by David W. Epstein
Founder of the Jewish Museum of the American West
The period of the Wild West was a major part of American History.
Jews were a major factor in the development of the American West at that special time.
It was actually a Third Golden Age when almost everything went right for the Jewish Pioneers.
The Jewish Museum of the American West is dedicated to telling what happened because of the Jewish Pioneers — and how and why it happened.
Click on each link below to read on.
The Wild West: The Third Golden Age for Jewry [a short introduction]
Eastern American History vs Western American History: 2 Different Histories
Pioneer Jews and Their Five Added Values – I-HELP