The State of Jewtah (filler name)

While you could have a Jewish majority in "Jewtah", you can't stop non-Jews from coming in and while the majority may elect Jews to the political posts, you have the constitutional proscriptions against establishment of religion that will limit certain aspects of control, as the Mormons found out. Things like closing laws for Saturday (as opposed to Sunday) are certainly doable (until those laws and other religious based blue laws were struck down). Mandatory kosher rules for restaurants, forbidding the raising of swine or other non-kosher animals, not happening. IMHO one key for maintaining a Jewish majority in any state, is that its not terribly attractive as a destination. If you have rich farmlands, mineral wealth, etc you'll have a lot of non-Jewish settlers and others coming in , and there is no way to legally prevent it - discourage maybe but prevent no way. If there is some pull like that for settlers, you'll rather rapidly dilute the Jewish majority.

On top of those issues, the reality is that the Jews of "Jewtah" are not going to get any more support from the rest of the USA than the Mormons did. You have the "despised minority religion oppressing good Christians" meme just waiting to come out, the history of Mormon-federal interactions after the migration to Utah are replete with that.

Hasidic Jews in the American Tri State are doing a decent job of self segregation, IIRC.
 
I forget the TL, but in that one, there was a Wasatch Territory consisting of a chunk of Utah and Nevada, where some Jews beat the Mormons there, who in ITTL, settle around Lake Manitoba. It maintains a Jewish majority population, earns a reputation in the West for fair dealing with outsiders, and attracts a chunk of OTL Jewish immigration.
 
Part 2
I think I'm gonna do it story style, if nothing else to practice writing. I was also lucky enough to talk to a mormon Utah native who was able to help me better write this story/TL.

Ezikiel was nervous, It was clear that the messians weren't wanted and he didn't know what to do. The responsibility to lead Solomon's flock had fallen on him due to him being groomed as his successor. He had just about exhausted his options too.

"We can't go to another city or we'll just be forced to leave and I doubt Europe will be much better," Ezikiel thought to himself. His thoughts were cut short however when a young teen no older than 15 came to him.

"Rabbi can you tell me what's going on with my body? My voice keeps on cracking and I'm getting hair on my... Oh, sorry I didn't mean to disturb you, is something on your mind?" The boy named Daniel, who is ironically unwise, asked.

"Nothing to worry about, I'm just trying to figure out what we should do with our flock." Ezikiel replied.

"That must be tough it's not like we're mormons and can just wander around a desert." Daniel replied.

"It's not impossible, after all moses and the Israelites wandered for 40 years and they-" Ezikiel stopped himself and realized his solution. If they had done it before, and the mormons had done it now then why not.

"Daniel your a genius, be a mensch and gather everyone I have an announcement to make." Ezekiel then went off to look at the maps and find a place to settle. After much deliberation he picked a spot in OTL Nevada where the Humbolt and Resse rivers meet.

That night he had gathered everyone at the Synagogue and told them of their journey.

"Thank you all for coming, as you know we have faced many challenges and now with the death of our great prophet, things seem hopeless. Worry not, for God and Yeshua are always with us and after prayer and careful thought, I have decided a plan of action. We shall head west in the same manner as the mormons and create our own home where we can live freely. This journey will not be easy and we may have to fight, the comfort of modern life will also be lacking as well. Think of your children and grandchildren and their grandchildren, when we make it we shall truly be fruitful and multiply."

Ezikiel stopped and catched his breath, he was never good at speeches but he felt he was guided by another presence that helped him through it.

The people cheered and that night it was settled. They would finally have a place where they belonged. They began preparing the next day selling things that they didn't need and stocking up on guns and munitions just in case. They loaded up on horse pulled wagons and set off.

So what do yall think?
 
Maybe if New York City split off from the State and came into the Union separately. Then if enough Jews immigrated - - -.
 
If you want this to be vaguely plausible you need to tie this back to actual Jewish movements in the 18th and 19th century. Messianic Jews in the modern sense of the word (i.e. people who observe some Jewish customs but "accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior) are an entirely 20th century phenomenon. To the best of my understanding it is a concept developed by (non-Jewish) Baptists as a way to facilitate conversion of Jews (and it has largely failed to convert actual observant Jews). That said there were Jewish movements in the 18th century that I could see being amenable to a concept that you describe. Frankism for example, seems the most obvious candidate. I am certainly not an expert in Frankism, but from my limited study this seems to be reasonably accurate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism Therefore, if you begin with a group of Frankists coming to the US (which did happen; apparently Louis Brandeis's family had connections to Frankism) and one of their leaders receives a "divine revelation" to go west perhaps that starts to make sense. You could then imagine that as the Pograms begin picking up force in the Russian Empire in the 1880s Frankist missionaries begin encouraging immigration to the west. Indeed parts of the Midwest (the Dakotas for example) have climatic similarities to the Poland/Ukraine/White Russia area where many of these Jews lived.
 
I just thought of one, Judah. I think that would work the best
the United States has a New York and a New Jersey so what would probably have a New Judea.
As forgetting more Jews to immigrate to America, American immigration happened in waves mostly connected to political unrest in European countries. When there was unrest in that country that's when people immigrated to the United States.
Increase the wars and political instability into Eastern Europe and more Jews would immigrate to America. A rise in anti-Semitism in the United States would force the Jewish population out West.
Seeing as how the Jewish population was fleeing pogroms they would probably have better relations with the Native American population because they can sympathize with their plight.
19th century Jews were pretty much an urban population, New Judea would most likely be heavily industrialized. Which would make it an economic hub for the West.
 
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