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Gauchos resting in the Pampas. YM Rugendas

Not Crying for Argentina

Soprotimis The mass Jewish emigration from Russia and Poland around the turn of the 20th century was a historic upheaval with far-reaching social, political, and humanitarian consequences. Many organizations were created to resettle the staggering...

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Identified by their communities of origin. Jewish storefront on Broome Street||

Strength in Numbers

Jeffrey S. Gurock

In New York circa 1900, Jewish identity was in the streets and in the air; one in four New Yorkers was Jewish, and formal religious affiliation felt unnecessary. Fifty years later, suburban Jews needed communal...

Off the Boat

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Between 1824 and 1924, thirty-four million Europeans immigrated to the United States, including some three million Jews. In the 19th century, this journey took several months; families traveled on foot and by carriage and train...

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Not Crying for Argentina

Strength in Numbers

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