Suggested Readings

Suggested Readings

Arizona | California | New Mexico | Texas | Conversos and Crypto-Jews | Sephardim in Spain | Sephardim in Portugal

Suggested Readings For Arizona
Ball, Phyllis. 1986. A Photographic History of the University of Arizona 1885-1985. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press.
Brook, Benjamin. 1992. Tucson: The Building of a Jewish Community. Tucson, Arizona: Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives.
Chanin, Abraham S. 1995. Cholent & Chorizo. Tucson, Arizona: Midbar Press.
Chanin, Abraham S. and Mildred Chanin. 1977. This Land, These Voices. Tucson, Arizona: Midbar Press.
Fierman, Floyd S. The Drachmans of Arizona, American Jewish Archives Vol. XVI, No. 4 (November 1964), 135-160.
Goldberg, Robert Alan. 1995. Chapter One: Legacy, In Barry Goldwater retrieved online at WashingtonPost.com August 22, 2002 URL
Goldwater, Barry and Jack Casserly. 1988. Goldwater. New York: Bantam Doubleday Pell Publishing Group.
Hopkins, Ernest. 1950. Financing The Frontier: A Fifty Year History of the Valley National Bank. Phoenix, Arizona: Valley National Bank.
Kelly, George. 1926. Legislative History: Arizona 1864-1912. Phoenix, Arizona: State of Arizona.
Lipsey, Alfred. 1990. The Capin Family Legacy: The Genealogy of the Family of Moses and Chiasilla Capin. Tucson: [self-published--copy available at the Bloom Archives].
Luckingham, Bradford. 1989. Phoenix: The History of A Southwestern Metropolis. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press.
McCreary, Edward. 1970. Zeckendorf The Autobiography of William Zeckendorf. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Quebbeman, Frances. 1966. Medicine in Territorial Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona: Arizona Historical Foundation.
Ramenofsky, Elizabeth. 1984. From Charcoal to Banking The I.E. Solomons of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona: Westernlore Press.
Schweikart, Larry. 1982. A History of Banking in Arizona. Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press.
 Whiteside, Dora. 1988. Northern Arizona Territorial Death and Burial Records 1870-1910. Prescott, Arizona: Dora Whiteside Publisher.
 Whiteside, Dora. 1990. Northern Arizona Territorial Death and Burial Records 1936-1969. Prescott, Arizona: Dora Whiteside Publisher.

Suggested Readings For California
D'Ancona, David (Edited by William Kramer). 1975. A California-Nevada Travel Diary of 1876: The Delightful Account of A. Ben B'rith. Santa Monica, California: Norton B. Stern Publisher.
Jacobs, Victoria (Edited by Sylvia Arden). 1974. Diary of a San Diego Girl - 1856. Santa Monica, California: Norton B. Stern Publisher.
Narell, Irena. 1981. Our City: The Jews of San Francisco. San Diego, California: Howell-North Books.
Rochlin, Harriet. 1996. The Reformer's Apprentice: A Novel of Old San Francisco. Santa Barbara, CA:Fifthian Press.
Rochlin, Harriet. The First Lady of Dos Cacahuates. Santa Barbara, CA:Fifthian Press.
Sharfman, Harold. 1969. Nothing Left To Commemorate: The Story of the Pioneer Jews of Jackson, Amador County, California. Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company.
Stern, Norton. 1981. The Jews of Los Angeles: Urban Pioneers. Los Angeles, California: Southern California Jewish Historical Society.
Stern, Norton. 1973. Baja California Jewish Refuge and Homeland. Los Angeles, California: Dawson's Book Shop.
Stern, Norton. 1973. The Birth of Modern Los Angeles Jewry: Including An Honor Roll of 900 Leaders and Supporters of it First Federation. Santa Monica, California: Norton B. Stern Publisher.
Vorspan, Max and Lloyd Gartner. 1970. History of the Jews of Los Angeles. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Jewish Publication Society of America.
Wartenberg, Henry. 1977. Los Angeles Jewry In 1870. Santa Monica, California: Norton B. Stern Publisher.


