2021: The Catskills resort, particularly the Borscht Belt, served as a vacation spot back in the time to the Jewish population in New York. (The US average is 22.7) Catskill property crime is 32.4. In this beguiling novel, Elinor Lipman charts her heroine's fixation with a small bastion of genteel anti-Semitism, a fixation that will have wildly unexpected consequences on her romantic life. The most prominent and glitziest hotels like the Concord Resort Hotel and the Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel clung on for the longest. Little is known about what Tannenbaum did for the rest of his life. This resort hotel in the Great Northern Catskills provides all-inclusive accommodations with three meals daily and on-site activities such as ping-pong, tennis, paddleboating, bocce ball, bingo, marshmallow roasts, dancing, and live music. But most of all in Pinochle and Poker, Where Vanderbilts, Goulds and Astors once danced, you now see Jewish youths and maidens gyrating to jazz, gushed the Grossmans, the new proprietors of the Pavilion Hotel of Saratoga Springs in 1927, in a revealing instance of ethnic swaggering. The dining hall that rang to the tune of Yankee Doodle will resound now to the Hatikvo [the Israelinational anthem]. The prospect of putting Kuklinski away was a tough one because law enforcement had no concrete evidence tying him to any murders. One chapter is devoted to the Bergers' vacationing at a Catskills bungalow colony. However, he could never be officially inducted into the Patriarca mob because of his Portuguese heritage. by Janice Cunningham and David Ransom. 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