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Jews of the Wild West

What Jacob Schiff thought is that it doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter...

What Jacob Schiff thought is that it doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your religion is as long as you really love American ideals, then you're the best American

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What Jacob Schiff thought
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is that it doesn't matter where you come from,
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it doesn't matter what your religion
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is as long as you really love American ideals,
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then you're the best American.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:24
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, history, western
Production
Electric Yolk Media

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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...
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,
[music] - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
[music]
When I was younger, I used to ride horses up here - Jews of the Wild West 00:08
When I was younger, I used to ride horses up here
We get in 1882, a group of originally 50, - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
We get in 1882, a group of originally 50,
To their great disappointment, when they got to Cotopaxi, - Jews of the Wild West 00:10
To their great disappointment, when they got to Cotopaxi,
They were challenged from the beginning - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
They were challenged from the beginning
The weather was a big factor in why they didn't stay. - Jews of the Wild West 00:05
The weather was a big factor in why they didn't stay.
They got frozen out. Early frost the first summer. - Jews of the Wild West 00:07
They got frozen out. Early frost the first summer.
Then the second year, they planted early, - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
Then the second year, they planted early,
While the farming was very, very difficult, - Jews of the Wild West 00:09
While the farming was very, very difficult,