History of the early IE

The Wild West is the most uniquely American cultural phenomenon. You will find no such other history in any country in the world. The isolation of the area and survival-of-the-fittest conditions of the life of the cowboy, the sometimes bloody blending of cultures and the topography, the near-anarchy lawlessness and countless other elements lend the American West an aura of romance and mystique. Stories of doomed desperados lure us to the screen, or book, like magnets but any shades of gray in them loose our attention. It is nearly impossible to reconstruct truthfully and accurately episodes in the cultural history of the American West once they pass into the realm of lore and legend.

In the days before there was a synagogue in the Inland Valley, a very special place on south Euclid Avenue in Ontario was the focus of many Jewish activities including some that were rather scandalous if they were leaked to the outside world....Truth be known, it wasn't a Jewish Synagogue....It was merely owned by a Jewish family who, had absconded the day to day running of the Health resort to another group of people, who had a far more modern outlook on life.

The Paradise Health Resort, as the name implies, was no religious institution.....It attracted visitors who enjoyed the weather and rural experience and came to regain their health.....It also was where Jews were welcomed to visit if they wished in an era where many Jews were not as welcomed as was the case else where....Considering WWII, and the Jewish atrocities which ensued in the labor camps, it is a well known dark little dirty secret of many in the US, and especially the Inland Empire, that Jews were not welcomed in many areas of southern California, even after the war.