The Jewish Settlement of Painted Woods, North Dakota Before North Dakota was admitted to the Union in 1889, the Dakota Territory was home to a Jewish farming settlement called Painted Woods. Established in 1882 near the towns of Bismarck and Washburn, the agricultural colony was named for trees in
Read more →Joseph Nudelman Values Codes I – H – E – L Joseph Nudelman was born in 1844, in a small village outside of Odessa, Russia. His father was Mordechai Nudelman. Over a 40-year span – and with at least two wives – Mordechai had twelve children
Read more →Some Early Jewish Pioneers of North Dakota, before 1900 The following Early Jewish Pioneers of North Dakota were found in articles about Reverend Benjamin Papermaster. We hope that visitors to the Jewish Museum of the American West will contact us to both add to this list
Read more →“Reverend” Benjamin Papermaster Values Codes I – H – E – L – P Benjamin Papermaster was born in 1860 in Anolova, near Lovno, Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire. Rabbi Benjamin Papermaster received his smicha (rabbinic ordination) at the age of 18. Papermaster was
Read more →The Franklins’ Fine Home in Deadwood From the Historical Marker Below . . . . Harris Franklin, his wife Anna, and son Nathan arrived in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, in 1877. A Jewish immigrant from humble beginnings, Harris Franklin earned his fortune through the wholesale liquor
Read more →Deadwood’s Jewish Cemetery, Hebrew Hill From the Historical Marker Below . . . . Deadwood is recognized as the site of the first organized Jewish Community in South Dakota. On August 28, 1892, the Hebrew Cemetery Association became the first organization to purchase a section of
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