Laurence Sherwood asked:

>Does anyone know if Alma was Jewish? If so, was she observant?

Almost laughing out loud here, but certainly not at you.  Alma was not only
NOT Jewish, you could almost make the case that she was anti-Semitic.  She
had a number of things to say on the subject that might have been excusable
given the personal and historical context, but which these days would be
considered immediately actionable.

Mitch Friedfeld