Bread to Eat and Clothes to Wear: Letters from Jewish Migrants in the Early Twentieth Century

242 Pages·2011·2.551 MB·English

by  Gur Alroey

Bread to Eat and Clothes to Wear
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Bread to Eat and Clothes to Wear
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letters from jewish migrants
in the early twentieth century
Gur Alroey
Wayne State University Press
Detroit
© 2011 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission
Manufactured in the United States of America.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Alroey, Gur.
Bread to eat and clothes to wear : letters from Jewish migrants in the early
twentieth century / Gur Alroey.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8143-3519-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Jews, East European—Migrations—History—19th century. 2. Jews, East
European—Migrations—History—20th century. 3. Jews, East European—
United States—Correspondence. 4. Jews, East European—Palestine—
Correspondence. 5. Immigrants—United States—Correspondence.
6. Immigrants—Palestine—Correspondence. 7. Europe, Eastern—Emigra-
tion and immigration—History—19th century. 8. Europe, Eastern—
Emigration and immigration—History—20th century. 9. Jews, East
European—Migrations—History—20th century—Sources. 10. Europe,
Eastern—Emigration and immigration—History—20th century—Sources.
I. Title.
DS135.E83A46 2011
305.9’0691089924047—dc22
2010039465
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Designed and typeset by Anna Oler
Composed in Adobe Garamond
Letter translation supported by a research grant from the
German-Israeli Foundation’s Young Scientists’ Program.
To the thirty-four Jewish immigrants in the Illowo station on the
Polish-German border (letter 3) and to Mashe Zilazne (letter 20)
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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth
from his place.
Proverbs :
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Contents
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Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Th e Extent of Jewish Migration, 1875–1914 7
Characteristics of Jewish Migration 10
Immigration Information Bureaus 13
Th e Letters 32
Conclusion 78
Notes 80
Th e Letters
Author’s Comments 89
Letters 1–66 91
Appendix A: Th e Extent of Jewish Migration 211
Appendix B: Towns 213
Selected Bibliography 215
Index 221