Dec 26, 2009

Jewish American Identity in Literature | Jewish American Identity in Literature

Background

Jews immigrated to the United States as early as 1654. By the eighteenth century, substantial Jewish communities existed in New England, New York, the middle states, and parts of the South, most notably in Charleston, South Carolina. It was not until the late nineteenth century, however, that Jewish immigration swelled. Between 1882 and 1903, 1,300,000 Eastern European Jews, subjected to persecution in their homes, mostly in czarist Russia and Poland, sought a new life in the United States.

Jewish immigrants came to the United States from many parts of the...

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Jewish American Identity in Literature | Jewish American Identity in Literature

Background

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