Trends in Jewish Immigration to the U.S.

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the first wave of Jewish movement to the Americas that began in the 1590s with Sephardic Jews and the next wave that began before the American Revolution with Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe and Russia. The paper then turns to after the Revolution, when Jewish immigration increased significantly with many Russian immigrants, and the main influx of Russian Jews that occurred from 1881 until the end of the First World War. Finally, the paper recounts the best known immigration of Jews into America that began with the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany. The paper highlights the poverty and difficult living conditions these immigrants faced and shows how like many other immigrants, the Jewish community had to struggle and fight hard for their foothold in the New World.

Outline:
The First Wave
The Second Wave
After the Revolution and the Civil War
1881 and the Russian Jews
Twentieth Century Immigration

From the Paper:

"There is a long history of Jewish immigration into the United States of America, beginning at the very earliest mass-movement of Europeans into the New World. This early immigration was slow and steady, and large numbers of Jewish people did not arrive in the US until the 19th Century. Persecution and poverty forced many European Jews to immigrate to the New World, although many experienced similar poverty and discrimination once they arrived. The terrible circumstances of the Second World War also ensured massive movement of Jewish people into America."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Antin, Mary (1912) "The Wonders of America" excerpt from The Promised Land
• Chao, Adam, and Spencer, Dan "Immigration: The Jews" http://library.thinkquest.org/20619/Jewish.html
• Falk, Gerhard "Jewish Immigration" http://www.jbuff.com/c121400.htm.
• Gritz, Linda (2004) "Immigrants, then and Now" Jewish Currents, November 2004.
• Klinger, Jerry (1992) "The Meaning of American Jewish History" The Jewish Magazine Article 13, 1992.

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