Jewish Americans: Coming to America

When Columbus arrived in the Americas with 6 Jews on board his ship, who would have dreamed that the Jewish pop'n. in America would go on to be one of such size & influence in the centuries to come? Here is the story of the 3 waves of Jewish persecution & immigration from different parts of the world (S. America, Germany, & E. Europe & Russia); by 1911, one quarter of Manhattan's residents were Jewish. They brought with them their Yiddish culture & distinctive food, their strong work ethic & yearning for educ., & a determination to pull together in the face of anti-Semitism. Here are dozens of voices that relate the stories of their personal histories, their journeys, how they were received, & what they made of their new lives in America. Illus.Stein, Robert is the author of 'Jewish Americans: Coming to America', published 2002 under ISBN 9781422355763 and ISBN 1422355764.