Arthur Rothstein Idaho Photograph Arthur Rothstein made some of the most significant documentary photographs ever taken of rural and small-town America. These images were created during his years traveling throughout the nation on assignment for the US Farm Security Administration, one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New
Read more →Early Jewish Idaho Officeholders State/Territorial Legislators Charles Himrod (1842-1920), Territorial House, 1872, and Territorial Council, 1886. County Commissioners Meyers Cohn (1844-1927), Oneida, 1908-1912. Charles Himrod, Ada, 1905-1908. Treasurers Charles Himrod, Ada County, 1870-71, 1881-1882. Henry Seligman (1848-1876), Silver City,
Read more →Joseph De Lamar Values Codes I – E – L – P Joseph De Lamar (1843-1918) was born in Amsterdam. His father, of Moroccan descent, died in 1847, leaving a widow and eight children, including four-year-old Joseph. Along the Way . . . At a young
Read more →Congregation Beth Israel Congregation Beth Israel’s first meeting was held at the home of Moses Alexander, early in 1895. The Charter Members were: Moses Alexander, L. Baukofsky, David Cohen, David Falk, Leo Falk, Nathan Falk, Sigmond Falk, Julius Grunbaum, Leo P. Grunbaum, Max Hardman, Ben Heymanson,
Read more →Moses Alexander Values Codes I – E – L Moses Alexander was born in 1853, in Obrigheim, Bavaria, the youngest of a family of eight children Moses Alexander came to United States at 14 years of age, selling newspapers in New York City. In New York, he
Read more →Meyer Cohn Values Codes I – E – L Meyer Cohn was born in 1844 in Schweutz, West Prussia. He came to the United States in 1865 as a young man of 21. Along the way . . . After spending time in New York, Meyer
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