Jews in Nevada: A History

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9 371 0 index Abbey, Rita Deanin, 240 Abelman, Marie, 155 Abelman, Nathan “Jew Nick,” 136–37, 144, 145, 154–56, 157 abortion, 225 Abraham and Sonia Rochlin Foundation, 271 Abrahams, Louis, 166 Abrahamson, Jules, 56 Abrahamson family, 72 Abrams, Hyman, 173 Abrams, Sol, 186 Abzug, Bella, 223 Accardo, Tony, 181 Achtenberg, Deborah, 226, 335n41 aclu Nevada, 228. See also American Civil Liberties Union “Act of Toleration for All Christians,” 3 Adams, Brewster, 155, 319n62 Adat Ari El, 337n18 Adelson, Merv, 180, 265 Adelson, Miriam, 242, 269, 289 Adelson, Nathan, 173, 265 Adelson, Sheldon, 241–46 passim, 266–70 passim, 289 Adler, Adelia, 24 Adler, Herman, 167 Adler, Sanford, 157, 165 advertisements: humor and, 83 African Americans: discrimination in Reno and Las Vegas, 216–18; population in Las Vegas, 220; in Virginia City, 71, 75 Ah Sin, 107–8 Aizley, Sari, 226 Akselrad, Rabbi Sanford, 191, 239, 263, 337n20 Aladdin Resort and Casino, 173 Albert, Herman, 137 Alcalay, Gail, 243 alcohol: notions of temperance and, 170; Prohibition and, 171 Alderman, Israel “Icepick Willie,” 171, 173, 181 Allen, Mrs. George, 305n33 Allen, Richard N., 13 Almack Saloon, 95 Alpine Village restaurant, 275 Alter, Harry, 329n36 American Civil Liberties Union (aclu), 218, 219, 226–28, 335n44 American Civil Liberties Union Nevada (aclun), 228 American Hebrew, 106 American Israelite, 61, 110 American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 259 American Jewish Yearbook, 120, 126, 286 American Red Cross, 116 Ames Brothers, 217 Ancient Order of United Workmen, 64 Anderson, Eddie “Rochester,” 217 Angle, Myron, 54 anti-Chinese sentiment, 107–10 antisemitism: from 1900 to 1950, 195–97; attacks on temples, 212–13; in California, 10–11; in colonial America, 3–4; Ralph Engelstad and, 211–12; historical overview of, 1–2; Holocaust survivors and, 213; Jews and, 210; Ku Klux Klan, 199; meaning of, 329n1; Nevada politicians and, 199–203; postwar decline in, 204–8; professional occupations and, 210; social organizations and, 208–9; University of Nevada, Reno, and, 203–4 anti-Semitism: meaning of term, 329n1 Antoinette, Marie “Nettie,” 19 Applebaum, Jeffrey, 233 Aquinas, Thomas, 2 Aragor, Rabbi Solomon, 43, 82 Arberry, Morse, 272 Arley, Charlotte Hunter, 217, 218 Arley, Jacques, 218 Aronson, Calman, 127, 128 Aronson, Max, 109 Arthur, A. J., 166 Arum, Bob, 283 Ash, Morris, 43 Ash, William, 68 Ashim, Bart, 67 Ashim, Baruch, 18, 27 Ashim, Harriet, 17 Page numbers in italics refer to maps and tables. Index 9 372 0 Ashim, Matilda A., 65, 68, 98, 101 Ashim, Morris B., 17–18, 90, 105 Ashim, Rachel, 63 Ashim, Simon, 18, 98 Ashim, Solomon, 17, 55, 60, 66, 67, 303nn52, 61 Ashim and Brother Auction and Commission Merchants, 17 Ashim Brothers, 64 Astaire, Fred, 204 athletic clubs, 143 Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, 267 Auerbach, Samuel and Eveline, 293n2 Auerbach brothers, 36–37 Aurora, 17 Austin: depression years, 106–7; early Jewish arrivals to, 35–37; founding of, 35; prostitution in, 99 Austin, Jack, 158 B. H. Scheftels and Company, 140, 141 Bacall, Lauren, 204 bachelors: finding a marriage partner, 88–89 Badt, Alexander, 51 Badt, Gertrude Nizze, 232 Badt, Herbert, 195 Badt, Lina, 51, 103, 232 Badt, Milton, 53, 188, 195–96, 210, 232, 272 Badt, Milton, Jr., 232 Badt, Morris, 47, 51, 53, 103, 232 Badt, Nancy, 232 Bain, Charles, 166 Bair, Isaac “Isal,” 132 Bair, Maurice, 132 Bair, Samuel, 132 Bair, Woolf and Sarah, 132–33 Balboni, Alan, 173 balls. See Purim balls Bamberger, Simon and Jacob, 129 Bank Club, 156, 216 Bank of California, 77 Bank of Nevada, 116 bankruptcy judges, 334n25 Banner, Michael, 92 Barbash, Ben, 153 Barber, O. T., 301n20 Barman, Henry, 68 Barnert, Joseph, 21. See also Barnett, Joseph Barnett, Fanny, 101 Barnett, Hulda, 101 Barnett, Isaac, 43 Barnett, Joseph, 21, 85 Barnett, Thomas, 43 Bartlett, Rose, 17 Baruch, Bernard, 138 Bash, Malvina, 23 Basic Magnesium, Inc., 167, 216, 333n3 basketry, 113–14 Baylis, Sam, 318n56 Beatty, William, 57–58 Becker, Nancy, 272 Bell, Harry, 122, 123, 124 Bellagio Hotel and Casino, 256, 268 Benjamin, Isaac Joseph, 16, 24, 294n21 Benjamin, Israel J., 94 Benjamin, Rose, 99 Benny, Jack, 204 Berg, Aaron, 67, 96 Berg, Bernhard, 63, 69 Berg, Julia, 69 Berg, Lillie, 92 Berg, Rosa, 96 Berger, Sam, 144 Bergman, Albert, 112 Bergman, Ben and Sadie, 140 Bergman, Bernice, 140 Bergman, Harry, 317n38 Bergman, Rabbi Simon, 244 Bergstein, Albert, 313n49 Bergstein, Henry: biographical overview of, 116–19; divorce of, 313n49; later years and death of, 314n53; life and career in Virginia City, 79–81; medical legislation in Nevada and, 80; Nevada State Medical...