Oregon Jewish Pioneers

Roster of Oregon’s Jewish Officeholders

Roster of Oregon’s Jewish Officeholders   Eighteen Mayors Oregon elected eighteen Jewish mayors in thirteen cities and towns, second only to Louisiana with twenty-eight mayors. Oregon’s mayors were spread from corner to corner of the vast western state. Two of the mayors also served as city council

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Oregon’s Stellar Jewish Election Record from 1850 to 1920

Oregon’s Stellar Jewish Election Record from 1850 to 1920   Oregon’s first Jewish settlers arrived in 1849 and Oregon Jews quickly became the most politically active of any state west of the Mississippi River. By 1877, when Oregon’s Jewish community numbered 868, Oregon’s Jews had already won

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Edgar Marks Lazarus, Jr.: Jewish Architect of the State of Oregon

Edgar Marks Lazarus, Jr. Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   Edgar Marks Lazarus, Jr. was born in 1868 in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents, Edgar Lazarus, Sr. and Minnie Mordecai Lazarus, were members of the Sephardic Jewish community in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Joseph Simon: Pioneer Jewish Lawyer, State Senator, and U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon

Joseph Simon Values Codes I – H – E    Joseph Simon was born in 1851 in Bechtheim, Hesse, Germany. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. David Simon, who emigrated to America and settled in Portland Oregon in 1852, when Joseph was one year old. Joseph Simon

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Solomon Hirsch: Early Jewish Pioneer Businessman and Politician of Portland Oregon.

Solomon Hirsch Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   “Solomon Hirsch was a man of ideals.  Man of affairs though he was, he did not permit himself to become the servant of his business, or the slave of his possessions.  He remained master of

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Ben Selling: Leading Jewish Philanthropist and Merchant of Portland, Oregon

Ben Selling Values Codes I – H – E – L – P   “Ben Selling was said to have given away more money in proportion to his income than any other citizen of Oregon since the state was founded.” — E. Kombark MacCall, 1979   Ben

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