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Jews of the Wild West

[Singing in Yiddish]

[Singing in Yiddish]

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[Singing in Yiddish]
Duration
7 seconds
Views
93
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:51
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...
From the people I come from, this is the most important verse. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
From the people I come from, this is the most important vers...
Work together, all as brothers, - Jews of the Wild West 00:10
Work together, all as brothers,
All must work, for work is good, in work we find brotherhood. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
All must work, for work is good, in work we find brotherhood...
Abraham Jacob Zlabovsky was our first ancestor here in the United States. - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
Abraham Jacob Zlabovsky was our first ancestor here in the U...
The town's also famous, unfortunately, for pogroms. By the early 1900s, - Jews of the Wild West 00:10
The town's also famous, unfortunately, for pogroms. By ...
It looks like the entire shtetl was lifted and brought to Texas. - Jews of the Wild West 00:06
It looks like the entire shtetl was lifted and brought to Te...
It's crazy to me how many people were interconnected in both San Antonio - Jews of the Wild West 00:11
It's crazy to me how many people were interconnected in...
[music] - Jews of the Wild West 00:15
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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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