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Dr. Albert Abrams: Controversial Doctor of San Francisco

Dr. Albert Abrams Values Codes E – P   Dr. Albert Abrams was born in San Francisco in 1863. He graduated from Heidelberg in 1882 with his M.D. degree, and opened up his office in San Francisco in 1883. In his early years of practice in San

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Rabbi Henry Gershon Vidaver: Orator and Patriot of San Francisco

Rabbi Henry Vidaver Values Codes  I – H – E – L   Rabbi Henry Vidaver was born in Warsaw, Poland. He served as spiritual leader of Congrega­tion B’nai Jeshurun of New York from 1865 to 1873. B’nai Jeshurun was New York’s first Ashkenazi congregation, having been

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Jacob Voorsanger: Outstanding Pioneer Rabbi of San Francisco

Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Jacob Voorsanger was born in Amsterdam in 1852. He left Amsterdam in August of 1872, before he was twenty years old, and stayed in London for three months. He then came to

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Sigmund Steinhart: Pioneer Jewish Food Broker & Philanthropist of Early San Francisco

Sigmund Steinhart Values Codes   I – H – E – P   Sigmund Steinhart was born in Sulzbach, Bavaria in 1833.   Along the way Sigmund Steinhart came to the United States in 1850, at the age of 17. Sigmund’s brothers were Ignatz and Frederick. Ignatz is

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Solomon Heydenfeldt: Jewish Justice of the California Supreme Court – 1852-1857

Justice Solomon Heydenfeldt Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Solomon Heydenfeldt was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1816. His mother was Sephardic and his father was Ashkenazic. Heydenfeldt attended college in Pennsylvania and studied law in Charleston. He was admitted

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Washington Bartlett: California’s Pioneer Jewish Governor

Governor Washington Bartlett Values Codes  I – H – E – L – P   Washington Bartlett was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1824 of a Sephardic mother, Sarah Melhado. He arrived in San Francisco in 1849. He and his brothers established newspapers in the Bay City

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