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Judaism and Immigration
The Torah repeatedly emphasizes our obligation to love the strangers among us and to avoid causing them harm.
Mary Antin
This best-selling author celebrated the immigrant experience and the boundless opportunity of America.
Aaron Lopez’s Struggle for Citizenship
Aaron Lopez was denied citizenship in pre-Revolutionary Rhode Island because he wasn't a Christian.
Meyer London, a Jew in Congress
Meyer London, a Socialist Jew, was a politician who not only ran for Congress, but his economic proposals were advanced for his time, and they later were encompassed in Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal platform.
Sports & Immigrant Jews
Immigrant Jews delved into sports to prove their mettle as Americans.