jewish immigration

The Little-Known History of Ecuadorian Jews

Every immigration has its adjustments, but for the European Jews who fled to Ecuador during World War II, they were more extreme than most. As An Unknown Country, the new film by Ecuadorian-born Jewish filmmaker Eva Zelig shows, other than the small community of Sephardim who arrived in Ecuador in the 16th and 17th centuries, […]

Take a (Virtual) Trip to 19th-Century Jewish New Hampshire

Many history lessons about the wave of Jewish immigrants between the 1890s and early 20th century revolve around urban neighborhoods like New York’s Lower East Side. But a digital exhibition arm of the Strawberry Banke Museum in Portsmouth, N.H. sheds light on the waterfront experiences of one Jewish family, the Shapiros, in Portsmouth between 1901 and […]

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jewish immigration

The Little-Known History of Ecuadorian Jews

Take a (Virtual) Trip to 19th-Century Jewish New Hampshire

Canadian lawmaker rapped for Jewish refugees-Muslims comparison

The Jews Who Carved the Carousel Horses

Israel sees slight drop in Jewish immigration

Escape into Paradise

Jewniverse’s Name was Changed at Ellis Island to June Verse

The Jewish Mail Order Bride

Jewish Wild West Women

An American Childhood in Egypt

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