1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="l23r9L5SFR"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/17165-jewish-immigrants-entered-united-states-last-year-through-hias-report-says">17,165 Jewish Immigrants Entered United States Last Year Through Hias, Report Says</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/17165-jewish-immigrants-entered-united-states-last-year-through-hias-report-says/embed#?secret=l23r9L5SFR" width="600" height="338" title="“17,165 Jewish Immigrants Entered United States Last Year Through Hias, Report Says” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="l23r9L5SFR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> A total of 17,165 Jewish immigrants arrived in the United States during 1949 under the auspices of HIAS, it was announced today by the organization. They were distributed to 633 communities of 37 states and the District of Columbia.https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315