Where did the Jewish settle in America?

Answer 1

1. Some Jews migrated to the U.S. for same reasons as many other Europeans - lack of opportunities in Europe. 2. Others (especially from Russia and Poland) migrated to get away from persecution.

Answer 2

In part, the same reasons that everyone else came - freedom, especially religious freedom. In many places in Europe, Jews couldn't own land or hold public office. They were also being hunted down and killed on a regular basis.

Answer 3

because they were being persecuted in Europe for not being Christians.

Answer 4

The Jews first settled in NY(New Amsterdam)

Answer 5

For the same reasons Jews moved to other lands - to search for a better life.

Answer 6

Jews who first came to America gained significant wealth, but some lost their heritage and spirituality.

Answer 7

Jews arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York) in 1654, but the number of Jews in the United States remained very small until the late 1840s, when there was a wave of revolutions and counterrevolutions in Europe. A number of Jews, primarily from the region of Alsace (in the Rhineland) fled this unrest to America, spreading out across the United States, many working as peddlers or shopkeepers. Then, in the late 19th century, Russia instituted a policy of terror on its Jewish population. The stated goal, according to one Tzarist official, was to kill 1/3 of the Russian Jews, force 1/3 to leave, and force 1/3 to assimilate into Russian society. This led millions of Jews to flee, many coming to America, some to Argentina, some to Western Europe, and some to Palestine. World War I and the Russian Revolution created even more Jewish refugees, and they continued to come to the US and Canada, although anti-immigrant policies in the 1920s made it increasingly difficult to enter the US.