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# Lose the religion
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/lose-the-religion-editor/
- Published: 2005-07-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:30:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Ocean Park, #archive-import

*By Henry Rosenfeld*

I was surprised by something I read in Winter Johnson’s front page story about Santa Monica’s 130-year history (SMDP, July 15, page 1). About one man who bought a town lot, your reporter wrote: “Zamoyski paid $500.” But another man who came to town is described this way: “Harris Newmark, a prominent Jewish wool merchant...”

Why did Winter Johnson (if that really is his/her name) identify Newmark as a Jewish merchant but left Zamoyski without any ethnic or stereotypical job identification?

Thanks for clearing this up.

Ocean Park (Editor’s note: The information was taken directly from a historical book, which described Newmark that way.)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 22, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)