New Mexico Volume 19, No. 4 Jewish Historical Society December 2005

18th Annual Conference a Politically Charged Event by Stan Hordes his was the most interest- Producer Jim Terr’s lated a reconsideration of the relationship between ing conference we’ve ever fascinating video, Jews and Gentiles, locally and internationally. had,” commented one of In Their Own Later, Admiral Robert Wertheim, a native of the attendees of the Eight- Words: New Mexico Carlsbad, discussed his long and distinguished T eenth Annual Conference Veterans of World career in the U.S. Navy. of the NMJHS, which fo- War II, opened the He elaborated on his cused on the experiences of Jewish New Mexi- event Friday participation in the de- cans in War and Peace. evening, featuring velopment of the Navy’s The meeting was held interviews with nuclear missile program at the Embassy Suites Sabine Ulibarrí, and articulated his advo- Hotel in Albuquerque Tony Hillerman, Abe Chanin. Photo courtesy cacy for the expansion of over Veterans’ Day Walter Ganz and of Harold Melnick. nuclear power as a weekend, November Leah Kellogg, in source of energy for the 11-13. which they discussed their wartime experiences. United States. Following the screening, authors Mark Kurlansky Henry Tobias. Photo The high level of en- and Stanley Hordes signed their books and Noel After lunch, historian courtesy of Harold Melnick thusiasm among the Pugach was on hand to sign and comment upon David Snow related the participants could be Noel Pugach. Photo the family history work in progress undertaken by him and Ellen attributed to the po- courtesy of booklets produced Bradbury of their discovery of the establishment lemical nature of the Harold Melnick. by the NMJHS and development of a Soviet spy ring based out topics under consideration, as well as the abil- Video History of Capitol Pharmacy in Santa Fe, operated by ity of some of the presenters to provoke the Project. two Russian Jewish émigrés. A former director audience into animated discussion. After all, of the KGB had alleged that the 1940 assassina- it is difficult to conceive that a conference that On Saturday morn- tion of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City had been included such topics as Soviet espionage, nu- ing, Hordes drew planned from this New Mexico safe-house. clear proliferation, campus unrest, wars in Vi- upon his research etnam, Israel/Palestine and Iraq would pass for his recently-pub- Saturday afternoon and evening were dominated without frank exchanges of views. lished book to dis- Adm. Robert Wertheim. by two thought-provoking presentations by cuss the history of Photo courtesy of Harold former anti-Vietnam War activist and current the participation of Melnick. Albuquerque math professor Mark Rudd and Address: New Mexico Jewish New Mexico crypto-Jews in the military during by best-selling author Mark Kurlansky. Rudd Historical Society the Spanish colonial period. He emphasized that shared his colorful career in the Students for a 5520 Wyoming Blvd. NE the demands of frontier life required that colo- Continued on p. 4 Albuquerque, NM 87109 nists serve in a vari- ety of capacities – as Telephone: (505) 348-4471 farmers, ranchers, INSIDE THIS ISSUE Fax: (505) 821-3351 merchants, govern- Annual Conference ...... 1 website: www.nmjewishhistory.org ment officials, and Message From the President...... 2 email: [email protected] soldiers – during their lifetimes and The Melding ...... 2 that the descendants Administrator: Bobbi Jackson Genealogy Corner Records ...... 3 Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday of conversos proved 9:00-2:00 pm no exception to this Alex Cosby Biography ...... 4 Managing Editor: Bobbi Jackson rule. Henry Tobias Leah Kellogg. Photo Deadwood Takes Manhattan ...... 6 followed with a talk courtesy of Harold Melnick If you have any news or announcements on the positive effects Taichert Historical Collections ...... 8 of interest to our membership, please that World War II had on religious toleration in Solomon’s Story ...... 9 New Mexico, pointing out how the sobering re- send it to the above address. Thank you. Calendar of Upcoming Events ...... 12 ports about the horrors of the Holocaust stimu- New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Message From The President by Lance Bell s this issue of our newslet- component, our annual book sale, involvement I hope you enjoy this issue of our newsletter ter goes to press, I want to with the Montefiore Cemetery Clean Up and and as always, please remember, without new look back at a successful not to forget the continuation of the 13 book- ideas and without people just like you getting 2005. We achieved all our lets of pioneer New Mexico families that our involved, the New Mexico Jewish Historical A goals in increasing our hard working video history project team of vol- Society will not survive. Please continue to membership, revitalizing unteers recently published. We have begun ad- support the New Mexico Jewish Historical So- and growing our board, maintaining success- vertising in our newsletter; please support those ciety through your membership, donations and ful programs such as our recent annual con- who purchase ads in our newsletter, thus help- ideas. Membership makes a great gift! ference on New Mexican Jews discussing war ing our society. Our Society could not have ac- and peace, maintaining our archives and rela- complished any of these without the hard work I wish everyone a very happy holiday season tionship with the New Mexico State Records and countless hours of our board and our ad- and a prosperous 2006. Center and Archives, updating our web site, ministrator, Bobbi Jackson. I personally want Sincerely, improving our newsletter, starting a genealogy to extend my thanks to all of them. Lance Bell The Melding by Isabel Bearman Bucher "Where should we put the Our noses almost touched as we exchanged mole- ers, menorah lights, a creche, advent calendars, a Christmas tree?" I asked my eyed squints. hand blown glass mobile of Stars of David, husband, the December af- brought from the Holy Land by a Christian ter our marriage. The tree I purchased was huge: far too expensive neighbor and a huge tree groaning with orna- W for a teacher's salary. Its feathery branches filled ments, many of which had been made and given "The Tree?" he exclaimed in- up half our tiny apartment living room. When to us by Jewish friends. One of my absolute fa- credulously. "That is your Jewish friends commented on the mammoth vorites was a tiny bread dough nutcracker sol- responsibility. There are two things we better spruce, LeRoy was prepared. dier, lovingly made and given by Judith Sussman. agree on: I will not buy ham and I will not buy a Christmas tree!" "It's a moldy green matzo ball with colored lights." The girls pitched in to help us both as we cel- ebrated with traditional foods, songs and parties. "Now listen here, LeRoy," I replied, my Italian On Christmas morning, however, I found that the I became very good at reciting Hebrew prayers blood boiling. "If I can make latkes with grated pile of gifts beneath the branches had doubled and and explained Chanukah to both girls' classes ev- knuckles and potatoes and clean up drippy the tabs on the silver and blue packages were writ- ery year. LeRoy learned to warble off-key ver- ten in his hand. candles at Chanukah, the least you can do is suf- sions of the better-known