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CATHERINE CANGANY, PHD, “KOSHER MEAT RIOT OF 1910”
May 5 @ 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Free with museum admission!
Free with Detroit Historical Museum admission! Check out our brand-new exhibit, “In the Neighborhood.” Stay for this fascinating and nearly forgotten story from Detroit’s past, shared by JHSM Executive Director Catherine Cangany, PhD. In 1910 the price of Kosher meat soared. To feed their families amid rapid inflation, fed-up Orthodox women took on the Gilded-Age robber barons’ “Beef Trust” and won.
