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
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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
