"Hannah Kliger has provided an important service to
historians... " Journal of American Ethnic History
..". Hannah Kliger has provided a valuable primary source for
studying immigrant Jewry and has argued forcefully for the
resiliency and adaptability of ethnic institutions as mechanisms
for Jewish adaptation and survival." American Jewish Archives
Struggling to cope in a strange land, immigrants in the early
years of this century gathered with compatriots from their old
hometowns and with family for their social life and to form support
systems. Here is an illuminating portrait of community life among
Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, as seen by participants in
landsmanshaftn (hometown associations) and family circles. Prepared
in the 1930s through the WPA-sponsored Yiddish Writer s Group, this
revealing document is published here for the first time."
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