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Rabbi Samuel Buchler (March 21, 1882 – April 1971), was the President of the Federation of Hungarian Jews in America, in 1909 in New York. He was the Deputy Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City in 1919. He was also a lawyer and Jewish chaplain at Sing Sing prison. He was charged with grand larceny in 1932 and was disbarred. He purportedly took money from clients to aid in immigration, but didn't do any work and pocketed the money. He died in Brooklyn in 1971.

Publications

• Cohen comes first and other cases: stories of controversies before the New York Jewish Court of Arbitration. New York: Vanguard Press, 1933.

References

1. "Jewish Interests in New York". Retrieved 2007-08-26.
2. "Dr. Buchler Resigns. Law Practice Claims Deputy Commissioner of Public Markets". New York Times. May 13, 1922.
3. "Buchler Out on Bail. Ex-Lawyer, Indicted for Grand Larceny, Charges Persecution". New York Times. July 25, 1942.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. Social Security Death Index

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