Ellis Island

Titanic victim’s Hebrew-letter watch is up for auction

A 34-year-old Russian Jewish man was wearing the watch when the liner went down in 1912. His wife survived.

August 24, 2018 12:17 pm

When Jewish immigrants were detained, and Jews took to the streets

On Nov. 15, 1923, 2,000 Jews rallied at the Lower Manhattan headquarters of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to protest the detention of 3,000 of their relatives at Ellis Island.

January 30, 2017 3:33 pm

Museum on Belgian shipping line stirs debate on Holocaust history

At least one-quarter of Red Star Line’s passengers were Jews fleeing Europe for America. But a new museum emphasizes the “universal character of migration.”

October 8, 2013 9:36 am