carols. He bought me fer through a Christmas tree!" a beautiful handmade guitar one Christmas and By the time our daughter Erica was born, we'd the first thing I taught myself to play and sing "Oh, yeah!" he shot back. "Remember last faced and solved many of the problems of an in- was a Jewish Folk song. I made him a rich blue month? I met the Rabbi at the grocery and the ter-faith marriage and realized that we couldn't velvet shirt, with buttons from Israel and match- only thing in my basket was a ham! Forget the raise a family in a combat zone. We agreed to com- ing yarmulke (a skull cap worn by Jewish men at tree thing! The whole Synagogue will probably bine our heritages in an effort to provide the best religious functions), for the season's festivities. be going by on the bus when I'm loading it in of both for our children. By the time Shauna ar- the trunk!" rived three years later, we had settled into a way of life that was comfortable for us both ... almost. One year LeRoy came home with a little blue TRIBUTE Star of David made of wood. "This is for your "Isabel ... Is that holly around the menorah?" tree," he stated crisply, his eyes twinkling. "I want Dorothy Comer Amsden it to be the first ornament hung every year." In Memory of My Parents "Chicken soup, matzo balls with a touch of oregano Cecil and June Comer and latkes for Christmas dinner?" "I'll see to it personally, General," I quickly as- sured him, sharing that mole-eyed squint that had ”Merry Chanukah. Fa- become so much a part of our humorous call-to- Jewel Mark la-la-la-la.” battle-exchanges. Fine Jewelry - Cartier Baume & Mercier - Corum ”Happy Christmas. Our parents and others who visited our home during Shalom." the holidays found the situation disconcerting. "Don't you feel hypocritical placing a Star of David Peace meant the same on the top of your Christmas tree?" one Christian anywhere. friend asked me.

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’d like to know more access to all the right information. Always larity of genealogy grows and demand in- 3 about my grandfather, but question the information you find on a legal creases. If you look online at Cyndi’s List you where do I start?” That’s a document. When you have other legal docu- will find information about requesting and very good question from ments that confirm the same information, paying for a certificate. Genealogy isn’t free, I a budding genealogist. then you have a stronger case that the facts as you will discover. You want to start by in- are basically correct. terviewing him if that is possible, or else by What if you don’t know where your ancestor interviewing his family and others who knew Naturalization papers can be helpful in find- lived in the U.S.? How can you find his im- him. You want first and last names, places ing out where your male ancestor came from migration papers or vital records? That’s where and dates for him and his family members. and what the family name was in the old coun- the U.S. Census comes in handy. The United Ask for stories. Be sure to write them down try. (Foreign-born females and children be- States conducts an official census every ten or tape them and note who told you what. came naturalized citizens based on their hus- years, starting in 1790. Census data is open bands’ or fathers’ citizenship.) Naturalization to public access after a lapse of 72 years. Hence, Now you are ready to start looking for papers consist of a set of documents starting the most recent available census that we can records that support what you learned from with the declaration of intention, the petition access today was taken in 1930. Census data the interviews. By records, I mean official for naturalization and the certificate of natu- is organized by state. Most states have an in- records for birth, marriage, and death, as well ralization. The process took your ancestor at dex of surnames and first names. In particu- as census information, naturalization papers least five years to complete. The framed cer- lar, the census for 1880, 1900, and 1920 has if your ancestor was born in another coun- tificate is certainly exciting, but the petition been indexed by name. try, wills, land deeds, court cases, city direc- contains the most information for genealogi- tories and a host of other resources.1 These cal purposes. Census information is recorded on microfilm. records are the underpinnings of what you Most of the 1890 census, unfortunately, learn from family stories. Often, those sto- Naturalization papers are kept by the court in burned before it could be filmed. Census in- ries depart a bit from what really happened, which they were filed. It could be a county formation resides at the U.S. National Ar- but they usually contain kernels and some- court, a state court, or a federal court. You chives, which makes microfilm copies avail- times whole hunks of truth. have to know where that court is located to able to its regional branches. Some Internet- find your ancestor’s papers before September based genealogy companies such as Records can substantiate what you heard or 27, 1906, when naturalization documents Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest have cre- give you a different reference point. No one were standardized. After that date, the court ated CDs or have online indexes of some of document can be considered totally accurate. retained a copy, gave a copy to the petitioner the U.S. censuses for subscribers. (Check with Mistakes can happen and often do. Your and sent a third copy to the Immigration and your local library to see if they have a sub- grandfather may have inadvertently told the Naturalization Service. Requesting a copy of scription.) You still need to go to a library that census taker the wrong year that he immi- your ancestor’s naturalization papers is a some- has the complete U.S. census for 1930 on back grated. The information on a death certifi- what complex matter. Let me refer interested in time. The closest one in New Mexico is in cate may not be completely correct because parties to several relevant documents, one of Albuquerque at the Special Collections Library the person filling out the form did not have which is posted online.2 on the northwest corner of Central and Edith, which covers the census from 1790 through Vital records are the meat and pota- 1910. The staff is working on completing its toes of genealogical research. Every bit holding for the 1920 census. The closest Na- of information fills in the puzzle one tional Archives branch to New Mexico with piece at a time. If you can’t find the complete U.S. census is in . The Grandfather’s birth certificate because Family History Library in also he was born in Russia, leave that for has complete census information. the future when you are more experi- enced and Russian records become To search the U.S. Census, you will need to more available. But see if you can find code the name you are looking for according his marriage certificate, if you know to the Soundex system. The census is arranged he was married in the U.S. You need according to how names sound rather than to know the state where he was living how they are spelled. The National Archives at the time before you can request a web site will help you learn this system.4 To copy of that document. Some states give you an example, when I search on my did not require registration of births, paternal grandfather