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Jews of the Wild West

Really starting in 1881 and progressingover the next few decades, you have a stream of...

[music] Really starting in 1881 and progressing
over the next few decades, you have a stream of Jews
from Eastern Europe coming

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Really starting in 1881 and progressing over the next few decades,
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you have a stream of Jews from Eastern Europe coming.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:53
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...
That stops in about 1924 with the passage - Jews of the Wild West 00:10
That stops in about 1924 with the passage
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New York is their primary destination, - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
New York is their primary destination,
And the fear of the established Jews, - Jews of the Wild West 00:25
And the fear of the established Jews,
"If they're living on Hester Street, in the tenement district, - Jews of the Wild West 00:13
"If they're living on Hester Street, in the teneme...
They also might make Jews, as a class, look bad. " - Jews of the Wild West 00:14
They also might make Jews, as a class, look bad. "
His voice and his leadership was really important - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
His voice and his leadership was really important
What Jacob Schiff thought - Jews of the Wild West 00:13
What Jacob Schiff thought
The way that this manifests itself - Jews of the Wild West 00:14
The way that this manifests itself
They organized to send Jews to Galveston, - Jews of the Wild West 00:14
They organized to send Jews to Galveston,
The Galveston Movement resettled upwards - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
The Galveston Movement resettled upwards
We have the letters that some of those immigrants - Jews of the Wild West 00:10
We have the letters that some of those immigrants
I love it here in Colorado. " - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
I love it here in Colorado. "
Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. " - Jews of the Wild West 00:24
Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. "
It was the site of a brief Jewish - Jews of the Wild West 00:10
It was the site of a brief Jewish
One of the residents there, a prominant resident, - Jews of the Wild West 00:12
One of the residents there, a prominant resident,
And he connected with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
And he connected with the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, HIAS...
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society tried to work - Jews of the Wild West 00:11
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society tried to work
In exchange for $10,000, - Jews of the Wild West 00:11
In exchange for $10,000,
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