Suggested Readings For New Mexico
Cembalest, Robin. 1998. Losing Their Religion Lingua Franca v. 8, no. 2 (March 1998), 16-19.
Fierman, Floyd. 1968. "Samuel J. Fruedenthal: Southwestern Merchant and Civic Leader." In American Jewish Historical Quarterly.
Fierman, Floyd. 1988. The Impact of the Frontier On A Jewish Family: The Bibos. Tucson, Arizona: Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives.
Holmes, Jack. 1967. Politics In New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.
Hordes, Stanley M. 2005. To the End of the Earth : A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico. Columbia University Press.
Golden, Gloria. 2004. Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans. Mountain View, CA: Floricanto Press.
Lundwall, Helen. 1983. Pioneering In Territorial Silver City: H.B. Ailman Recollections of Silver City and the Southwest, 1871-1892. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.
Meketa, Jacqueline Dorgan. 1982. Louis Felsenthal Citizen-Soldier of Territorial New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.
Parish, William. 1961. The Charles Ilfeld Company A Study of the Rise and Decline of Mercantile Capitalism in New Mexico. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Parish, William. 1959. The German Jew and the Commercial Revolution in Territorial New Mexico 1850-1900. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Sixth Annual Research Lecture.
Spidle, Jake. 1986. Doctors of Medicine in New Mexico A History of Health and Medical Practices 1886-1986. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.
Tobias, Henry. 1990. A History of the Jews in New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.


Suggested Readings For The U. S. Southwest
Fierman, Floyd. 1985. Guts and Ruts The Jewish Pioneer on the Trail in the American Southwest. New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Fierman, Floyd. 1987. Roots and Boots From Crypto-Jews in New Spain To Community Leader in the American Southwest. Hoboken, New Jersey: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Jacobs, Janet Liebman. 2002. Chapter Five: "Conversion and the Rekindling of the Jewish Soul," In Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews. Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press. [available online http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9701/9701.ch05.html]
Libo, Kenneth and Irving Howe. 1984. We Lived There Too: In Their Own Words and Pictures Pioneer Jews and The Westward Movement of America. New York: St. Martin's/Marek.
Marks. M.L. 1992. Jews Among The Indians Tales of Adventure and Conflict In The Old West. Chicago, Illinois: Benison Books.
Niederman, Sharon. 1988. A Quilt Of Words: Women's Diaries, Letters & Original Accounts of Life in the Southwest, 1860-1960. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Company.
Rischin, Moses and John Livingston. 1991. Jews of the American West. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press.
Rochlin, Harriet and Fred Rochlin. 1984. Pioneer Jews A New Life In The Far West. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton-Mifflin Company. Ninth Printing
Stampfer, Rabbi Joshua. n.d. Pioneer Rabbi of the West: The Life and Times of Julius Eckman. Portland, Oregon: Rabbi Joshua Publisher.


Suggested Readings For Texas
Dary, David. 1986. Entrepreneurs of the Old West. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
Fierman, Floyd. 1988. "Abraham N. Franzblau Revolutionary Jewish Educator." In El Paso Historical Review.
Fierman, Floyd. 1981. "Haymon Krupp, Economic Adventurer in the Southwest." In Password.
Fierman, Floyd and Anne Goodman and Susan Kern. 1983. Insights and Hindsights of Some El Paso Jewish Families, Volume I Number II.
Fierman, Floyd. 1980. The Schwartz Family of El Paso, The Story of a Jewish Family in the Southwest. El Paso, Texas: Texas Western Press.
Kohlberg, Walter. 1973. Letters of Ernst Kohlberg, 1875-1877. El Paso, Texas: Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso.
Marinbach, Bernard. 1983. Galveston: Ellis Island of the West. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
Ornish, Natalie. 1989. Pioneer Jewish Texans Their Impact on Texas and American History For Four Hundred Years 1590-1990. Dallas, Texas: Texas Heritage Press.
University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures. 1974. The Jewish Texans. San Antonio, Texas: Institute of Texan Cultures.
Weiner, Hollace Ava. "The Mixers: The Role of Rabbis Deep in the Heart of Texas," American Jewish History 85.3 (1997) 289-332.
Weiner, Hollace Ava. 1999. Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work. College Station: Texas A&M University Press.
Winegarten, Ruthe and Cathy Schechter. 1990. Deep in the Heart The Lives & Legends of Texas Jews A Photographic History. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press.

