I am an Alaskan Native and Filipino. Both my parents are Jewish as well. I have always known I was different from the people I went to school with. Even I was persecuted because I looked different. I wasn't "full-bred" as they have said. My best friends growing up were Jewish. Christy Rabinowitz was one of them. I never forget anyone whom I make friends with. I wish I knew about the Jewish synagogues there growing up and wish my parents were practicing. But, when I got older it wasn't until just a few years ago that I have chosen to follow and be Jewish. I looked up information about history on Alaskan Jews, and I found your article. Thank you (todah) for helping me find more information about the history of Jews in Alaska. Baruch HaShem Shalom! One day, I hope to come back home and be proud to be apart of a Torah Observant congregation called Beit Aveinu.