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Dr. Simon Gratz Moses: The First Jewish Physician in St. Louis, Missouri in the Early 1840’s

Simon Gratz Moses Values Codes I- H – E – L   Simon Gratz Moses was born in 1813 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1832, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Then, he studied medicine with Dr. Isaac Hayes. Dr. Simon Gratz Moses graduated from medical school

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Eleazer Block, the First Jewish Lawyer in St. Louis, Missouri in the Early 1820’s

Eleazer Block Values Codes I – H – E – L   Eleazer Block was born in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1797. His father, Jacob Block, came to America from Bohemia in the early 1790s. He settled in Virginia and opened grocery and mercantile stores in Baltimore, Maryland,

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United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis: The First Synagogue West of the Mississippi

United Hebrew Congregation of St. Louis On Rosh Hashanah in 1836, the first minyan (prayer quorum) in St. Louis, Missouri was founded at 2nd and Spruce Streets, above Max’s Grocery & Restaurant. Services were led by Louis Bomeisler. In 1841, this minyan became the United Hebrew Congregation, the first

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Max Littmann, Jewish Hero of Indian Wars in the “Wagon Box Fight”

Max Littmann Values Codes I-E-L-P   Max Littmann was born in Berlin in 1845. He was trained to be a cigar maker. He arrived in the United States in 1865.   Along the way . . . In March of 1866 Max Littmann enlisted in the United States

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Isidor Bush: Jewish Pioneer: “A Man for all Seasons,” St. Louis, Missouri

Isidor (Busch) Bush Value Codes  I – H – E – L – P   “One who will live in our hearts forever . . . unselfish in his devotion to the causes of humanity and his fellow man.”  — Obituary by Samuel Bowman, Bush’s closest friend

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David May: Pioneer Jewish Merchant, Founder of May Company & His Family

David May Value Codes  I – H – E – L -P   Most people believe that the May Co. Department Stores began in St. Louis, since that city was its base for years.  Few are aware that it started 10,000 feet in the air in a mining

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