Korn, the Soundex code marriages, or deaths until the late is K650. It turns out that this is the same 1800s or even later. Only a few states Soundex code for Kron, Krohn, Krum and have online indexes to vital records, many others because vowels and h, y and w although that is changing as the popu- Continued on p. 7 Page 3 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Introducing Alex Cosby the new “Marvin Taichert” Scholar to the Board lex is a freshman in the He reminds us that Roswell is in the south- honor it is to be the Marvin Taichert Scholar College of Arts and Sci- east corner of New Mexico and he has not and I hope you don’t mind me being on the ences at the University of met any aliens. Alex joined Hillel shortly af- opposite side of a huge generation gap. I’d New Mexico. He is ter arriving at UNM, mostly to find like- like to see and will do my best to encourage A more young people to become interested in studying for a major in minded students and to meet people in ancient history, or as the Albuquerque. Along with meeting a lot of the NMJHS, or really, in history at all.” Alex advisors continue to remind him: “It’s his- different people, Hillel opened up a lot of looks forward to working on our board and tory, the ancient part comes in graduate opportunities for him, one of which is his join- to learn more about Jewish history, even out- school.” He graduated from Robert H. ing the New Mexico Jewish Historical Soci- side of New Mexico.” Goddard High in Roswell, New Mexico. ety board. “I really can’t say how much of an Conference – continued from p. 1 Democratic Society, the Weathermen and the The Sunday morning session included two panel man. She shared with the audience the conflict- Weather Underground, explaining why he felt discussions featuring the participation of Jewish ing feelings that she maintained as both Pales- there were so many Jews in the peace move- New Mexicans in the armed forces tinian and Jew. ment in the 1960s and early 1970s in terms of and in the peace movement. In the his own Jewish background in New Jersey. He first session, former NMJHS Board The Society is deeply saw, in his upbringing, both positive and nega- Member and noted historian of the indebted to all who tive aspects, both of which stimulated him and Jews of Arizona and New Mexico, helped with their his cohorts to take action against what they per- Abe Chanin, discussed his service in generous donation ceived to be the societal injustices in their midst. Italy and Germany during World of time and financial Kurlansky served as the banquet speaker Sat- War II. The nadir of his experience, contributions, in- urday night. He is the author (among many he related, was the liberation of a con- cluding Conference other books), of 1968, which focused on social centration camp, where he witnessed Committee mem- upheavals that occurred that year all over the firsthand the abominable treatment bers Nancy Terr and world and in which Jews participated in dis- of the Nazi victims. Leah Kellogg Deborah Seligman, proportionate numbers. also spoke of her mili- NMJHS Adminis- In their presentations, tary service as a dieti- trator Bobbi both Rudd and cian for U.S. service Jackson, Claire Kurlansky shared their personnel and German Grossman, Helen concerns over the treat- prisoners of war in Hordes, Lance Bell, ment of the Palestinian New Mexico and Eu- The Hyman and people by the Israeli gov- rope. David Pollak Marjorie Weinberg ernment. They regarded then shared the dan- Mark Kurlansky, Keynote Speaker. Foundation, the this policy to be con- gers and uncertainties Photo courtesy of Harold Melnick. Abeles Foundation, trary to Jewish values. of his role as a soldier the Jewish Federa- The remarks of both in the Israeli army in the 1973 Yom tion of Greater Albuquerque, the estate of speakers generated vig- Kippur War. Barbara Bender, Dr. Yehuda and Dr. Nurit Patt, orous, challenging and Admiral Robert Wertheim, Cheryl Ganch and a often passionate discus- The second session included two donor who wishes to remain anonymous. sion among members of Stan Hordes, Conference Chairman. veterans of the anti-Vietnam War movement in New Mexico. Janice the audience. Photo courtesy of Harold Melnick. Despite the sharp differences of opinion ex- Hart and Enid Howearth outlined pressed during the course of the weekend, or A full transcript of Mark Rudd’s remarks may the manner in which their upbringing sensitized perhaps because of them, many participants sug- them to the injustices, not only of the Vietnam be found at: www.markrudd.com. gested that the Society conduct more programs War, but what they regarded as subsequent un- dealing with controversial topics. We welcome just wars. Howearth also your input and ask you to contact us at: described the role that the [email protected]. Social Action Committee of Congregation Albert The NMJHS played in the anti-war sends Stan Hordes, Ph.D. best movement in the later 1960s. Iris Keltz then re- wishes for a speedy recovery & lated the fascinating ac- a healthy 2006. count of her experiences in the 1967 Arab-Israeli TRIBUTE War, when she was living in Arab East Jerusalem, In memory of Marvin Taichert married to a Palestinian Dana Konno Page 4 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society The Melding – continued from p.2 By this time Chanukah had become almost as bowed their heads and opened worn copies of the David continues to be the first ornament placed on much of a symbol of freedom and light to me as Old Testament. Above them, the glass Stars-of- our Christmas tree. The traditions of love have be- Christmas. Also, Christmas had become increas- David mobile rotated slowly, making tinkling come so melded in my mind and heart that some- ingly meaningful as the birthday of One so spe- sounds. Then the doorbell rang. I went to an- times I find myself wondering if this might be the cial that He gave light and freedom to every- swer it and found, assembled in a neat row in front same sweet star that shone one night above a stable

one. People of all races and religions gathered of the house, members of Erica's fourth-grade in Bethlehem. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○ in our home and we found that their differences class. ○○○○○○○○ enriched our lives. Leroy Bearman moved to Albuquerque in 1959 As I stood there immobilized, they began to sing from Birmingham, Alabama fresh out of the army The holidays seemed to become more joyous ev- "Silent Night." where he ran a mess kitchen. Eventually he worked ery year. But not long after we celebrated our for Stars and Stripes Military newspaper. He was eleventh wedding anniversary in 1976, LeRoy My daughters rushed to stand beside me in the the sports editor of the Albuquerque Journal for 16 suffered three heart attacks within two months. doorway and I gathered them into my arms. Be- years, when, at the young age of 42, he died of a He hung onto life with such a ferocious will; hind us, we could hear the comforting Hebrew severely diseased heart the first night of Chanukah even after emergency quadruple by-pass surgery, words chanted by men LeRoy had loved. Out in 1976. Leroy and Isabel married in 1965 and had nobody knew from one moment to the next front, the clear voices of the children sang the an- two daughters, Erica and Shauna. For 15 years, Al- what would happen. On the 17th of cient carol. The beauty radiating from those two buquerque, aided