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Jews of the Wild West

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Societyused to stand like at the dock when people were getting...

[music] The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
used to stand like at the dock when people were getting off the boat and tell people to go to Texas
because it was unchartered and it was a great land
of opportunity out there in Texas

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The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society used to stand like at the dock
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when people were getting off the boat
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and tell people to go to Texas because it was unchartered
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and it was a great land of opportunity out there in Texas.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
102
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:02
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, history, western
Production
Electric Yolk Media

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Movie Summary

It is a feature length documentary. The independent not-for-profit film is produced by Electric Yolk Media and directed by award-winning filmmaker Amanda Kinsey. Through on-camera interviews, compelling footage, and historical pho...
They started to plant seeds in San Antonio - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
They started to plant seeds in San Antonio
The patriarch on American side is Abraham. - Jews of the Wild West 00:05
The patriarch on American side is Abraham.
Abraham, he sold matzos on Pesach in the synagogue. - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
Abraham, he sold matzos on Pesach in the synagogue.
Abraham had nine children, - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
Abraham had nine children,
The children in EL Paso were founding - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
The children in EL Paso were founding
Grandpa had a very decent store. - Jews of the Wild West 00:05
Grandpa had a very decent store.
He had connections with stores throughout El Paso. - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
He had connections with stores throughout El Paso.
El Paso was a burgeoning community - Jews of the Wild West 00:12
El Paso was a burgeoning community
The Jewish wholesalers were subsidizing him - Jews of the Wild West 00:14
The Jewish wholesalers were subsidizing him
And they would offer him a dollar a week and he would accept it. - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
And they would offer him a dollar a week and he would accept...
And that's the way he made his so-called living. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
And that's the way he made his so-called living.
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Or beige. Maybe they were beige, I don't know. [chuckles] - Jews of the Wild West 00:10
Or beige. Maybe they were beige, I don't know. [chuckle...
And there were houses that had giant porches that reached - Jews of the Wild West 00:11
And there were houses that had giant porches that reached
And you could see battles happening down there - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
And you could see battles happening down there
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I like to imagine Frank was, kind of, a little skinny, Jewish, Rough Rider - Jews of the Wild West 00:16
I like to imagine Frank was, kind of, a little skinny, Jewis...
I would go with him and he would stop underneath the Cottonwood - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
I would go with him and he would stop underneath the Cottonw...
I have a picture. My brother and I have chaps on. - Jews of the Wild West 00:05
I have a picture. My brother and I have chaps on.
He used to buy us uniforms when we would come to visit him. - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
He used to buy us uniforms when we would come to visit him.