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Jewish Montanans

Montana has a rich history of Jewish pioneers, homesteaders, activists, workers, and community-builders. Click around our archive to read profiles written for MJP by Patty Dean. Each photo will take you to a dedicated page about that person!

Arlyne Reichart, 1926-2024

Learn more about one of the fiercest delegates to the 1972 Constitutional Convention, a defender of bridges, and a life-long Jewish Montanan.

Daniel E. Bandmann, circa 1880, New York Public Library, Billy Rose Theatre Division (1).j

Daniel Bandmann, 1837-1905

Bandmann was a Shakespearean actor with a colorful personal life. Later in his life, he would introduce McIntosh apples to Montana.

The Courier News (Plainfield, NJ ), June 6, 1932 (1).jpg

Fanney Neyman Litven, 1900-1991

Fanney Neyman Litvin began life in Butte, MT before going on to be the first woman lawyer at the Federal Communications Commission.