Preface Acknowledgments Introduction A Brief History of Jews in the West: Early Jews of the West 1. A Wandering Jew on the Thirty-eighth Parallel: Solomon Nunes Cavalho 2. European Jewry: An Overview, by Peter Black 3. Early Jewish Utah Pioneers "Fannie, Let Us Take Our Few Dollars and Go West": Julius and Fannie Brooks Gentile Pioneer Merchants: Samuel H. Auerbach From Tie Camp to Political Ties: Simon Bamberger "Anna Got Her Gun": Anna Rich Marks A Newhouse Monogram: Samuel Newhouse A Pioneer in Underground Mining Machinery: Joseph Rosenblatt 4. Turn-of-the-Century Arrivals For Love of Yiddish: Abe B. Cline Collateral: Character, Faith and Whatnot: Simon Frank Naches in Nephi: Eva Siegel With the Encouragement of Strangers: Sol J. Selvin Keeping Kosher in Vernal: Claire Steres Bernstein Born of Immigrant Parents: Abe Bernstein Red-Hot Coals: Esther Klein The Traveling Salesman: Simon Shapiro 5.
Minyan in a Railroad Town An Ogden Native: Ralph Benowitz Farm Life and the Jewish Daily Forward : Doris Neiditch 6. Back to the Land A Brief View of Clarion, by Robert Alan Goldberg The Agricultural Colony Clarion: A Retrospective, by Several Clarion Colonists 7. Networking Before the Talkies: Howard Marcus Radio Days: Sid Fox The Newsies, by Richard McGillis: Charlie McGillis Judaism, Politics, PR, and War: A. Wally Sandack 8. Shochets and Cattle Dealers Schmaltz for the Holidays: Harry J. Doctorman "The Bumper," by Paula Block Draper: Paul Weinstein Block 9. Knishes and Kashrut Devotion to Tradition: Ed Eisen Cheverta Kiddish , an Honor: Sade Tannenbaum Everyone's Going Meshugge in the Kitchen: Jean Eisen A Boat to America: Abe Guss Goyisheh Potatoes and Kosher Homes: Rose Guss Nord It's in the Bag: I.J.
Wagner Wolfes in the West: Michael Wolfe Sweet Tooth: Tony Sweet 10. Standing Up to Bigotry Ragtown: Sidney Matz Peddler in the Storm: Ruth Matz McCrimmon A Minority Child: Berenice Matz Engelberg "The Jewish Kid": Eugene Levetan 11. L'Chaim Merchants, Mavins, Military, and Mergers: Ralph Tannenbaum "The Americans Are Here!": Harry Miller 12. Surviving Escape from Kristallnacht: Minna Margaret Loser Praijs and John Price "I Had on Working Clothes and a Coat, That's All": Isaac Rose Forced Labor, Lost Youth: Michael Schafir Revisioning the Holocaust: Hilda Parker Liberating Dachau, a Soldier's Observations: Joel Shapiro Stalag 19: Dr. Ernst Beier 13. Tzedakah Worldly Experiences: Joanne Spitzer McGillis The CCC Camp: Anne Dolowitz "Busy as a Bird Dog": Esther Rosenblatt Landa The Mount Sinai Poker, Canasta, and S****** Club, by Carol Landa 14. Landsmen Soviet in Salt Lake: Alla Branzburg Frontier Jews: Harris Lenowitz Afterword Appendix A: The Memories Are Many, the Stores Now Few A Partial List of Jewish-Owned Businesses in Utah, Pre- and Post-World War II Appendix B: Traditional Jewish Foods Compiled by Donna Barnow Blandrin Appendix C: Yiddish Glossary, Hebrew Terms, and Some Expressions Notes Bibliography Index.