July 05, 2002 • Page Image 93
…Clockwise from bottom left: From "Jewish Americans: The Immigrant Experience," Bilhah Abigail Levy Franks, c. 1740: Through her letters, Abigail Franks left us perhaps the most complete record of Jewish life in 18th-century America, demonstrating the commitment of early American Jews to their religious tradition and their increasing comfort in a religiously mixed society; Charles M. Strauss and son, c. 1886: Strauss was gaRGENCE oto,VicousNOW...…

















































