![]() (Ben) The oppression that Jews had been experiencing in Europe had been taking place for over a thousand years. My great-grandfather, who I'm named from, they were in Ukraine. (guitar music) ♪ (Scott) My name is Scott Gerber, but my Jewish name is (indistinct). Her family were Sephardic Jews originally. (dramatic music) (Ben) Interestingly, 1903 was also the year that Emma Lazarus's The New Colossus was inscribed onto the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."Įmma Lazarus was a writer, a poet, an American Jew. How can you be Jewish in a place where you can't good bagels? There's a belief that, well, East Coast is the only place to be Jewish. He was a Jewish actor, and he played four roles.īroncho Billy was the first celebrity cowboy.Ī Jewish man whose parents came from Russia and Germany, and he eventually starred in 300 Western films. (singing in foreign language) (melancholy music) ♪ ♪ (chaotic violin music) (Ben) The Great Train Robbery was a silent film released in 1903, considered to be the first American Western.īroncho Billy Anderson, also known as Gilbert Anderson, born Maxwell Aronson. ![]()
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