Simon Gratz Moses Values Codes I- H – E – L Simon Gratz Moses was born in 1813 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1832, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Then, he studied medicine with Dr. Isaac Hayes. Dr. Simon Gratz Moses graduated from medical school
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Read more →United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis On Rosh Hashanah in 1836, the first minyan (prayer quorum) in St. Louis, Missouri was founded at 2nd and Spruce Streets, above Max’s Grocery & Restaurant. Services were led by Louis Bomeisler. In 1841, this minyan became the United Hebrew Congregation, the first
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Read more →Isidor (Busch) Bush Value Codes I – H – E – L – P “One who will live in our hearts forever . . . unselfish in his devotion to the causes of humanity and his fellow man.” — Obituary by Samuel Bowman, Bush’s closest friend
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