San Francisco Jewish Pioneers

Isaac Wormser Family: San Francisco Jewish Pioneers & Founders of S&W Fine Foods

Isaac Wormser Values Codes  I – E – L – P   Isaac Wormser was born in 1822.   Along the way Isaac Wormser came to the United States in the late 1840’s. For a number of years, he lived in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, where he was natural­ized

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Isaac Stone: Early Pioneer Jewish Dairyman of Early San Francisco

Isaac Stone Values Codes   I – E – L – P   Isaac Stone was born in 1825. He arrived in America in early 1850’s, probably from Bratislava, now the capital of Slovakia.   San Francisco Isaac Stone married the Bavarian-born Hannah Koshland in 1854. They lived in

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Dr. Albert Abrams: Controversial Doctor of San Francisco

Dr. Albert Abrams Values Codes E – P   Dr. Albert Abrams was born in San Francisco in 1863. He graduated from Heidelberg in 1882 with his M.D. degree, and opened up his office in San Francisco in 1883. In his early years of practice in San

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Rabbi Henry Gershon Vidaver: Orator and Patriot of San Francisco

Rabbi Henry Vidaver Values Codes  I – H – E – L   Rabbi Henry Vidaver was born in Warsaw, Poland. He served as spiritual leader of Congrega­tion B’nai Jeshurun of New York from 1865 to 1873. B’nai Jeshurun was New York’s first Ashkenazi congregation, having been

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Jacob Voorsanger: Outstanding Pioneer Rabbi of San Francisco

Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Jacob Voorsanger was born in Amsterdam in 1852. He left Amsterdam in August of 1872, before he was twenty years old, and stayed in London for three months. He then came to

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Sigmund Steinhart: Pioneer Jewish Food Broker & Philanthropist of Early San Francisco

Sigmund Steinhart Values Codes   I – H – E – P   Sigmund Steinhart was born in Sulzbach, Bavaria in 1833.   Along the way Sigmund Steinhart came to the United States in 1850, at the age of 17. Sigmund’s brothers were Ignatz and Frederick. Ignatz is

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