Suggested Readings on Conversos and Crypto-Jews
Alexy, Trudi. 1993. The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews. New York: Simon & Schuster.
Alexy, Trudi. 2003. The Marrano Legacy: A Contemporary Crypto-Jewish Priest Reveals Secrets of His Hidden Life. Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press.
Beller, Jacob, 1969. Jews in Latin America. New York: Jonathan David Publishers.
Bohm, Gunter, 1984. Historia de los Judios En Chile Volumen I Periodo Colonial Judios y Judiosconversos en Chile Colonial Durante Los Siglos XVI y XVII. Santiago, Chile: Editorial Andres Bello Editorial Universitaria.
Cohen, Martin and Abraham Peck, 1993. Sephardim in the Americas Studies in Culture and History. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Cohen, Martin, 1973. The Martyr The Story of a Secret Jew and the Mexican Inquisition in the Sixteenth Century. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America.
Hordes, Stanley M. 2005. To the End of the Earth : A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico. Columbia University Press.
Gitlitz, David. 1996. Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society.
Golden, Gloria. 2004. Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans. Mountain View, CA: Floricanto Press.
Liebman, Seymour, 1964. A Guide to Jewish References in the Mexican Colonial Era 1521-1821. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Liebman, Seymour, 1982. New World Jewry, 1493-1825: Requiem for the Forgotten. New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Novinsky, Anita, 1982. A Inquisicao Brasiliense. Sao Paulo: Editora Brasiliense.
Weisbrot, Robert, 1979. The Jews of Argentina from the Inquisition to Peron. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America.

Suggested Readings on Sephardim in Spain
Ashtor, Eliyahu, 1984. The Jews of Moslem Spain, Volumes 1-3. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America.
Beinart, Haim, 1983. Los Conversos ante El Tribunal de la Inquisicion. Barclona: Riopiedras Ediciones.
Bel Bravo, Maria, 1988. El Auto De Fe De 1593 Los Conversos Granadinos De Origen Judio. Granada, Spain: Publicaciones de la Universidad de Granada. Antiguo Colegio Maximo.
Chamoro, Koldo, et al, 1992. Raices Judias En Espana Jewish Roots in Spain. Barcelona, Spain: Iberian Airlines.
Gerber, Jane, 1992. The Jews of Spain A History of the Sephardic Experience. New York: The Free Press.
Harris, Maurice, 1916. History of the Mediaeval Jews From the Moslem Conquest of Spain to the Discovery of America. New York: Bloch Publishing Co.
Henningsen Gustav, et al (ed.), 1986. The Inquisition In Early Modern Europe Studies on Sources and Methods. Dekalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.
Kayserling, Meyer, 1989. Christopher Columbus and the Participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries. North Hollywood, CA: Carmi House.
Kedourie, Elie (ed.), 1992. Spain and the Jews The Sephardi Experience 1492 and After. New York: Thames and Hudson.
Lea, Henry Charles, 1955. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, Volumes 1-4. New York: Harbor Press.
Minkin, Jacob, 1938. Abarbanel and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House Publishers.
Mocatta, Frederic, et al, 1933. The Jews of Spain and Portugal And the Inquisition. New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company.
Moore, Kenneth, 1976. Those of the Street The Catholic-Jews of Mallorca. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press.
Plaidy, Jean, 1967. The Spanish Inquisition its Rise, Growth and End. New York: The Citadel Press.
Prinz, Joachim, 1973. The Secret Jews. New York: Random House.
Raphael, Chaim, 1991. Sephardi Story A Celebration of Jewish History. London: Vallentine Mitchell & Co.
Roth, Cecil, 1932. A History of the Marranos. New York: Meridian Books, Inc.
Walsh, William T., 1940. Characters of the Inquisition. New York: P.J. Kennedy & Sons Publishers.

Suggested Readings on Sephardim in Portugal
Canelo, David, 1985. The Last Crypto-Jews of Portugal. Portland, Oregon: Institute For Judaic Studies.
Yerushalmi, Yosef, 1972. History of the Origin and Establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal. Translated by John Branner. New York: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.