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Jewish Montanans

Montana has a rich history of Jewish pioneers, homesteaders, activists, workers, and community-builders. Click a picture to go to their biography. 

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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. 

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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.  

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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. 

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David Navon, 1920-1949

Navon and tweother firefighters perished in the tragic Mann Gulch Fire in 1949. Their deaths changed firefighting forever. 

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Julius Levy , 1833-1901

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Samuel and Sadye Eicoff

Samuel and Sadye Eicoff were successful business owners in Lewiston, MT. 

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