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March 17, 2017

The Age of New York’s Jewish Taxi Drivers

For a time, the stereotypical Manhattan cabbie was a Jew.

From the end of World War I through the 1970s, Jews made up a sizeable portion of New York City’s cab drivers, as Jenna Weissman Joselit writes:

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March 17, 2017

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    Facts on the ground in Area C.

  2. Nikki Haley Resets America’s Moral Compass at the UN

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  5. The Age of New York’s Jewish Taxi Drivers

    For a time, the stereotypical Manhattan cabbie was a Jew.