AVA F. KAHN has taught in the Jewish Studies programs of The University of California at Davis and San Francisco State University. Her publications include Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush: A Documentary History 1849-1880 (2002) and Jewish Life in the American West: Perspectives on Migration, Settlement, and Community (2002). MARC DOLLINGER is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility, San Francisco State University, and the author of Quest For Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America (2000).