America Quote by Milana Vayntrub

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

As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come to this Nation in order to create a better…

— Jan Schakowsky

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

— Anna Deavere Smith

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

“Like poor immigrants throughout the ages, Jews there adjusted to the jobs no one else would do.”

— Felipe Fernández-Armesto

“By the mid-1700s, people were becoming aware of that dramatic rise in immigration, and it aroused strong feelings. One Tory opponent of the Naturalization…

— Phyllis Goldstein

There was no question of ever sending us to Jewish schools... They wanted us out there. They wanted us to be lawyers and doctors.…

— Howard Jacobson

“The United States, Canada, and Australia had formidable immigration barriers in place, and while the British had admitted 80,000 Jewish refugees, all of that…

— Matthew A. Rozell

My family were finally kicked out of Egypt in 1965 for being Jewish. We managed to remain longer than most.

— Andre Aciman

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

Throughout early modernity there were very strong pressures on Jews to assimilate. Assimilating meant cutting your ties with the community of origin.

— Zygmunt Bauman

I spent the day today at Brighton Beach, walking around. It's a Russian/Jewish neighborhood. And I was in a store and I saw a…

— Eugene Mirman