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The Jews in Russia were forced to live in harsh conditions, and lost their ability to have certain jobs, and faced extreme violence from their neighbors, the Russian peasantry. Emigration to America became a way of escaping these truly awful conditions and providing better for one’s family.

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Jewish immigrants sought the United States as a place of refuge and freedom.

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Here are some Jewish immigrants getting off of the ship they used to get to America

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These are some Jewish Immigrants at Ellis Island

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Jewish immigrants waiting in line with their belongings

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This is a graph of the growth of Jewish Population in America. As you can see, the numbers increased dramatically in the 1890s-1950

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The period 1820–1880 is  usually considered the era of German Jewish immigration to the United States.

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The New York metropolitan area is home to the largest Jewish population in the world outside Israel

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These are common day Jews, in NY and Brooklyn

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In the 1880s, more than 200,000 Eastern European Jews arrived in the U.S

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Poland immigration to the U.S. occurred during the 1820s-40s