Monday, June 11, 2018

Western States Jewish History Back Issues

Earlier this year we accepted the responsibility of distributing back issues for the journal Western States Jewish History. You can search through the individual issues here. We do not have every issue, but we have almost all of them. Below are descriptions of the most recent issues.

Sturman, Gladys, edited by. Western States Jewish History. Volume XLIX, Number 2/3, 2017/5777.  The Success of Early Pioneer Jews in the Western United States. Includes: Alaska, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Montana & Nebraska. Woodland Hills, California, Western States Jewish History, 2017. Octavo, paper covers, 248 pp., b/w photos. Softbound. Very Good. Articles are "From Fur Rush to Gold Rushes: Alaskan Jewry from the Late 19th to the Early 20th Centuries," Rudolf Glanz, "Don Solomon Bibo: Jewish Chief of the Acama Indians of New Mexico," Sandra Lea Rollins, "Simon Bamberger: Jewish Governor of Utah," edited by S. George Ellsworth, "Notes on the Early History of Seattle's Sephardic Community," Marc D. Angel, "Otto Mears: Colorado's Jewish 'Big Little Man': Part 1 - Toll roads, Railroads, Real Estate & the Ute Indians. Part 2 - The Political Career of Otto Mears," Michael Kaplan, "The Samsonite Story: The Shwayder Family of Denver Colorado," Hannah Shwayder Berry, "Notes on the Early Pioneer Jews of Arizona," Rudolf Glanz, "Leopold Ephraim: Early Jewish Pioneer of Nogales, Arizona," Fred & Harriet Rochlin, "The Pioneer Jews of Montana: 1862 - 1950," Benjamin Kelson, "The Pioneer Jews of Omaha: The First Sixty Years," Carol Gendler. (85052)     $25.00

Sturman, Gladys, edited by. Western States Jewish History. Volume XLIX, Number 4, 2017/5777.The Scrapbook of the Life of Dr. David W. Edleman. Woodland Hills, California, Western States Jewish History, 2017. Octavo, paper covers, 96 pp., b/w photos. Softbound. Very Good. Articles are "The Times, They are a Changing," David Epstein & Gladys Sturman, "Dr. David Wolf Edelman: The Scrapbook of His Life," edited by David Epstein, "Rudolph & Joseph Schildkraut: A Scrapbook of Their Lives," edited by David W. Epstein, "Temple B'nai Israel" The First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Oklahoma," Jerry Klinger, "Pioneer Jewish Merchant Families of the American and Canadian Northwest," Sarah H. Tobe, "Benjamin Davies: Cantor and Jeweler of Leadville, Colorado," Jonathan Friedmann, "Walking between Graves: People You Meet in Cemeteries," Oliver B. Pollak. (85053)     $20.00

Sturman, Gladys, edited by. Western States Jewish History. Volume L, Number 1, 2018/5778.  19th Century Congregations of Northern California: A Photographic Essay. Woodland Hills, California, Western States Jewish History, 2018. Octavo, paper covers, 94 pp., b/w photos. Softbound. Very Good. Articles are "Northern California's Historic Synagogues, a photo essay," Shor M. Masori and Donald H. Harrison, "Jewish Place Names in the American West," Bernard Postal, "Was the Founder of Roseburg, Oregon, Really Jewish?" Donald H. Harrison, "The Zangwill Brothers Make the News," Western States History staff report, "Markers Tell Stories of Pioneer Jews of the West," Jerry Klinger, "San Francisco's Jewish Beginnings," Jacob Voorsanger, "Pistol-Packing Jewish Mama in Marysville, California," Bernard Kaufman, "Early Reform in Sacramento, California," Brett Wyatt, "Ernest Pixotto and His Early Art Work," Peter Robertson, "The Jewish Homesteaders of Chugwater, Wyoming," Arnold Sky, "Ear;y Wyoming and the Jewish Media," Carl V. Hallberg, "Arguments for the Sake of Heaven: Wild West Flavored Jewish Quarrels," Sura Rubenstein, "Carl Butte, Montana's Historic Synagogue Be Preserved?" Donald H. Harrison, "The Organization of the Jewish Community of Mexico City, 1935," Philip L. Seman, "Esther Abrahams: From Petty Criminal to Australian Aristocrat," Suzanne D. Rutland. (85319).     $25.00

Sturman, Gladys, edited by. Western States Jewish History. Volume L, Number 2, 2018/5778.  Christmas Postcards of the Early 20th Century. Woodland Hills, California, Western States Jewish History, 2018. Octavo, paper covers, 100 pp., b/w photos. Softbound. Very Good. Articles are "Remembering Oregon's New Odessa Colony," Jerry Klinger, "Weighing the Wealth: Maximilian Edward Meyer: Background Assayer, 1839-1920," Linda Lee Holmes, "Christian Science and Jews in Minnesota: Background for Early Concerns," Deborah Y. Bachrach, "Jewish Memories in Lakeside California," Donald H. Harrison, "William Howard Taft and Jacob Weinberger: Their Fight over Arizona Statehood," Donald H. Harrison, "The Ballad of Otto Mears," James G. Schneider, "Constitutions, Bylaws and Rules of the United Hebrew Benevolent Association of Helena, Montana (1885)," "Early History of Schreveport's Jews and Agudath Achim," compiled by Susan Gross, "1890 Appeal for San Francisco's Hebrew Orphans," Peter F. Baer, "Fellowship in Immigrant History Established at UCLA," Stephen Aron, "The Aaron Rose Controversy (Eliezer [Daniel] Froehlich)," "Boxing Gloves and Their Manufacturer (Barbara Lerner-Golomb)." (85320)     $25.00

Sturman, Gladys, edited by. Western States Jewish History. Volume L, Numbers 3 & 4, Spring/Summer/2018-5778.  Rose Neumann: Mother of the Jewish Family Service of San Diego. Woodland Hills, California, Western States Jewish History, 2018. Octavo, paper covers, 184 pp., b/w photos. Softbound. Very Good. Articles are "Family Is Our Middle Name: 100 Years of San Diego's Jewish Family Service," Joellyn Zollman, "San Diego Jews, World War I and the Growth of Benevolence," Laurel Schwartz, "Letter to the Editor," Werner L. Frank, "Ernestine Schumann-Heink: Opera Star and Humanitarian," Eileen Wingard, "Biblical Mountains of the Western United States," Abraham Blum, "History and Legends of Los Angeles' Early Jewish Community," Stephen E. Breuer, "Roaming the Pacific Rim: How Rabbis, Convicts and Fortune Seekers Shaped Pacific Coast Jewry," Ava F. Kahn, "Sydney, Australia's Early Jewish Community," Helen Bersten, "A Great Storyteller at Sydney's Great Synagogue," Donald H. Harrison, "Notables of Dunedin, New Zealnad's Jewish Community," Ted Freidlander, "The Drive in New Zealand for a Jewish Museum," Roger Moses, "Jewish Refugee Rescue in the Philippines 1937-1941," Bonnie M. Harris, "Our Japanese Friends at Beit Shalom in Kyoto," Donald H. Harrison. (86451)     $25.00

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