San Francisco Jewish Pioneers

Sir Henry Heyman: Knighted Jewish Violinist of San Francisco

Sir Henry Heyman Values Codes   I – H – E – L – P   Henry Heyman was born in Oakland, California in 1855. The Heymans were among the first Jewish settlers of Oakland and operated a stove store. Henry Heyman’s talent for the violin was apparent

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Cantor Edward Stark: Esteemed Cantor of Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, 1893-1913

Cantor Edward Stark Values Codes  I – H – E – L   Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems, Austria. Edward Stark’s father, Cantor Josef Stark, was a pupil of Salomon Sulzer, the famed “father of the modern cantorate.” Josef Stark served as a cantor in Ichenhausen,

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Joseph Bartlett Choynski: Foremost Jewish Boxer of San Francisco & Light-Heavyweight Champion

  Joseph Bartlett Choynski Values Codes E – L – P   Joseph Bartlett Choynski was born in San Francisco, California, in 1868. He was born to Isidor Nathan Choynski and Harriet Ashim. He had five siblings: Herbert, Miriam, Maurice, and Edwin.   San Francisco Joseph (“Joe”)

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David Belasco: America’s Gold Rush-Bred Impresario

David Belasco Values Codes H – E – L   David Belasco was born in San Francisco in 1853. His parents, Abraham Humphry and Reyna Martin Belasco, were natives of London with roots in Portugal. They had sailed for California, via Panama, and settled in San Francisco

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Samuel Wolf Levy: Major Jewish Pioneer and Special Friend of the Children of San Francisco

Samuel W. Levy Values Codes I – E – L – P   Samuel W. Levy was born in the town of Haegen, Alsace, France in 1830. He was educated in college at Phalsbourg. In 1848, Samuel Levy came to America, at the age of 18, and peddled sponges in

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Julius Eckman: Rabbi and Jewish Newspaper Owner of Early San Francisco

Rabbi Julius Eckman Values Codes  I-H-E-L   Julius Eckman was born in Rawicz in the Polish province of Posen in 1805. Eckman received his education in Germany, then came to America in 1849. He had been a merchant in London for three years prior to coming to the

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