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Cantor Edward Stark: Esteemed Cantor of Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, 1893-1913

Cantor Edward Stark Values Codes  I – H – E – L   Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems, Austria. Edward Stark’s father, Cantor Josef Stark, was a pupil of Salomon Sulzer, the famed “father of the modern cantorate.” Josef Stark served as a cantor in Ichenhausen,

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Joseph Bartlett Choynski: Foremost Jewish Boxer of San Francisco & Light-Heavyweight Champion

  Joseph Bartlett Choynski Values Codes E – L – P   Joseph Bartlett Choynski was born in San Francisco, California, in 1868. He was born to Isidor Nathan Choynski and Harriet Ashim. He had five siblings: Herbert, Miriam, Maurice, and Edwin.   San Francisco Joseph (“Joe”)

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Location Index #2 – Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas

WSJH Journal Index #2 Index by Geographical Location of Articles This is a secondary index. If the item can be located in the “Person” Index, it will not be on the “Location” Index. General Location; Article Title; Author; Volume/Issue* * Example:   21/4 = Volume 21, Issue

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Location Index #2 – Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas

WSJH Journal Index #2 Index by Geographical Location of Articles This is a secondary index. If the item can be located in the “Person” Index, it will not be on the “Location” Index. General Location; Article Title; Author; Volume/Issue* * Example:   21/4 = Volume 21, Issue

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Index #3 – Special Double and Triple Book Size Issues of Western States Jewish History

WSJH Book Size Special Issues All requests for back issues should be made to Henry Hollender, Bookseller. 843 24th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94121 1-800-275-8777  or 415-407-1498 Boyle Heights: Recollections and Remembrances of the Boyle Heights Community in Los Angeles, 1920s – 1960s; edited by Abraham Hoffman; 336 pages

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