by Art Gardenswartz, with food December, the girls and I had crowded onto his opposite places, gave sudden, special meaning to donations by Jim Zanios, hosted the “Leroy narrow hospital bed, amidst all his tubes and I LeRoy's and my marriage. In that one moment, Bearman Memorial Run”, which helped young ath- accompanied us on my guitar. We sang my grief fell away. I felt LeRoy's presence and letes with their travel expenses. Chanukah and Christmas songs in between thought I could almost see that mole-eyed squint, hugs. Shauna wore the yarmulke I'd made years wrapped in a chuckle. Leroy Bearman was my maternal uncle. This ar- ago. LeRoy was terribly weak, but smiling. ticle: “The Melding”, written by Isabel, was first Everyone in ICU who could, was singing, too. "Shalom my love," I whispered. printed in Women’s Day, in December 1986. It has The next night, the first night of Chanukah, he appeared in countless secular, Jewish and Chris- lay in bed with the Rabbi at his bedside. At sun- "Sleep in heavenly peace!" sang the children in tian publications throughout the United States, down, LeRoy whispered "Shalom, shalom," and sweet triumph. Canada and England. It also appeared in the 2nd at age 42, his soul left this earth. I was sadly not edition of Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul. at his bedside, but on my way to Judith's, where "Daddy's with God now, isn't he?” Shauna asked. Erica and Shauna would kindle the first It appears by permission of the author, Isabel Chanukah lights. In the car, we were singing "Yes," I told her with certainty. "Whatever road Bearman Bucher, who truly believes it lights one the season's songs at the top of our lungs, when he took to get there, that's exactly where Daddy candle for the true meaning of peace on earth. I realized after years of going to our friend's is." By Lance Bell. house, I was lost! Then, a dazzling burst of light entered my mind and I saw a smiling, healthy Thirty Chanukahs and Christmases have LeRoy and his doctor. When I got to Judith's come and gone since that night. The girls house, the phone rang and soon, I was being have grown into beautiful women. Inevita- TRIBUTE driven back to the hospital I'd left just an hour bly, changes have occurred. I remarried to a In honor of my father Hyman Danoff’s before. wonderful man. My husband is a Chris- 90th birthday tian, but our family ties with the Jewish com- Robert, Eve, Mike, Max and Sam Danoff The following evening, friends and relatives ar- munity remain strong. Ev- rived to sit Shiva (Jewish period of mourning). ery December, the prayers In our modest home that night, many loving and songs of Chanukah Johnny and I would like to thank everyone for their cards, arms reached out to my small daughters and me. echo throughout our home: thoughts and prayers during his recent medical emergency. The twinkling lights of our Christmas tree the silver menorah sends Knowing so many people care helps us get through this diffi- matched the brilliance of the silver menorah with out its light on the window- cult time. Our deepest gratitude. its two lighted candles. sill. Bobbi Jackson, Jewish men in yarmulkes and prayer shawls The little blue Star of Administrator

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Page 5 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Deadwood Takes Manhattan Jews in the Old West September 15, 2005 Episode on HBO he civilized streets of New merchants or peddlers. A clip of Deadwood’s Al government sector (Barry Goldwater’s antecedents, York were home to a slice of Swearengen dressing down Sol Star offered a for example, who governed Prescott, Arizona in the Deadwood on September colorful illustration of what many of them were up 19th century.) 15, as Manhattanites flocked against: T to the 92nd Street Y to hear “For many Jews, this was their first experience with about Jewish settlers in the “Why don’t you do whatever you people do when power and communities that would allow them to Wild West – the real ones you’re not running your mouths off or cheating peo- give their gifts to that community,” offered Rochlin. and their fictional counterparts on the HBO hit. ple out of what they earn by Christian work?” “They were needed and they made themselves use- ful and they did so, often in a full-hearted manner. David Milch, Deadwood’s creator and executive Accepting these stereotypes came with the territory, They wanted to be of service.” producer, took time out from shooting the third Milch explained. “Sol Star makes this sort of deal; season of the show to join New Yorker magazine he will be content to be misperceived, even slan- Yet the more narrow view of Jews as skilled writer Mark Singer (author of Somewhere in dered, as a sort of quid pro quo for deepened and moneymen was also pervasive in the 19th century, America) in a panel discussion that shed light on more substantive access to the mechanisms of the even in the remote mining camps. A line from Dead- the Deadwood character Sol Star and his histori- larger society. “That’s an ongoing drama in every- wood’s Swearengen to Star offered a glimpse: “I love cal peers. one’s life.” you people. You make $8 before my feet even hit the floor.” “The bosses who ran America needed the coun- As Singer and Rochlin pointed out, the “quick try to be settled,” explained Milch, who immersed money” mentality attributed to those who traveled Above all, Jews in the old West were very diverse, himself in the history of the West to create the west was not limited to the Jews, but was often as- reaching across all levels of wealth, social status and show. Driven by this economic motive, our early sumed to be the sole force driving all settlers. education levels, Rochlin said, “Many were poor, leaders decided to “adhere to the myths of our “Greed was so often associated with the conquest struggling miners or low-paid officials who kept or- nation and say –anyone can come.” I think that of the West and development of the West,” ex- der – not merchants or moneymen.” was one of the happy accidents that allowed Jews plained Rochlin. But the chance for political, so- to flourish among other groups.” cial and religious freedom was also a powerful draw. Sol Star, who was both a merchant and later an elected official, appealed to Milch in particular be- The panelists also talked about the stereotypes The lack of organized, structured societies provided cause of his “secret identity.” “I felt I had encoun- and slurs that Jews endured in the Old West, in- great opportunities for all immigrants, including tered in Sol Star, a paradigm of doubleness. Even cluding the myth of the Jewish “swindler” that Jews, beyond simply making money. The panelists contemporary Jewish people have a doubleness of made its way to the frontier towns, rooted in the pointed to Sol Star’s eventual commitment to pub- feeling. “The extent to which we acknowledge our fact that many of the early Jewish settlers were lic office, as well as to other Jews who served in the Jewishness is varying.” Milton S. Seligman By Henry J. Tobias ew Mexico Jewry lost a Like many of his generation, Milton’s parents saw For a short time, he entered the field of politics and valued member on to his education despite a number of obstacles. was elected to the State Legislature from Sandoval September 3, 2005, with the With no public school in Bernalillo, Milton County. passing of Milton S. attended the Christian