Summary of History, Speakers, and Newsletters

B'nai Shalom was started in 1967 In Harry Glick's house with Daniel Rona, Al Ostroff, and Jerry Horowitz, as stated by Jerry Kidd, who attended the second meeting. He doesn't beleive that Max Yospe was at first. (Jerry Horowitz is the father of Jerome Horowitz who is currently on the board.)

Other early officers include Sylvia Linford, Sherm Young, Theda Butt, Ron Zeidner, Elissa and Al Molling, Lester Liebschutz, Irving Cohen, Jeremy Friedbaum, Max Yospe, Gail Boyd, Nancy Goodstein Hilton. All have or have had interesting backgrounds. We are grateful for the torch they carried.

See also the historical officers list. At the historical list of speakers, there are links to more info about the speaker and the event, and often a scanned program. All features are not yet all integrated.

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We are now in the eve of the 50th Anniversary of B'nai Shalom, and we plan to make it the year of the Mormons and Jews - an idea instigated by Mark Peredes in his column on the Jewish Journal several years ago.

NOTE: This page is in process of being reformed into Responsive Web design and merged with another page. In the process, some historical references may be repaired.

• Jewish Gen conference in Salt Lake
• Biography on Brother Parry
• About Isaiah: quoted often (page 3)
• About Dead Sea Scrolls (start page 3)
• Jewish Traditions respecting the family - from Truman Madsen (start page 5)
• Dead Sea Scrolls - LDS from Encyclopedia of Mormonism (start page 7)
• The Last "Oy Vey" (start page 10)

• Slutzk, Belarus during and after WWII (page 4)
• Sabbath (page 5)
• Lost from Torah (page 7)
• Jewish Jokes (Last Oy Vey; page 9)

• Shtetl Life (page 7)
• What is Yiddish (page 7)
• History of Fiddler on the Roof (page 8)
• Jewish Jokes (Last Oy Vey; page 10)

• The blessings of the B'nai Shalom page 2
• Some thoughts on Pentecost page 9
• The 13 Articles of Jewish faith (put together by 12th-century Rabbi Maimonides) page 10
• The last Oy Vey page 11

This is a very important and interesting historical issue about the first Jewish settlement in Utah and the first synagogues in Utah. Notice on page 9 the church's involvement in the first synagogues.

• First Jewish settlement in Utah (page 2)
  Reference to the Russian Far East 1930
• First synagogues in Utah 1911. (page 8)
  President George F Smith dedicated first one. Church made a sizable contribution.Jewish man elected mayor of SLC.

• Forgotton text of 22 day New Year's Festival (pg 2)
• Judah Returns (State of Israel 1948)
• Joseph Baratz from Ukraine 1905 (page 7)

• Jewish Books (page 4); Talmud, Mishnah, etc.
• Jewish Calendar (page 7)
• Jewish Jokes (page 10)

• Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls (pg 2)
• Timeline from Masada (pg 3)
• Ezra Taft Benson affinity for jews (pg 5)
• Music, instruments, and celebration (pg 10)

• Kinship, Religion, Transformation of Society (pg 3)
• Value of family newsletter (pg 5)
• Chanukah and recipes (pg 8)
• Music, instruments, and Celebration (pg 10)

• Life and travels of Morris B Rosenbaum (pg 2)
• 3 Divisions of Jewish people and Jewish surnames (pg 5)
• Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and recipes (pg 8)
• Kosher Food Laws by Dr. Irving Cohen: (pg 18)

• Ron Zeidner past president passed away
• Alexander Neibaur first Jewish Convert. His story 5 pgs.
• Jerusalem Redeemed through Law of Tithing.
• An Elder's conversation with Rothschild. MISSING a page.

• Orson Hyde and the rest of the story
• Praising the Lord through music
• Jewish and Gentile families and Jesus day
• Pres. Harry S Truman as a modern Cyrus
• How Jewish families lived in Jesus day

• Dedication of Palestine
• Joseph and Judah
• Was Columbus Jewish?
• Book of Mormon and Jewish holidays
• Center for Jewish Studies at Utah Valley State College
• Jerusalem 3000th year anniversary

• Hebrew lessons, seminars on Judaism
• what is Yiddish
• what is Hebrew
• indexing project

• Elissa's Trip to Russia
• Trip to historical church sites
• Barbara Shpack leaving,
  Charles Smith to be genealogy helper.

• Paschal Lamb
• Passover Seder
• Spotlight on Irving Cohen

• Mormon Tabernacle Choir at Israel 1992 at request of Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek
• Five items in Mission Statement / Objectives
• Serve your people, House of Israel

• Pg 2 Jewish Genealogy research notes by Leon Ilutovich: Warsaw's Jewish cemetery
• Pg 3. Silvia Linford member 35 years
• Pg 3. Profile of Alexander Niebaur - 1841 immigrant - by Theda Bassett Butt
• Pg 4. Recipes
• Pg 5 Tel Aviv 75th birthday
• Pg 5 Yivo requests tales

• meet Jerry Kidd
• meet Max Yospe, former President
• passing of Ruth Adams click 1925-1983, married in 1947
• Jerusalem dig uncovers wall of Citadel

• Place, kin, occupation, descriptive, derisive and rank names in Jewish genealogy (Hirshkovitz" meaning son of Hirske, the names denoting membership in the priestly lineage of Aaron or of the family of Levi )
• The value of preliminary training about Jewish, in the Mission field
• Cooking blintzes
• Wayne and Sister LuRee Ottley, returned representatives to Israel

• Chicken soup and matzoh balls recipes by Gail Boyd

No Shofar from prior to this time.
Various Meeting Notices and Note

November 1977 1977NovemberMembersMeeting.pdf

Present included Glicks, Ostraff, Feldman, Linford. Discussed a matter that had been spoken about by Sherm Young, about the President being a priesthood holder, and Ron Zeidgner released as president because he is Stake Mission President.

Meeting Announcement

April 1975

Rodger Hall about Alexander Niebaur (accepted Gospel 1840). Posterity born under covenant: + 6000, including mission presidents, regional reps, stake presidents, bishops, Hugh and Reid Nibley. Ken Dyal of Oakland made report. Rex Pineager said President Kimball opened door to teach the Jews.

1975Announce.pdf

To be held at Monument Park 14th. Invited all members friends and guests interested in Jewish culture and traditions incuding Mormons and Non-Mormons.

Joyous occasion of spiritual renewal and reunion with old friends

Un-dated Meeting Notes

Sometime in 197X Charles Smith to get Shofar, presented idea on web page.
Friedman to sing My Yaddish A mama

197xBusinessMeetingScribbles.pdf.

Include names: Glick; Yospe; Charles Smith; Jeremy Friedbaum, Paul and Pearl Friedman; Bro Lipshultz; Ostraff