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Naomi Sandweiss

Naomi Sandweiss is the author of Jewish Albuquerque, and a past president of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society.

Inside the Camps
As anti-Asian violence surges, revisiting the history of Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps during WWII
byNaomi Sandweiss
A Comforter and Friend on the Front Lines
How Rabbi Harry Richmond viewed his historic role as a chaplain in the U.S. Army
byNaomi Sandweiss
The Kings of Suburbia
William Levitt and Joseph Eichler both pioneered suburban development. But one fought for fair housing, while the other refused to integrate his communities.
byNaomi Sandweiss
Ghetto Marks
Eighty years ago, the Nazis established a bank in the Lodz Ghetto—and created a special currency that could only be used there
byNaomi Sandweiss
Jews on the Prairie
The rise and fall of Beersheba, a Jewish agricultural colony that brought immigrants to Kansas in the 1880s
byNaomi Sandweiss
Beating the Flu
A century ago, Rabbi Moise Bergman helped the people of Albuquerque survive a deadly epidemic
byNaomi Sandweiss
Before WWII Began, a Generation of Jewish Men Joined FDR’s ‘Tree Army’
On Tu B’Shevat, recalling how planting trees in the Civilian Conservation Corps helped immigrants’ children become Americans
byNaomi Sandweiss
A Mobster in the Family
My husband’s great-uncle was generous and entertaining—and a member of Detroit’s Jewish crime syndicate
byNaomi Sandweiss
The Great War’s Jewish Soldiers
On Veterans Day, I remember my grandfather, who fought in World War I as a Jew and an American
byNaomi Sandweiss
Land of Enchantment
As New Mexico marks 100 years of statehood, one woman looks back on her great-aunt and -uncle, who helped spur a century of Jewish life there
byNaomi Sandweiss

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