Jewish Immigration to New York City | Finding Your Roots

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Jews Jewish Jewish immigration immigration Eastern Europe United States Statue of Liberty factories shirtwaist factories Russian empire czars Lower East Side Emma Lazarus Lady Liberty Colossus Henry Louis Gates Jr. Henry Louis Gates Finding Your Roots Gates of History Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire garment industry Garment District Terry Gross NPR WETA second wave immigration Jewish Diaspora Russian immigrants Russian Jews ghettos Jewish ghettos anti-semitism
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Jewish Immigration to New York City | Finding Your Roots

National Public Radio host Terry Gross’s grandparents were born in Eastern Europe and immigrated to New York City in the early 1900s; for both of them, the “old country” was Russia, a huge empire with shifting boundaries.
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