Alaska

Isadore Goldstein: Businessman and Successful Politician in Juneau, Alaska

Isadore Goldstein Values Codes I – E – L   Alaska Isadore Goldstein (1883-1959) came to Juneau with his family as a small child in the 1880s. As a young man, he joined the Iditarod Gold Rush after the strike was announced in 1908. He opened a

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Abraham Spring: Alaska’s first Jewish Officeholder

Abraham Spring Values Codes I – E – L   Abraham Spring (1855-1933) was born in Austria/Poland in 1855 and came to the U.S. in the 1880s, first settling in California and then heading north to Seattle.   Alaska In 1895, Spring left Seattle for Alaska and

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Max Gruenberg: Longtime Jewish Lawmaker of Alaska

Max Gruenberg Values Codes I – H – E – P   Max Gruenberg was born in 1943 in San Francisco He attended Stanford University and the Law School of UCLA. While at UCLA, Max Gruenberg founded the Alaska Law Review. While a legislative assistant to Senator

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Reuben Goldstein & Family: Pioneer Jewish Fur Traders and Merchants in Juneau, Alaska

Reuben Goldstein  Values Codes I – E – L   Reuben “Robert” Goldstein was born in 1831 in Russia.   Along the way . . . As a youth, Reuben Goldstein went to London to work in the fur trade. Reuben Goldstein then moved on to Canada.

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David Shirpser: Early Jewish Pioneer of the California Gold Country, British Columbia, Alaska and Los Angeles

David Shirpser Values Codes I – E – L – P   David Shirpser was born in 1827 in Thorn, Poland. He had five brothers and two sisters: Isadore, Adolph, Herman, Leopold, Louis, Rosalia, and Cecelia.   Along the way . . . . Around 1850, Shirpser

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Yael Rozenstain: Jewish Pioneer Merchant Determined to Get Rich in Alaska

Yael Rozenstain Values Codes I – E – L   Yael Rozenstain was born in 1888 in Norinck, Ukraine. There, he attended cheder and grammar school. In 1896, Yael Rozenstain moved to Odessa, where his father had a job in the fishing industry. In Odessa, Yael was able

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