Alejandra Morales
SEMN 173-01
October 21, 2015
Beyond Google, Beyond New York Part III Eastern European Jews migrated in the late eighteenth century to the populated cities in the Midwest influenced by the geographic and economic opportunities in the interest of establishing businesses and progressing economically in America. Studying Eastern European Jewish migration to America , it is prominent to learn more of the experiences lived by Jews who settled in East Coast cities persevering economical and social obstacles which influenced their ability to succeed in America. However, only 69% of European Jews inhabited famous Northeastern cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Little do we acknowledge the Jewish immigrants who bypassed …show more content…
They felt more comfortable acculturating to America among members of their same culture and who were also striving for a better economic and social life than the one they left behind. In New York, “ Regardless of their former training and backgrounds, the vast majority of Jewish immigrants who worked for wages found jobs in some type of industrial setting. In 1890 a private census of Jewish residents on New York’s Lower East Side showed that the majority of employed Jewish men and women worked in some branch of the clothing industry.” This presented an issue to the Jewish immigrants who aimed to use the skills they acquired in their homelands as business owners and merchants in the interested of establishing business in America because there was limited space within New York for a Jew to open an …show more content…
Immigrant Jews arrived from their homelands equipped with entrepreneur skills which helped them recognize opportunities that they could maneuver to benefit their economic progress in America. “The Jewish ghetto was filled with people who acculturated quickly , engaged in productive commerce, and quickly realized the advantages that come from a knowledge of American customs and the language of their land and adoption...It is only a matter of time before they acquaint themselves with the city and are “up and away in quest of that fortune” they anticipate if they just work hard enough.” Newcoming Jews into the Michigan area began to perform the jobs that were not being predominantly fulfilled due to the narrow focus on expanding the automobile industry. European jews began to , “pack, pushcart, and a few dollars worth of goods. They might go door to door seeking rags, rubber, or old iron. But each Jew quickly pushes toward affluence… with a ‘skill (that is) proverbial of his people.” Jewish newcomers in Detroit and Chicago oriented mostly towards commerce and trade. They became involved in the garment and peddling industry because it not only offered economic profit, but it also expanded their geographic horizon to explore economically. As peddlers, they peddled into areas like Bay City, Saginaw, Flint, Jackson, Charlotte, and
SEMN 173-01
October 21, 2015
Beyond Google, Beyond New York Part III Eastern European Jews migrated in the late eighteenth century to the populated cities in the Midwest influenced by the geographic and economic opportunities in the interest of establishing businesses and progressing economically in America. Studying Eastern European Jewish migration to America , it is prominent to learn more of the experiences lived by Jews who settled in East Coast cities persevering economical and social obstacles which influenced their ability to succeed in America. However, only 69% of European Jews inhabited famous Northeastern cities like New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Little do we acknowledge the Jewish immigrants who bypassed …show more content…
They felt more comfortable acculturating to America among members of their same culture and who were also striving for a better economic and social life than the one they left behind. In New York, “ Regardless of their former training and backgrounds, the vast majority of Jewish immigrants who worked for wages found jobs in some type of industrial setting. In 1890 a private census of Jewish residents on New York’s Lower East Side showed that the majority of employed Jewish men and women worked in some branch of the clothing industry.” This presented an issue to the Jewish immigrants who aimed to use the skills they acquired in their homelands as business owners and merchants in the interested of establishing business in America because there was limited space within New York for a Jew to open an …show more content…
Immigrant Jews arrived from their homelands equipped with entrepreneur skills which helped them recognize opportunities that they could maneuver to benefit their economic progress in America. “The Jewish ghetto was filled with people who acculturated quickly , engaged in productive commerce, and quickly realized the advantages that come from a knowledge of American customs and the language of their land and adoption...It is only a matter of time before they acquaint themselves with the city and are “up and away in quest of that fortune” they anticipate if they just work hard enough.” Newcoming Jews into the Michigan area began to perform the jobs that were not being predominantly fulfilled due to the narrow focus on expanding the automobile industry. European jews began to , “pack, pushcart, and a few dollars worth of goods. They might go door to door seeking rags, rubber, or old iron. But each Jew quickly pushes toward affluence… with a ‘skill (that is) proverbial of his people.” Jewish newcomers in Detroit and Chicago oriented mostly towards commerce and trade. They became involved in the garment and peddling industry because it not only offered economic profit, but it also expanded their geographic horizon to explore economically. As peddlers, they peddled into areas like Bay City, Saginaw, Flint, Jackson, Charlotte, and