Major Projects
Report
David Epstein, Co-Publisher of WSJH will be
traveling in the Mid-West April and May giving Scholar Weekends
and other Lectures to Synagogues and Museums on the subject of:
The Third Golden Age of Judaism: Why the Pioneer
Jews were So Successful in the Wild West and What We Learn from
Them.
On March 3, 2009 the Western States Jewish
Archives were ormally dedicated at the Charles Young Research
Library at UCLA.
Volume 41 (Fall 2008 through Summer 2009), consists of over 350 articles and interviews written by Norton
B. Stern from 1965 to 1982. The 200+ articles are about various Jews
of San Francisco who made their mark as Pioneers in California in the 1800s. They
demonstrate what one group of people can do when there are no social
restraints. These two volumes, 42/1 and 42/2, are listed on the book
order page.
42/3 consists of interviews with second and third
generation children of founding Jewish families in the Southern
California area. These interviews took place in the mid-1960s.
Included are some wonderful and insightful stories and memories and
a lot of gossip!
42/4 consists of articles and interviews from the
outlying areas of California.
Each 200+ page issue is indexed. WSJH did this because the
Indexes open up a great deal of primary information to students
and historians.
If you are not yet a subscriber to
Western States Jewish History,
we recommend that you become on at once. Cost is only $36/yr. to subscribers.
Just send your name and address and a check for
$36 to:
Western States Jewish
History, 22711 Cass Avenue, Woodland Hills, CA 91364
(818) 225-9631
Volume 42, Issue #1 features the Jewish Flying
Monkey in the Wizard of Oz. REALLY! Western States Jewish History
finds Jewish history in places other dare not go.
We will be updating our
two Indexes. They now cover 40 years of articles presented in our
Journal. Volume 41, which is quite extensice, will be added in the
near future.
Go to 40 Year
Indexes.
Our Western States Jewish
History Archives Continue to Grow for All Scholars
During the Spring of 2009 approximately another 50
cartons of rare books, very old newspapers, old journals and other
ephemera from the archives of Western States Jewish History were
presented to the Huntington Library. We have been told that a great
deal of this material was known about, but never seen. Now it has a
safe home.
Information on how to access this material will be
listed shortly on this site.
During the Spring and Summer of 2007, the Brin
family turned over all the documents relating to the Heritage
Newspapers to Western States Jewish History for sorting,
archiving and placing in research institutions where the material
would be of value to scholars and historians.
50 years of bound copies of the Heritage
Newspapers where sent to UCLA Special Collections and Hebrew Union
College in Los Angeles, and to the Rose Society in San Diego. They
are a treasure showing the history of Jewish Los Angeles, Orange
County, Ventura County and San Diego for the years beginning with
the early 1950s to the turn of the 21st century.
Hundreds of photographs were added to the
Photo Archives of WSJH.
Office records, ephemera, correspondence, etc. is
being prepared for placement at the Huntington Library.
IF ANYONE KNOWS THE LOCATION OF THE BOUND COPIES
OF THE B'NAI B'RITH MESSENGER, PLEASE CONTACT US!
Recently, the Publishers of Western States Jewish
History introduced Harris Newmark III and Linda Levi to the
Sr. Staff of the Autry National Center. Harris and Linda, cousins,
are both from the family of Harris Newmark. Harris Newmark
was a founding supporter of the Southwest Museum, now a part of the
Autry National Center.