Brothers School for his N Seligman of Albuquerque. elementary education. He attended high school Despite his isolation as a Jew in Bernalillo (he learned in Albuquerque (Washington Junior High and Catholic prayers before his Jewish ones), he was Born in Bernalillo on May Albuquerque High), then to the New Mexico nevertheless confirmed at Congregation Albert, to 31, 1914, he was the child of an immigrant father Military Institute in Roswell. Milton attended the which his parents belonged. Pursuing his livelihood Siegfried and native New Mexican mother, Maida University of California at Berkeley, from which as an attorney in Albuquerque, he too joined the Bloch Seligman. In an unusual turn of events, he graduated and successfully completed, a law Congregation. He became quite active in Jewish three Seligman brothers married three Bloch degree in 1937. affairs in the post-World War II environment and sisters. Siegfried came to New Mexico to work served as president of the Congregation. Milton for his uncle, Joseph Bibo, in his mercantile His youth in Bernalillo, insured him a superior was also active in B’nai B’rith and played a major establishment in Bernalillo. knowledge of Spanish. In 1942, he became a role in its anti-defamation work in the 1960s. member of the armed forces where that skill probably Milton married his wife Julie, a New Yorker, while resulted in his transfer to in the army, in 1944. They had four daughters, all Puerto Rico. Subsequently, of whom were confirmed at Congregation Albert. he was shipped to the He pursued a distinguished legal career and at his Philippine Islands. There, death, was the longest practicing attorney in the state his legal training landed him of New Mexico. In his last years, he offered his a position as an investigator personal knowledge of Jewish affairs in the state to on the Japanese War Crimes both the Congregation and the New Mexico Jewish trial staff. Milton returned Historical Society, to the great enrichment of their to the United States in 1946 resources. He will be greatly missed by everyone. and resumed his legal career. Page 6 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Genealogy – continued from p. 3 are not coded and m and n are considered That’s right; my Aunt Ann wasn’t born until 1 For more detailed information about census, the same sound. 1926. It states that my grandfather immigrated vital records and naturalization papers, I recom- to the United States in 1900 and was natural- mend the Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Geneal- Each federal census contains progressively more ized in 1905; my grandmother immigrated in ogy, editors Sallyann Amdur Sack and Gary information. Early census information is fairly 1909. Their mother tongue is Slavish (sic), not Mokotoff, published by Avotaynu, Inc., 2004. simple, but every ten years, there were requests Hungarian as I had always thought, though they 2 Guide to the Federal Records in the National from Congress for more information. For ex- were born in the Kingdom of Hungary (in what Archives of the United States can be found ample, the 1880 census asks for names of is now Slovakia) and spoke Hungarian as their online at www.archives.gov/research_room/ household members (whether they are family private language so the children couldn’t under- federal_records_guide/; Guide to Genealogical or not), color, sex, age, month of birth, rela- stand. They state that they can read and write Research in the National Archives prepared by tionship to head of household, marital status, and that they speak English. They rent their the National Archives Trust Fund Board; They occupation, place of birth and places of birth home. My grandfather is a salesman in a delica- Became Americans: Finding Naturalization of father and mother. The 1900 census asks tessen (which he later owned and then lost dur- Records and Ethnic Origins by Loretto Dennis additionally for year of birth, citizenship in- ing the Depression). Szuc. formation, education and home ownership. 3 Cyndi’s List: www.cyndislist.com. Scroll all the The 1910 census adds questions about being a The information about records in this article is way down to United States Index and click on veteran or being blind or deaf-mute. The 1920 relevant to genealogists researching U.S. resi- U.S. – Vital Records. census asks about the mother tongue. dents and citizens of all backgrounds. In the next 4 U.S. National Archives, www.archives.gov/ Genealogy Corner we shall talk about a modifi- genealogy/census , in the left margin under Re- It is fascinating what you can learn by study- cation to the Soundex system which helps you sources, click on Soundex Coding System. ing a census form. For example, my mother’s find Slavic and Yiddish names. Next time, we parents show up in the 1920 census in New shall also talk about another kind of record, pas- TRIBUTE York City at 1435 Ogden Avenue in the Bronx. senger arrival records, especially the online Ellis In honor of Marilyn, Lance & The census, taken on January 2, 1920, records Island database. Jon Bell and Family. the head of family, wife and two daughters. Marvin and Sue Bearman

Meet Our Board – This Month’s Profile is Phil Saltz Philip Saltz, a member of our Board of firm which ultimately merged with Arthur Young service for landlords and property managers. Directors, was born on July 4, 1933, in The & Co., one of the Big 8 international accounting Bronx, NY, where he lived until age 14 when firms. As a result of that merger, Phil ended up As a result of a doctor diagnosing Phil with a his parents moved to , CA. He is in the tax department of Arthur Young. heart condition and advising him to leave the the oldest of four siblings, married to Beverly stress of the law practice, Phil went to work as an for over 50 years, has four children and four When Phil passed the California Bar in 1960, advanced life insurance underwriter for grandchildren. he left Arthur Young to start his own law practice Massachusetts Mutual and later for Shearson and and he has been practicing law ever since. He Prudential-Bache Securities as a consultant and He completed high school in 1951 when he took the New Mexico Bar in February, 2004 at financial advisor. Eleven years after the diagnosis graduated from North Hollywood High School the age of 70, passed it and has been practicing of a heart condition, the diagnosis was proven to in California and went on to get his B.S. degree law in New Mexico since April, 2004. be false and Phil returned to the practice of law. from UCLA in Business Administration in 1955 and his J.D. degree from USC in 1960. In 1978, as a result of a legal problem a client During Phil’s law career, he has served as a had with a tenant who wasn’t paying rent, Phil volunteer Judge Pro Tempore for the Los Angeles In Phil’s last year at law school, in order to get conceived of and founded The U.D. Registry Municipal Court, an Arbitrator for the National some practical tax return preparation which was the first business of its kind in the Association of Securities Dealers and a leader of experience, he got a job at a large local CPA country. It compiled a database of eviction a Law Explorer group sponsored by the Boy actions filed, first in Los Angeles County and later Scouts and the San Fernando Valley Bar throughout the State of Association. California, and acted as Continued on p. 8 Retreats a tenant screening Bar Mitzvahs eddings