Jews in Nevada: A History

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u n i v e r s i t y o f n e v a d a p r e s s r e n o & l a s v e g a s A History john p. marschall JEWS IN NEVADA Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History Series Editor: Michael Green University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright © 2008 by University of Nevada Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Omega Clay Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marschall, John P. Jews in Nevada : a history / John P. Marschall. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. iSbn 978-0-87417-737-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Jews—Nevada—History. I. Title. f850.j5m37 2008 979.3'004924—dc22 2007040990 The paper used in this book is a recycled stock made from 50 percent post-consumer waste materials and meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, AnSi/niSO Z39.48–1992 (R2002). Binding materials were selected for strength and durability. First Printing 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 Frontispiece: Detail of Michelson family photograph. Courtesy of the Nevada Historical Society. The University of Nevada Press thanks John Farahi for his generous assistance in the publication of this book. To the Jewish people of Nevada, for whom preserving the memory is tradition ...