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Adolph Sutro: Self-Trained Engineer, Book Collector, Land Investor, Merchant & Mayor

Adolph Sutro Values Codes  I – H – E – L – P   Adolph Sutro was born in 1830 in the German city of Aachen.   San Francisco & Its Surroundings Adolph Sutro came to California in 1850, at the age of 20. He went into

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Abram Anspacher: Jewish Grain King & “Old Man Benevolent” of Early San Francisco

Abram Anspacher Values Codes I – E – L – P   Abraham Anspacher was born in 1818 in the Bavarian town of Weimar, Schmiedau. He came to America in 1839, avoiding the draft, and settled first in Cincinnati, Ohio, then Louisville, Kentucky, and then Evansville, Indiana, where

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Hyam Zvee Sneersohn: The First Chabad Rabbi in Los Angeles, 1870

Rabbi Hyam Zvee Sneersohn Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Rabbi Hyam Zvee Sneersohn was born in Russia and migrated to Jerusalem in 1840. In 1869, Rabbi Sneersohn arrived in New York on a lecture tour. His tour took him to

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Rabbi Abraham Blum: Third Rabbi of Congregation B’nai B’rith, Los Angeles

Rabbi Abraham Blum Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Rabbi Abraham Blum was born in Quatzenheim, Alsace in 1843, when the province was under French rule. He received rabbinic training at the Rabbinical School at Niederbronn, graduating at the age of 17.

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Why the Jews, Using Specific Jewish Values, Were So Successful in the Wild West

This essay sums up the story of Jews and the American Wild West that is the reason for this Virtual Jewish Museum of the American West It includes the following short essays and sub-essays. Click on the first one below to start. The Wild West: The Third Golden

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