Better life Quote by Jan Schakowsky

My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking…

— Daniel Nathans

“The contemporary needs of North American Jews are directly tied to the trajectory of the immigrant experience in North America. The generation now coming…

— Kerry M. Olitzky

Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.

— Jan Schakowsky

I love being Jewish, but I think that our generation is the first generation that crossed that line between being a cultural versus a…

— Bryan Fogel

As American Jews and descendants of immigrants, we never forget where our families came from or what members of our community experienced. Because we…

— Jan Schakowsky

In our community here in Boston, we have had a tremendous influx of Russian Jews and Haitians. We call these people immigrants. But they…

— Kathryn Lasky

As a product of history and faith, Jewish Americans have helped to open our eyes to injustice, to people in need, and to the…

— Barack Obama

I'm a first generation immigrant.

— Rishi Sunak

It seems that immigrants often have a special understanding of the incredible opportunities that this nation affords its citizens.

— Jon Kyl

I was born in a tiny little enclave of terrified Jewish refugees, less than half a million of them, with no clear perspective of…

— Amos Oz

Jewish immigration in the 20th century was fueled by the Holocaust, which destroyed most of the European Jewish community. The migration made the United…

— Jon Porter

My parents were migrants and I experienced first hand the challenges they had to overcome. If they hadn't decided to seek a better life…

— Kalidou Koulibaly