Joel Rinaldo

 ( American People Of Portuguese-jewish Descent ) 

He opened his restaurant "Joel's" in 1902, catering to artists, writers, revolutionaries and other bohemianism.

In 1910, Rinaldo self-published his theory of evolution, "polygeneric theory", which hypothesized that each species was independently created when its time had come. In 1921, following Prohibition-based raids on his establishment, he published Psychoanalysis of the "Reformer": A Further Contribution to the Sexual Theory which purported to demonstrate that the passion for reform of their neighbors by those who favored prohibition was a neurosis akin to a passion for "rape" or "eating caviar".

Rinaldo retired to Brooklyn in 1926 and died on December 23, 1956.

• Rinaldo's Polygeneric Theory, self-published (1910), hardcover
• Psychoanalysis of the "Reformer" A Further Contribution to the Sexual Theory, preface by Andre Tridon, Lee Publishing Company (1921), 137 pages.

• Benjamin De Casseres, "Joel's", The American Mercury 26:103:360 (July 1932)
• Jan Whitaker, "Joel's bohemian refreshery", Restaurant-ing through history, July 17, 2008