"Beaten to Death by Irish Murderers": The Death of Sadie Dellon (1918) and Jewish Images of the Irish.

DELLON, Sadie; JEWS; IRISH Americans -- History; AMERICAN Jewish history; SUICIDE; HISTORY of antisemitism; HISTORY of violence; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY

HARLEM (New York, N.Y.); NEW York (N.Y.)

The article discusses the death of Sadie Dellon, a 13-year-old Jewish girl living on 125th street in West Harlem, New York City, who apparently committed suicide after being attacked for flying a Zionist flag during a block party. It uses Dellon's death to examine American Jews' images of Irish Americans. The author comments on Dellon's image as a martyr and the belief that she was murdered. The Jewish image of the Irish as antisemitic, violent, and drunk is explored and Jewish relations with Gentiles in Eastern Europe are considered.