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- ↑ Hess, Jonathan (2018). Deborah and Her Sisters: How One Nineteenth-Century Melodrama and a Host of Celebrated Actresses Put Judaism on the World Stage. University of Pennsylvania PRESS. p. 182. ISBN 0812249585.
- ↑ Marschall, John (2011). Jews in Nevada: A History. University of Nevada PRESS. ISBN 9780874177480.