Rabbi Samuel Buchler (March 21, 1882 – April 1971), was the President of the Federation of Hungarian Jews in America, in 1909 in New York.[1] He was the Deputy Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City in 1919.[2] He was also a lawyer and Jewish chaplain at Sing Sing prison. He was charged with grand larceny in 1932 and was disbarred.[3][4] He purportedly took money from clients to aid in immigration, but didn't do any work and pocketed the money.[5] He died in Brooklyn in 1971.[6]
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Publications
edit- Cohen comes first and other cases: stories of controversies before the New York Jewish Court of Arbitration. New York: Vanguard Press, 1933.
References
edit- ^ "Jewish Interests in New York". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ^ "Dr. Buchler Resigns. Law Practice Claims Deputy Commissioner of Public Markets". New York Times. May 13, 1922.
- ^ "Buchler Out on Bail. Ex-Lawyer, Indicted for Grand Larceny, Charges Persecution". New York Times. July 25, 1942.
- ^ "Buchler is Termed 'Religious Racketeer'. Prosecutor, Summing Up at Fraud Trial, Says He 'Dragged His Rabbinical Robes Through Mud'". New York Times. May 4, 1932.
- ^ "Four Accuse Buchler of Selling Influence. Woman and Three Men Say Former Prison Chaplain Failed to Help Get Aliens Admitted". New York Times. April 21, 1932.
- ^ Social Security Death Index
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