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Bread to Eat and Clothes to Wear - Letters from Jewish Migrants in the Early Twentieth Century (Paperback, New)
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Bread to Eat and Clothes to Wear - Letters from Jewish Migrants in the Early Twentieth Century (Paperback, New)
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Between 1875 and 1924, more than 2.7 million Jews from Eastern
Europe left their home countries in the hopes of escaping economic
subjugation and religious persecution and creating better lives
overseas. Although many studies have addressed how these millions
of men, women, and children were absorbed into their destination
countries, very little has been written on the process of deciding
to migrate. In Bread to Eat and Clothes to Wear: Letters from
Jewish Migrants in the Early Twentieth Century, author Gur Alroey
fills this gap by considering letters written by Eastern European
Jews embarking on their migration. Alroey begins with a
comprehensive introduction that describes the extent and unique
characteristics of Jewish migration during this period, discusses
the establishment of immigrant information bureaus, and analyzes
some of the specific aspects of migration that are reflected in the
letters. In the second part of the book, Alroey translates and
annotates 66 letters from Eastern European Jews considering
migration. From the letters, readers learn firsthand of the
migrants' fear of making a decision; their desire for advice and
information before they took the fateful step; the gnawing anxiety
of women whose husbands had already sailed for America and who were
waiting impatiently for a ticket to join them; women whose husbands
had disappeared in America and had broken off contact with their
families; pogroms (documented in real time); and the obstacles and
hardships on the way to the port of exit, as described by people
who had already set out. Through the letters in Bread to Eat and
Clothes to Wear readers will follow the dilemmas and predicaments
of the ordinary Jewish migrant, the difficulties of migration, and
the changes that it brought about within the Jewish family.
Scholars of Jewish studies and those interested in American and
European history will appreciate this landmark volume.
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