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EPHRAIM, Utah—January 6, 2003—Snow College today announced that “A Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember” a photo-documentary exhibit depicting the contribution of Jews to Utah history will be displayed in Snow’s Founders Hall on the top floor of the Noyes Building Monday, January 13th through Friday, January 24th. The exhibit is free and open to the public weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The exhibit, an award-winning participant in the Cultural Olympics Arts Festival during the 2002 Winter Games, explores Jewish identity in the West by sharing Jewish history, traditions and heritage. It was created by Eileen Hallet Stone who for two years collected more than 90 archived and current oral history interviews, discovered historical photographs and took new ones.
Highlights include stories about Sephardic Jew, Solomon Nunes Carvalho, who chronicled Colonel John C. Fremont’s near fatal expedition across the Rocky Mountains; Simon Bamberger, who in 1916, became Utah’s first Democrat, first non-Mormon and only Jew to be Governor; the one hundred Jewish-owned businesses that once lined the downtown streets of Salt Lake City; and the little known agricultural community of Clarion, which blossomed briefly in the arid desert of Central Utah.
During the two weeks of the exhibit, Snow will also feature a musical presentation and convocations highlighting Jewish history. On Wednesday, January 15th, David Asman will bring his Klezmer musical presentation, “Utah: Where Jews are Gentiles” to Snow’s Founders Hall at 7:30 p.m. On Thursday, January 16th, Eileen Hallet Stone will discuss the exhibit at convocation; and on Thursday, January 23rd, Rabbi Shmuel Boteach will speak on “Human Rights and the Holocaust” at convocation. Snow convocations are held in the Crane Theatre at 12:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
“Homeland in the West: Utah Jews Remember” is made possible with funds from John Price, the Jewish Federation of Utah, the Utah Humanities Council, members and friends of Utah’s Jewish community and with support from the University of Utah Marriott Library.
Snow College
Snow College, founded in
1888, serves approximately 2,800 students at its Ephraim campus, and
approximately 600 students at its Richfield campus. The college provides general education and applied technology
programs leading to Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of
Applied Science and Associate of Pre-Engineering degrees, and certificates of
completion in a number of occupational areas.
Once owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Snow
College became a state college in 1932.
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