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Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939
Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York 18801939 Author:Daniel Soyer How did the vast number of Jewish immigrants from different regions of Eastern Europe form their American ethnic identity? In his answer to this question, Daniel Soyer examines how Jewish immigrant hometown associations (landsmanshaftn) transformed old-world communal ties into vehicles for integration into American society.