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Kaitlyn Biery, Jack Anderson, Ashlinn Salvator

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Kaitlyn Biery, Jack Anderson, Ashlinn Salvator

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Current Jewish People in Brooklyn/New York

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Current Jewish People in Brooklyn/New York

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Today, New York has the second largest Jewish population in a single metropolitanarea. Borough Park, Brooklyn is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities in the world, but there are many smaller Jewish neighborhoods dispersed throughout the city. In many neighborhoods of Orthodox Jewish, people keep strictly to Jewish law. In some places a siren is even sounded on Friday night to signal the arrival of Shabbat. Many people also do not attend movies or own televisions, and the children go to yeshivas instead of public schools. Although, all of the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods are different these similar characteristics can be seen in a vast number of them.

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In 2006, April was announced as "Jewish American Heritage Month". This month focuses on celebrating Jewish people who have came and live in the United States, also how they've shaped the cultural society and the valuable contributions they've made for our country. American Jews have kept their culture alive, by setting up churches and still celebrating many religious holidays. These holidays include Hanukkah, Ron Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, and many more.

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Many Russia Jewish immigrants fled to esacpe the Anti-Semitism and seek refuge in America. In Russia, people were encouraged to harm their Jewish neighbors and riots were often held. As the violence and hate propaganda increased so did the desire for religious freedom. Many settled in the lower east side of New York and other cities after arriving to the states.

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From Shtetl to Ellis Island - My Mother's Immigration Story

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Policies for European Jews getting into America

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Policies for European Jews getting into America

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Between 1941 and 1952 America saw itself go through a dramatic amount of immigration change. Because of World War II there was a lot of pressure internally for Jews to be allowed into the U.S. however the government was fearful of German spies trying to pose as a Jew and getting into America. Because of this, the visa policies were extensively tightened. Soon the State Department started urging diplomatic counsels in Europe to screen potential immigrants carefully in hopes of preventing disaster. Even though the U.S. government was starting to change policies for the European Jews and immigration President Roosevelt was getting a lot of internal pressure to change policy. Soon he signed the War Refugee Bond as an executive order. This act really facilitated the rescue of of "imperiled" refugees. The WRB made possible the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews in Hungary, Romania and other European countries.

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Levi Strauss was one of the most famous american Jewish immigrants and was the co founder of Levi Strauss and co (now just Levi's). His company was the first to make and sell riveted blue jeans, which were much more durable than any other jeans at the time. This was important because blue' jeans were worn by gold diggers in California who needed durable and very functional clothing. This made him and his company extremely successful even into modern time.

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Impact the Holocaust had on American Jewry

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Impact the Holocaust had on American Jewry

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The Holocaust had an impact on the world but it was felt especially in the Jewish communities. In America Jewish communities there was an opportunity for them unlike the communities of Europe. The American Jews had the protection of the U.S. government and military. This gave them the opportunity to safely  oppose the Nazis. Even though they had this amazing opportunity, they were not it a place to capitalize on it. They were hopelessly disjointed and had no ground to stand on in the government. Therefore it made it very difficult for them to get anywhere. The biggest glaring form of this disjointedness was the issue of a new Jewish state in Palestine. When this became a prominent issue in Jewish society, it was clear that they were a people divided. Three different Jewish opinions. All of them extremely different. Even though they were a disjointed people, they were able to make a push for change in a few sectors of the American government. For example, the War Refugee Bond (WBR) was largely accredited to the American Jewish community. They were also able to collect around 124 million dollars for Jews in Europe and Palestine. In the end there was not much that they did to affect American War policies, but even if they were a more united voice there is very little that any one ethnic group can do to change American policies in any dramatic ways.

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Between 1880-1920 around 23 percent of the worlds Jewish population migrated to America. The main reasons for immigration were to escape religious persecution and to seek better economic opportunities. Under the rule of Russian czars European Jews were often isolated. Socially and physically, Jews were being isolated from society and persecuted for their beliefs. As the violence levels continued to rise, so did the number of Jews fleeing to the United States. Many Jews hoped to find religious freedom and a safer environment in their new home. While escaping Anti-Semitism was a main reason, some European Jews struggling financially in their current homes came to America hoping to find better jobs and pay.

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Between 1880 and the beginning of World War 1 about 12 million immigrants traveled through Ellis Island, and 3 million of those immigrants were Jewish. To help Jewish immigrants a group of Jewish people from Russia created the Herbrew immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in 1902. They helped aid new Jewish immigrants by providing translators, shelter, and jobs. They even helped in the push for a Kosher Kitchen at Ellis Island which was built in 1911.

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Around 5 million Polish immigrants came to the United States between 1880-1920. Many intellectuals and poor nobles made up the early American Polish population but later were immigrants fleeing religious persecution and seeking better opportunity's. Many settled in Texas and the Chicago area.

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Policies for European Jews getting into America (continued)

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Policies for European Jews getting into America (continued)

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When the allied forces emerged victorious in Europe, many Jews came out of concentration camps and hiding only to find a world that still didn't have a place for them. Those who survived still suffered. They either didn't have homes to return to, or they didn't have a family to go with, because of this, many Jews spread to new places in hopes of a new and better life. Soon these Jews were joined by another 150,000 fleeing from communism in Eastern Europe. The most poplar place for these Jews to go, was Palestine. After that, they all wanted to go to America. Even though a lot of Jews wanted to immigrate to America, the restrictions in place made it very difficult to get in. Even though congress was in the process of getting these Jews expedited. Then, due to existing immigration quotas, congressional action would once again have to be taken before more displaced persons (DPs) were admitted into the U.S. In 1948 after much pressure from the American Jewish community, congress passed legislation to admit 202,000 DPs into the U.S. and almost 80,000 of those DPs were Jewish. Although this did allow more Jews into the U.S. it was called "flagrantly discriminatory" by President Truman. By the time the law was amended in 1950, it was too late most of the Jews went to the new country of Israel wish was founded in May of 1948. Although many of the European Jews went to Israel, between 1945 and 1952, 137,480 Jewish refugees settled in the U.S.

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Irving Berlin is considered one of the greatest american songwriters and also one of the most famous Jewish American Immigrants. Berlin was born in Russia and came to the United states when he was only five years old.  In 1907, he published his first song and in 1911 he had his first international hit: "Alexander's Ragtime Band." His song started a Ragtime craze in the US and all around the world. In his career he wrote 1,500 songs, including popular broadway and hollywood songs. Some of his songs even became anthems like Berlin's "God Bless America" published in 1938, which is still listened to and sung today. Even through all his success, Berlin remained devoted to his Jewish faith and was honored by the Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) as one the twelve "most outstanding Americans of Jewish faith."

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Irving Berlin "God Bless America" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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Another extremely interesting topic in American Jewry and any Jews immigrating to America was the way that they adapted and changed according to U.S. society. European Jews were very different from American Jews and American Jews were very different from the average American. Therefore, the Jewish people in America and coming to America were compelled to change. In Jewish communities it became very common to have an organized baseball teams. They though that having a team made them very American and would help quell any suspicions about their communities. However there was very much an antisemitism community in America and it was even harder to dismiss those beliefs. It became common that even those in an orthodox Jewish community for some of its members to abandon some of their more traditional practices. There was also a big push for change from within the Jewish sector that there would be change to the Jewish culture in general. Many Jews were heavily supportive of a purely Jewish state, in which all Jews could live free of persecution. This would come to light in the form of Israel. Even though this was heavily disagreed with from the more traditional and orthodox sectors, it was an idea that is very revolutionary and the biggest supporters came in the for of Zionists that were currently in America.