Post on 23-Dec-2015
From homeland to New York
• About 2.5 million Jewish immigrants came
• Entered Ellis Island
• About 250,000 Jews already living in New York
• To take advantage of social and economical opportunities
New Home
• Mid 1800s, tenements buildings built hurriedly and inexpensively
• Late 1800s, reputation known as Jewish neighborhood
• By 1910, more Jewish in NY than any other U.S state
• Lower East Side became overcrowded
Traditional Jews
• Yiddish Culture
• Judaism is a religion and also form of ethnic identification
• Four major “movements”: Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstruction
• Each movements specifically determines how Jewish law and tradition can be interpreted
Jewish Men
• Work to support family
• Viewed as dominate partner in marriage
• Offered wide range of opportunities
• Perfect projection
Jewish Women• Traditionally Jewish
women were stay at home mothers
• 19th century women left village home to study or work in the cities
• The National Council of Jewish Women was founded in 1893
• Allowed women to participate in men programs