Five thousand, three hundred and eighty five Jewish immigrants arrived in the United States during the six months ending June 30, according to a report of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid and Sheltering Society of America, made public by Isaac L. Asofsky, general manager of the society.
Three thousand eight hundred and sixty four Jews who came to the United States during that period were classified as non-immigrants.
Representatives of the society met 301 incoming steamers in which Jewish immigrants arrived. Kosher meals distributed by the Hias to persons detained at Ellis Island numbered 22,503 during that period., the report states.
One hundred and thirty five appeals through the Washington bureau of the Hias were submitted on behalf of detained immigrants. Of this number 94 cases were decided in favor of the immigrants, 23 were rejected and the rest have not yet been decided upon.
The amount of $954,885 was remitted through the Hias Bank by American Jews to their relatives in Poland, Roumania, Lthuania, Latvia, Russia and other countries.
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