The Jewish Agricultural Colony of Clarion, Utah, 1911-1916 During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, there were several attempts to established Jewish agricultural colonies in the United States. The movement, headed by recent immigrants and established backers, sought to settle predominantly Russian Jews on farmlands in
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Read more →Samuel Newhouse Values Codes I – E – L – P Samuel Newhouse was born in New York City, in 1854. He was one of nine children of European immigrants. He attended public school and was “reading for the law” when he became interested in mining
Read more →Congregation B’nai Israel In 1864, the Hebrew Benevolent Society was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah. Yom Kippur services were first held in a private home. In 1866, services moved to the Masonic Hall, and in 1867 they were held at the Seventies Hall. In 1869,
Read more →Isaac & Sadie Wax Values Codes I – E – L Isaac (Wachs) Wax was born in 1879 in Stepan, the Ukraine, to Shmuel and Faigye Wachs. Isaac had three brothers: Max, Sam, and Hyman, and one sister, Florence. Along the way . . . Isaac
Read more →Julius and Fanny Brooks Values Codes I – E – L Julius Gerson Brooks was born in 1825 in Frankenstein, Germany (near Breslau). Isabella (Fanny) Bruck was born in 1837 in Schweidnitz, Germany. Fanny Bruck was educated in Germany, completing high school with high honors. She also spoke
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