Alice in Shandehland :: scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case /
By 1931, Ben and Alice Edelson had been married for two decades and had seven children, but for years Alice had been having an affair with the married Jack Horwitz. On the night of 24 November, Ben, Alice, and Jack met at Edelson Jewellers to settle the thing. Words flew, a brawl erupted, and Jack w...
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| Zusammenfassung: | By 1931, Ben and Alice Edelson had been married for two decades and had seven children, but for years Alice had been having an affair with the married Jack Horwitz. On the night of 24 November, Ben, Alice, and Jack met at Edelson Jewellers to settle the thing. Words flew, a brawl erupted, and Jack was shot and killed. The tragedy marked the start of a sensational legal case that captured Ottawa headlines, with the prominent jeweller facing the gallows. Through a detailed examination of newspaper coverage, interviews with family and community members, and evocative archival photographs, Monda Halpern's Alice in Shandehland reconstructs a long-silenced murder case in Depression-era Canada. Halpern contends that despite his crime, Ben Edelson was the object of far less contempt than his adulterous wife whose shandeh - Yiddish for shame or disgrace - seemed indefensible. While Alice endured the censure of both the Jewish community and the courtroom, Ben's middle-class respectability and the betrayal he suffered earned him favoured standing and, ultimately, legal exoneration. Revealing the tensions around ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and class, Alice in Shandehland explores the divergent reputations of Ben and Alice Edelson within a growing but insular and tenuous Jewish community, and within a dominant culture that embraced male success and valour during the emasculating 1930s. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 276 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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| spelling | Halpern, Monda M., 1963- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrxvjVtr7MJQYXGbjx6mm http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002019230 Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / Monda Halpern. Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015] Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015. ©2015 1 online resource (x, 276 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations text txt rdacontent electronic isbdmedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series one ; 37 Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index. Introduction -- 1 "This terrible drama of humanity": An Affair, a Shooting, a Death, an Arrest -- 2 "A prominent Ottawa jeweller" and "the jeweller's comely young wife": The Rise of the Edelsons -- 3 "Startling evidence ... of a sensational character": The Inquest, and Respectability Challenged -- 4 "Her life was pure impulse without control": Trial by Jewry, Community Anxiety, and the Spurning of Alice -- 5 "In a court of British justice, sympathy has no place": Trial by Jury, Respectability and Honour, and the Acquittal of Ben -- 6 "A sudden silence fell": The Legacy of the Case -- Conclusion. By 1931, Ben and Alice Edelson had been married for two decades and had seven children, but for years Alice had been having an affair with the married Jack Horwitz. On the night of 24 November, Ben, Alice, and Jack met at Edelson Jewellers to settle the thing. Words flew, a brawl erupted, and Jack was shot and killed. The tragedy marked the start of a sensational legal case that captured Ottawa headlines, with the prominent jeweller facing the gallows. Through a detailed examination of newspaper coverage, interviews with family and community members, and evocative archival photographs, Monda Halpern's Alice in Shandehland reconstructs a long-silenced murder case in Depression-era Canada. Halpern contends that despite his crime, Ben Edelson was the object of far less contempt than his adulterous wife whose shandeh - Yiddish for shame or disgrace - seemed indefensible. While Alice endured the censure of both the Jewish community and the courtroom, Ben's middle-class respectability and the betrayal he suffered earned him favoured standing and, ultimately, legal exoneration. Revealing the tensions around ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and class, Alice in Shandehland explores the divergent reputations of Ben and Alice Edelson within a growing but insular and tenuous Jewish community, and within a dominant culture that embraced male success and valour during the emasculating 1930s. Edelson, Ben Trials, litigation, etc. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 Death and burial. Edelson, Alice. Edelson, Ben Procès, instances, etc. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 Mort et sépulture. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 fast Trials (Murder) Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Adultery Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Sex scandals Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Jews Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Jewelers Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Procès (Meurtre) Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Adultère Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Scandales sexuels Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Triangle (Relations humaines) Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Juifs Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Bijoutiers Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology. bisacsh Death and burial of a person fast Adultery fast Jewelers fast Jews fast Sex scandals fast Trials (Murder) fast Triangles (Interpersonal relations) fast Ontario Ottawa fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhMkcktjFtv8wxPD6bfMP Case studies fast Trials, litigation, etc. fast Print version: Alice in Shandehland. McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two ; (CaOONL)2015901543X McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series 1 ; 37. FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1520262 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Halpern, Monda M., 1963- Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Introduction -- 1 "This terrible drama of humanity": An Affair, a Shooting, a Death, an Arrest -- 2 "A prominent Ottawa jeweller" and "the jeweller's comely young wife": The Rise of the Edelsons -- 3 "Startling evidence ... of a sensational character": The Inquest, and Respectability Challenged -- 4 "Her life was pure impulse without control": Trial by Jewry, Community Anxiety, and the Spurning of Alice -- 5 "In a court of British justice, sympathy has no place": Trial by Jury, Respectability and Honour, and the Acquittal of Ben -- 6 "A sudden silence fell": The Legacy of the Case -- Conclusion. Edelson, Ben Trials, litigation, etc. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 Death and burial. Edelson, Alice. Edelson, Ben Procès, instances, etc. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 Mort et sépulture. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 fast Trials (Murder) Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Adultery Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Sex scandals Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Jews Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Jewelers Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Procès (Meurtre) Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Adultère Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Scandales sexuels Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Triangle (Relations humaines) Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Juifs Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Bijoutiers Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology. bisacsh Death and burial of a person fast Adultery fast Jewelers fast Jews fast Sex scandals fast Trials (Murder) fast Triangles (Interpersonal relations) fast |
| title | Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / |
| title_auth | Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / |
| title_exact_search | Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / |
| title_full | Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / Monda Halpern. |
| title_fullStr | Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / Monda Halpern. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alice in Shandehland : scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / Monda Halpern. |
| title_short | Alice in Shandehland : |
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| title_sub | scandal and scorn in the Edelson/Horwitz murder case / |
| topic | Edelson, Ben Trials, litigation, etc. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 Death and burial. Edelson, Alice. Edelson, Ben Procès, instances, etc. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 Mort et sépulture. Horwitz, Jack, -1931 fast Trials (Murder) Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Adultery Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Sex scandals Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Jews Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Jewelers Ontario Ottawa Case studies. Procès (Meurtre) Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Adultère Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Scandales sexuels Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Triangle (Relations humaines) Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Juifs Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. Bijoutiers Ontario Ottawa Études de cas. SOCIAL SCIENCE Criminology. bisacsh Death and burial of a person fast Adultery fast Jewelers fast Jews fast Sex scandals fast Trials (Murder) fast Triangles (Interpersonal relations) fast |
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