W Bat Mitzvahs Celebrations The NMJHS WELCOMES the following Meetings Stephen Part New Members: Nancy Hartington Jan Secunda Powders Mark Rudd Sharon Cosby Shana Tinkle Richard & Sandra Wilks Gary Spitzberg Kathy Mahon Jane Kahn Karen Crawford Robert & Eve Danoff Alex Cosby Page 7 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society The Joseph A. Taichert Company Records and Other Jewish Collections in the Rio Grande Historical Collections by Bill Boehm he Taichert Records Grande Historical Collections also include rope, wrote articles based on his travels and (Manuscript Collection other collections which chronicle the Jewish books based on his experience in the theater 0462 or MS 0462), offer experience in the Southwestern United States. trade. After directing more than 100 plays from interesting insight to Jew- These include the Louis and Carmen K. Shakespeare to modern American theater, T ish history in New Mexico Freudenthal family papers (MS0002) and the Zohn retired from NMSU in 1975. He died through their record of Hershel Zohn papers (MS0357). The in 2001. mercantile operations in a changing world. Freudenthal family was one of the most Joseph A. Taichert (1882-1955), founded the prominent merchant families in Las Cruces, Reprinted with permission of Bill Boehm company after he arrived in Las Vegas, New with Phoebus Freudenthal having established Mexico in the 1900s. He later took his residence there in 1869 after leaving Germany The staff of the Archives and Special Collec- younger brother Milton (1892-1989), as a He ran businesses in Las Cruces, as did his tions Department of the New Mexico State partner in the business. Initially launched as son Louis (1895-1971). The Freudenthal University welcome researchers to examine an enterprise that traded furs and pelts family, which came to include Louis’ wife materials in our collections that commemorate throughout the Southwest, Taichert’s opened Carmen (1898-1991), established a legacy in Jewish history in New Mexico. The finding a men’s retail clothing outlet in downtown the Mesilla Valley, of advocating social reform guide for the Taichert Collections will be posted Las Vegas in 1915. The family business was and political activism. Their family history online via the Online Archive of New Mexico noteworthy as it retained the wholesale fur is rich and touches a great deal on much of soon; currently, NMSU collections can be and pelt business, in addition to the retail the contemporary activity of the region. searched at http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm. For operation. By 1938, the Taichert brothers more information on these collections and oth- opened a ladies’ ready-to-wear store, the So- Hershel Zohn was a noted professor of drama ers in the Rio Grande Historical Collections, rority Shoppe, which was located next door, who arrived on the campus of the New please contact Bill Boehm at 505-646-1551 or on Douglas Avenue in Las Vegas. The Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic [email protected]. Taicherts also opened other establishments Arts in 1951 after receiving his Bachelor’s and on San Francisco Street, just west of the Plaza Master’s Degrees in Theater Arts from the The records of the Joseph A. Taichert Com- in Santa Fe. Milton was more involved in University of Denver. Born in Russia in pany of Las Vegas, NM, were recently proc- the operation of the store after his brother’s 1909, he worked in the New York Public Li- essed for researcher use. These are located in death, but changing retail trends and the brary Theater Collection and with his Yid- the Rio Grande Historical Collections of the steady decline of the population in the Las dish Theater in Manhattan. Zohn later served Archives and Special Collections Department. Vegas area led to the sale of the business in in World War II. During his tenure at The Department’s Research Room is located the early 1980s. NMSU, Zohn oversaw the growth of the on the 4th Floor East Wing, in the Branson Southwest Playmakers and saw a new cam- Library on the New Mexico State University In addition to the Taichert Records, the Rio pus theater built in 1963. He toured in Eu- campus in Las Cruces. Phil Saltz – continued from p. 7 Phil was a private pilot flying single engine successful careers. Ellen, the oldest, is an Since Phil’s move to Santa Fe in 1994, he has been Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft. He combined epidemiologist in Alaska. Julie is an RN at a the owner of Financial Decisions, Inc., a New his love of flying with his activities as a lobbyist hospital in Fort Collins, CO. Stacy lives in Mexico Registered Investment Advisor, the in California representing the California Santa Fe, NM and is the owner of her own President of The Santa Fe Life Underwriters Aircraft Owners Association. In that capacity, mortgage loan company and, together with her Association, The New Mexico School For The he wrote and got enacted legislation that is part Aussie husband, Allan, owns two video stores Deaf Foundation, The La Mariposa Homeowners’ of the California Public Utilities Code relating and is developing a shopping center complex Association, The New Mexico Jewish Historical to insurance disclosure requirements for pilots now under construction in the Eldorado area Society and The Santa Fe Northwest Advisory who rent aircraft. of Santa Fe. Terry, the youngest and only son, Council. is the Director of Health Care Facilities for the Phil & Bev’s four children have gone on to City and County of San Francisco. JEWISH PIONEERS OF NEW MEXICO, 1821-1917 “Exhibit Tour Schedule”

Jan. 17, 2006- University Museum Sep. 1, 2006- American Jewish Historical Society April 15, 2006 New Mexico State University Nov. 30, 2006 15 West 16th Street University Avenue at Solano New York, NY Las Cruces, NM May 1, 2006- Interpretive Center You can track the exhibition schedule by going to July 31, 2006 Old Colfax County Courthouse www.trexnm.org, then select “exhibitions” from the purple tool 127 Bridge Street bar, then select “schedule” button on the right of the screen. Las Vegas, NM

Page 8 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Solomon’s Story: The Jewish Man Who Governed a Pueblo By Marc Simmons n old friend of mine, of Laguna. About that time, 16 year old outsider could assume this office by election living on Staten Island, Solomon left Germany and joined his was unprecedented and it has to serve as a N.Y., recently sent me an brothers in the new business. measure of the prestige he enjoyed among the interesting article clipped Indians. A from a periodical of the The Bibos, through trade, acquired farm American Jewish products and live-stock from the Lagunas, Pueblo governorships had been created by the Historical Society. The title of the piece Acomas and . Under Army Spaniards in the 1620s for the purpose of was “Don Solomono, Jewish Indian Chief.” contracts, they then supplied food and having a “front man” who could speak for all other provisions to Fort Wingate and Fort the Indians in political and other matters. My friend wanted to know if I had ever Defiance. heard of Solomon Bibo, who became Solomon evidently filled that function well. governor of Acoma Pueblo in 1888 and was The brothers dealt squarely with the Indians The cacique, or main religious leader, who the subject of the clipping. Indeed I had, and gained their trust. Young Solomon was always the real