The book is the first comprehensive documented study of Jews in Nevada from 1850 to the present. It details their involvement in the development and fostering of the state's earliest settlements and its social and political institutions. Among the themes are: antisemitism, Jewish participation in civil rights initiatives, and the explosive growth of Jewry in the Las Vegas metropolitan area along with the development of an expanding Jewish cultural infrastructure. It includes victimized peddlers and modern millionaires, heroines and exploiters, underworld figures and philanthropists, as well...
The book is the first comprehensive documented study of Jews in Nevada from 1850 to the present. It details their involvement in the development and f...
Jews have always been one of Nevada s most active and influential ethnic minorities. They were among the state s earliest Euro-American settlers, and from the beginning they have been involved in every area of the state s life as businessmen, agrarians, scholars, educators, artists, politicians, and civic, professional, and religious leaders. Jews in Nevada is an engaging, multilayered chronicle of their lives and contributions to the state. Here are absorbing accounts of individuals and families who helped to settle and develop the state, as well as thoughtful analyses of larger issues,...
Jews have always been one of Nevada s most active and influential ethnic minorities. They were among the state s earliest Euro-American settlers, a...
