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The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way

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Between the late 1700s and the 1920s, nearly one-third of the world’s Jews immigrated to new lands. This new publication is the first attempt to tell the remarkable story of the Jewish men who put packs on their backs and traveled forth to sell their goods to peoples across the world, propelling a mass migration of Jewish families out of central and eastern Europe, North Africa and the Ottoman Empire to destinations as far as the U.S., Great Britain, South Africa and Latin America.  Historian and author Hasia Diner of New York University tells the story of the discontented young Jewish men who sought opportunity abroad and brought change to the geography of Jewish history. With Jose Moya, Barnard College.

Presented by AJHS and CJH.











When: Tue., Feb. 24, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: American Jewish Historical Society
15 W. 16th St.
212-294-6160
Price: $10
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Between the late 1700s and the 1920s, nearly one-third of the world’s Jews immigrated to new lands. This new publication is the first attempt to tell the remarkable story of the Jewish men who put packs on their backs and traveled forth to sell their goods to peoples across the world, propelling a mass migration of Jewish families out of central and eastern Europe, North Africa and the Ottoman Empire to destinations as far as the U.S., Great Britain, South Africa and Latin America.  Historian and author Hasia Diner of New York University tells the story of the discontented young Jewish men who sought opportunity abroad and brought change to the geography of Jewish history. With Jose Moya, Barnard College.

Presented by AJHS and CJH.

Buy tickets/get more info now