Jewish History in St. Joseph, A Scholarly Treatise, St. Joseph, MO News-Press, August 1955
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AM1992.9.10
Scope and Content
A Scholarly Treatise, St. Joseph, MO News-Press August 1955. The current issue of Museum Graphic , official magazine of the St. Joseph Museum will be preserved in many a private library. It carries a series of articles on Jews and Jewry. The writer is Bartlett Boder, president of the St. Joseph Historical Society and vice president of the Missouri State Historical Society.
From the days of Josephus, Jewish historian of the First century, to the Twentieth century untold volumes have been written of this race of Abraham. Mr. Boder's work is scholarly to a marked degree. His theme is captioned "From Ur of the Chaldees to Old Saint Jo," carries five line drawings and eight photographs, including one each of Rabbi Myron M. Meyer and Simon Rositzky.
Mr. Boder's literary contribution will be of interest to Gentile as well as Jew.
Mr. Boder's research unfolds the interesting story of the early day Jews in St. Joseph. The current issue of Museum Graphic should go into the archives of the Missouri State Historical Society at Columbia and the Missouri Library Commission at Jefferson City.
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