power behind the scenes, since his story, while not well-known, forms became enamored of pueblo life and was in effect told him what to do. one of the more unusual chapters in the soon a great favorite of the Acomas. Having history of Indian-white relations in the learned their language, he established a Thus, Bibo was not exactly an “Indian Chief” Southwest. branch store at the village in 1882. as the article sent to me from New York stated. It is a popular misconception that any Indian To refresh my memory, I went to a small The move led to his involvement in Acoma’s leader must automatically be a chief. book on the Bibo family, written some years internal affairs. For example, he joined the ago by a fellow historian, the late Rabbi tribe’s ongoing legal fight to win back from Irving Bibo, one of Solomon’s nephews, told Floyd S. Fierman of El Paso. On several the government more of its traditional Rabbi Fierman in 1961, that his Aunt Juana occasions, I had talked with him about the lands. “became a Jewess and brought their children Bibos and other early day Jewish families up in the faith.” He also remembered visiting about whom he had done extensive On May 1, 1885, there occurred the first her on Jewish holidays, which he claimed “she research. of two events which exemplified Solomon’s observed religiously.” extraordinary relationship with the pueblo. Solomon Bibo, born in German Prussia in On that day, he married an Acoma woman, Wishing the children to receive a formal 1853, was one of 11 children. Right after Juana Valle. Jewish education, Solomon moved the whole our Civil War, two older Bibo brothers, family to San Francisco in 1898, where he Nathan and Simon, immigrated to the Ordinarily, the Acomas strongly opposed operated a fancy food shop and speculated United States. marriages to whites. Bibo’s, however, was in real estate. not only approved, but sanctioned with a They came to Santa Fe, where Nathan native ceremony. It was a far cry from the life he had known in worked for the Spiegelbergs, among the New Mexico. Although I can find no direct most prominent merchants in the capital. Probably wanting to ensure the whole thing evidence of it, we must suppose that he and Later, when Will Spiegelberg won an was legal, Solomon got a justice of the peace Juana returned to Acoma by train, appointment as post trader, or suttler, at to marry him and Juana a second time, the periodically, to maintain their slender ties Fort Wingate, Nathan went with him in following August. there. Solomon died in 1934 and his wife the position of business manager. followed him several years later. They are On January 1, 1888, Solomon Bibo took buried in the Jewish cemetery in Colma, In 1870, he and Simon started their own office for the customary one-year term as California. trading post at Cebolleta, near the pueblo governor of the pueblo of Acoma. That an

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Page 9 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Henry Jaffa and : Wyatt Earp’s Jewish Connection A Portrait of Henry Jaffa, Albuquerque’s First Mayor Copyright 2004 By Mark Dworkin

he connections between Holliday went with (fellow vendetta posse without doing me any good.” Wyatt Earp and member Dan Tipton). The content of the Albuquerque indiscretion was not mentioned. In the Whatever the cause of the quarrel, it didn’t last businessman and political True West article, Hornung and Roberts in any significant way. Earp and Holliday got T figure, Henry Jaffa, ran summarize other explanations of the split. together again. just a few weeks later in deeper than a Such constructions have included Gunnison, where they were observed by a local juxtaposition of newspaper references. Holliday’s anger at Earp’s supposed wearing police officer. In later years, Earp spoke of There is evidence of an Earp-Jaffa of chain mail or a “steel vest” when the Holliday, who was by other accounts (to connection from a recent important find in gunfight with Curly Bill Brocious took paraphrase Stuart Lake), a hotheaded, ill- Wyatt Earp studies: a document known as place, an unlikely story put forward by tempered, trouble-hunting individual, difficult the “Otero Letter”. The letter writer, Holliday paramour Big Nose Kate Elder. to befriend. In a San Francisco Examiner article Miguel Otero (1859-1944), served as Others have pointed to Earp’s alleged anger dated August 22, 1896, he remembered Holliday, governor of from at Holliday for leaving him to face Curly who died of consumption in 1887 in Glenwood 1897 to 1906. Internal evidence from the Bill alone. Springs, Colorado, as a stalwart friend when the letter indicates it was written sometime chips were down, calling him “my dear old around December 1940. The full text of The split appears to have been temporary. comrade”. In the same article, Earp called the letter, along with details of the unusual One month later, on May 22, 1882, a Holliday “a merry and mad scamp with a heart circumstances of how researcher Chuck beleaguered Holliday, having been arrested in of gold and nerves of steel, who, in the dark years Hornung found it in July of 2001 in Denver, was in the process of desperately that followed (Dodge City), stood by at my elbow Albuquerque, can be found in the True West fighting extradition to Arizona where he feared Continued on p. 11 Magazine article “The Split: Did Doc & for his life. He told a Wyatt Split Because of a Slur?”, co- written Denver Republican by Hornung and Dr. Gary L. Roberts. interviewer, in response NMJHS announces plans for 2006 to a question about the Jewish Genealogy Workshop The letter appears to clear up a long- quarrel with the Earps, standing mystery. One of the more curious “We had a little for new and experienced genealogists elements of the storied Wyatt Earp-Doc misunderstanding, but Holliday friendship, a legendary it didn’t amount to ¥ Learn the ropes relationship with a factual basis, has been much.” Holliday, from ¥ Research your family tree the source of a quarrel between the two men his perspective, ¥ Trace your Ashkenazi/Sephardic heritage in Albuquerque in 1882. The falling-out appeared to believe the ¥ Explore crypto-Jewish roots occurred in Albuquerque, at a time when quarrel was over and of ¥ Network with other Jewish genealogists the Earp “vendetta posse” was on the run little consequence. He from , on its way to further suggested that On March 19, NMJHS will present a genealogy Colorado. One long-available, but the Earps would help program at the Taos Jewish Center in conjunction with incomplete, explanation for the spat, is the him now, but they “are the showing of the film “Expulsion and Memory”. contemporary Albuquerque Review report wanted themselves and that Holliday had become intoxicated and couldn’t go back with Contact NMJHS for general information at indiscreet in his remarks, which offended me without putting [email protected], 505-348-4471 Wyatt and caused the party to break up. themselves in danger, Details: Dorothy Amsden, NMJHS Genealogy Chair [email protected], 505-662-6398 Beth Goldman, Taos Jewish Center, [email protected]

Next genealogy workshop is scheduled for Albuquerque at the JCC in late April or early May. Date to be announced in March issue of NMJHS newsletter. NMJHS plans to hold semi-annual workshops to alternate between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Look for an early September workshop in Santa Fe.

