Pioneer Jews of Los Angeles in the Nineteenth Century
David W. Epstein & Gladys Sturman, Editors, with assistance from Harris Newmark, III and Abraham Hoffman, PhD.
Read of the merchants, bankers and Jewish religious leaders that built the economic and spiritual foundations of the great City of the Angels. 300+ pages. Extensive index. Special commentary by leading academic experts in Western Jewish History.
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Table of Contents
Section One
*** The Early Pioneer Merchants & Bankers •••
Introduction by Stephen Aron, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of the American West at the Autry National Center 1
Jacob Frankfort: The First Jew of Los Angeles, 1841 by Norton B. Stern & William M. Kramer 3
The Location of Los Angeles Jewry at the Beginning of 1851 by Norton B. Stern 6
Solomon Nunes Carvalho: Helped in Founding of the Los Angeles Jewish Community
by William M. Kramer 10
Morris Goodman: The First American Councilman of the City of Los Angeles, 1819 - 1888
by Norton B. Stern & William M. Kramer 17
Harris Newmark: Leading Citizen of Los Angeles for 60 Years, 1834 - 1916
by Norton B. Stern & William M. Kramer 30
Historical Quotes by Harris Newmark edited by Dr. Harris Newmark, III 33
Samuel K. Labatt: Sephardic Founder of the Los Angeles Jewish Community, 1830 - 1873
by William M. Kramer & Norton B. Stern 42
Myer Joseph Newmark: Los Angeles Civic Leader and First Jewish Professional; 1838 - 1911 48
Myer Newmark’s Log Around the Horn. 1852 - 1853, by Myer J. Newmark 72
Solomon Lazard: Major Pioneer of the Infrastructure of Los Angeles, 1826 - 1916
by Francine Landau 96
Jacob Elias: Early Los Angeles Pioneer, Merchant and Jewish Leader 108
Wolf Kalisher: Immigrant, Pioneer Merchant & Indian Advocate, 1826 - 1889
by Richard L. Carrico 109
Isaac Lankershim: Creator of the San Fernando Valley Breadbasket, 1818 - 1882
by William M. Kramer & Norton B. Stern 115
Leopold Harris: Men’s Clothier of Los Angeles 122
Bernard Cohn: Miner, Merchant, Civic Leader, 1835 - 1889
by Norton B. Stern 123
Isaias W. Hellmam: Pioneer Merchant & Banker of California, 1842 - 1920
by Norton B. Stern 133
Isaias W. Hellman: Banker of the Southland in 1885 147
Did the Jews Destroy a Los Angeles Bank in 1875? A Letter to Mr. H. Newmark
by J. A. Graves 149
Section Two
*** Politics and Census ***
Introduction by David N. Myers, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at UCLA 154
A Study of Jewish Voters During Grant’s First Presidential Campaign Race, 1868
by Norton B. Stern 157
Jews in the 1870 Census of Los Angeles
by Norton B. Stern 163
*** Later Nineteenth Century Pioneer Merchants ***
The Jacoby Brothers of Los Angeles: A Self-Portrait, 1888 181
Herman Silver: Jewish Civic Leader of Los Angeles, 1830 - 1913
by William M. Kramer 183
Mina Norton: Jewish Professional Teacher 194
Eugene & Edward Germain of Los Angeles
by Harriet Ashby 195
Charles F. Lummis and the Newmarks of Los Angeles
by Dudley Gordon 200
Section Three
*** Organizational and Spiritual Leadership ***
Introduction by William Deverell, Professor of History at USC and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West 206
Harris Caspar & Tan Rotchild: Two Murder Victims Buried in Los Angeles in the New Jewish Cemetery, 1855 & 1863
by Norton B. Stern & William M. Kramer 208
The Jewish Cemetery in Chavez Ravine: The First Jewish Community Site in Los Angeles, 1855
by Thomas Cohen 210
Samuel Labatt: Los Angeles’ Jewry’s First "President," 1854
by William M. Kramer 218
The Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles, 1870 - 1892
by Virginia Katz 220
Henry Wartenberg: Businessman & Community Leader, 1830 - 1879.
Includes the Wartenberg Report to the Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1870.
by Norton B. Stern 223
Unexpected Help for the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Los Angeles, 1898
by Victor Harris 230
Congregation B’nai B’rith: The First Synagogue in Los Angeles, 1862
by Tom Owen 232
Rabbi Abraham Wolf Edelman: Jewish Padre to the Pueblo, (Serving 1862 - 1885)
by Norton B. Stern & William M. Kramer 235
Rabbi Emanuel Schreiber: First "Reform" Rabbi of Los Angeles, (Serving 1885 - 1889)
by William M. Kramer & Reva Clar 250
Rabbi Michael G. Solomon: Los Angeles, (Serving 1895 - 1899)
by William M. Kramer & Reva Clar 259
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The Emanu-El / The B’nai B’rith Messenger, Los Angeles’ First Jewish Newspaper, 1897
by Norton B. Stern 274
*** History in the Making ***
History in the Making: A New Life for the History of Jewish Los Angeles
by Erik Greenberg 278
Index 297
