Ideas No one lost their Jewish last name at Ellis Island. But we gained a safe haven. Dara Horn’s new book explodes a recurring myth about Jewish immigration and adaptation.
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.
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.