Page 10 New Mexico Jewish Historical Society Earp – continued from p. 10 in many a battle to the death.” an ethnic slur, inferring Earp was becoming together again. Jaffa told me later that Earp’s a “damn Jew-boy.” What is more, assuming woman was a Jewess. Earp did mu”(illegible/ The “extraordinary association,” as Lake the letter related the exchange correctly, mezuzah) when entering the house. called it, between the two men, may have speculating about the reasons for Holliday’s begun early on, when Holliday helped Earp frustrations may lead to new understandings Several items in the letter ring true, such as Earp’s in his search for “Dirty” Dave Rudabaugh, of the troubles in Tombstone in the autumn need for a new coat due to his coat being shot or in Dodge City a bit later. But the bond, of 1881. full of holes at the Iron Springs fight with Curly likely, grew firmer when the dentist turned Bill and others. A contemporary Arizona diarist, gambler, rode with the Earp “vendetta posse.” Here are relevant excerpts from the letter, George Hand, recorded the weather as windy Holliday was present during the posse killings addressed by Otero to Dear Old Friend: and cold for most of the days the Earp party of at least three men that Wyatt Earp held was in Albuquerque, conceivably giving accuracy responsible for killing his brother Morgan: Earp stayed at Jaffa’s home and the boys were to Otero’s observations on the blustery , Florentino Cruz and Brocious. around town. Jaffa gave Earp an overcoat from southwestern weather. John Flood, with whom his store. Earp’s had been ruined in a fight Earp collaborated on an unpublished What ruptured the close bond that must have with the Cow-boys. I do remember that cold autobiography wrote, “At Albuquerque, Earp formed after Holliday stood with the Earps wind even today. I do not remember that the visited a friend.” It is possible this friend was in the street fight near the O. K. Corral and boys had too much money”. Henry Jaffa, although other possibilities will be in its aftermath? Until the publication of the offered later in this article. Certainly, the ethnic Otero Letter, the cause of the quarrel seemed One afternoon, I drove Earp and Jaffa to the slur as cause for the Earp-Holliday split seems more a curiosity, of little importance, apart river to see them building the new bridge. Earp more likely than other reasons previously cited. from its human element. But the letter places remarked how it reminded him of the big bridge the quarrel in a potentially more important at Wichita. Some days later, Earp and Holliday Was the slur made in reference to Earp staying context. If its hearsay information is correct, had a falling out at Fat Charlie’s. They were at the home of the Jewish businessman Jaffa, or the letter appears, finally, to resolve the cause eating when Holiday said something about did it strike deeper, into a budding relationship of the Earp-Holliday split, with the reasons Earp becoming a “damn Jew boy”. Earp became between Wyatt Earp and a Jewish woman, for Earp’s bruised feelings understandable. angry and left. Charlie said that Holliday knew Josephine “Sadie” Marcus? Otero alludes to the According to the letter, Holliday expressed he had said it wrong; he never saw them latter when he reports that Jaffa later told him Earp’s woman was a Jewess. (A visit by Earp and Josephine, in 1884 to Albuquerque included Simon Wiesenthal: “The Conscience of the Holocaust” a stop at Jaffa’s home. While not definitive proof, imon Wiesenthal, the representative of the victims. He was it also indicates an earlier link to Jaffa.) Holliday famous Nazi Hunter, determined to bring the perpetrators of may not have liked Josephine Marcus. He told was the conscience of history’s greatest crime to justice. No one a Denver newspaper, in the summer of 1881, the Holocaust. announced his appointment; he just took on that he had once given money to John Behan’s S girlfriend (was this Josephine Marcus?), leading the job that no one else wanted. He was born December to bad feelings on Behan’s part toward him. 31, 1908 in what is now the Ukraine. He His task was overwhelming and he had few married Cyla Mueller in 1936 and they friends for it. The Allies were focused on the More to Come in the Next Issue remained a devoted couple until her death Cold War; survivors were rebuilding their in 2003. He worked in an architectural lives; Simon alone pursued the cause, office in Lvov before being captured and combining the roles of prosecutor and TRIBUTE was held in a series of labor and death detective at the same time. In honor of our new Grandson Jonah camps until the Americans liberated him Marjorie Weinberg-Berman in 1945, weighing less than 100 lbs. Mr. Wiesenthal helped bring over 1,100 Nazi & Paul Berman War Criminals before the bar of justice. When the Holocaust ended in 1945 and the whole world forgot, Simon alone He died in Vienna on September 20, 2005, Know someone who remembered and became the permanent at the age of 96. is not a member? A friend or relative? Ask that friend The NMJHS’ Board’s Appeal to Its Members or relative to join the NMJHS! Our continued existence depends on the interest and support of our members. We need your cooperation Every “old” member, please get busy to interest others to join our Society; we need your help to obtain archive material and your ideas. We and sign up a “new” member. A urge you to please renew your membership when due. 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