Editor’s Note: David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz was arrested on this day in 1977. We return to this story to examine the impact Berkowitz’s crimes had on the Jewish community. The arrest of the Son of Sam in August 1977 was good for the Jews, and it was also bad for the Jews. Good because…
(JTA) — Forty years after he terrorized New York with a string of deadly assaults, serial killer David Berkowitz said remorsefully that he expects to die in prison for actions which he cannot explain. Berkowitz, 64, said this during an interview published by the New York Daily News Thursday, the 40th anniversary of his arrest…
Back in 1977, New York City was gripped by a fear unlike any other I have witnessed, except, of course, during the aftermath of 9/11. It was a reign of terror that saw six people murdered and seven others wounded. Most of those who were attacked were young women. The conventional wisdom was that the…
August 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the murder of Stacy Moskowitz — the final victim of David Berkowitz, also known as The Son Of Sam, who held all of NYC in the grips of fear. Over the period of 12 months July 1976 to July 1977, the city and it’s tabloid newspapers speculated almost…
The arrest of the Son of Sam in August 1977 was good for the Jews, and it was also bad for the Jews. Good because the Son of Sam’s murder spree had terrorized New York City for more than a year. Bad because the Son of Sam turned out to be named David Berkowitz. “Jews…
David Berkowitz extended his condolences to the family of the late Jimmy Breslin – four decades after the notorious butcher called himself the “Son of Sam” in a letter to the New York tabloid columnist. “I wish to extend my condolences to his family at their loss,” he wrote to the letter of a local…
It’s coming from an unlikely source, but the message of David Berkowitz is undeniably positive: society needs to take the “glory out of guns.” Or so says Berkowitz, also known as Son of Sam, speaking to the New York Daily News from his prison cell, where he’s serving out his six consecutive 25-to-life sentences. Three…
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