The main reason was that they were being persecuted in Russia at the time and were fleeing from oppression and danger.
In the period c. 1880-1914 many Jews wanted to get away from persecution by the Tsarist regime.
United States
Scotland Forever - 1914 was released on: USA: 28 January 1914
London and Edinburgh.
The cast of Scotland Forever - 1914 includes: Hughie Mack as Hugh Templar Saxe as Willie
Scotland is part of Britain and when Britain declared war (August 1, 1914), Scotland automatically joined the war.
New Scotland Avenue - Troop B - Armory was created in 1914.
Jean Faulds was born in 1914, in Scotland, UK.
Throughout the period c. 1880-1914 Russia was notorious for its anti-Semitic pogroms.
The Great Leap Until Death Do Us Part - 1914 was released on: USA: April 1914
Yes the enclosure acts applied to Scotland and the entire United Kingdom. The enclosure acts occurred between 1604 and 1914.
Susan Juliet Laurence has written: 'The politics of housing in Hackney, 1880-1914'