Jews Without Money

In the sixteenth chapter of A Different Mirror, Ronald Takaki reflects on the struggles that lead to the 'melting pot' that is America today. Beginning with Russian Jews, Takaki notes that a majority of these immigrants who fled from anti-Semitic hostilities were not Jewish by faith but rather by ethnicity after being prohibited from practicing their religion (406). Takaki further illustrates this by quoting Aleksandr A. Shlyen: "They started to beat the Jewishness out of Jews a long time ago, under the czars" (406). This is why America was presented as an opportunity to start fresh with religious freedom. Next, Takaki relates the desire of a fresh start to the Irish who were starving because of high unemployment during the Potato Famine.

Rebecca Samuel’s letters provide interesting insight into what is was like to be a Jewish American woman in the emerging United States. Her letters provide some evidence to struggles many Jews faced trying to observe their religion, as well as the tension of merging American practices with Jewish identity.

dilemma of killing her mother. Something that makes me relate with her is that she is

In the essay “Judaism and Economic Reform”, Norman Solomon, a Jewish-American journalist, presents a compelling argument on the basis of the need for economic reform while providing simple religious base solutions. While discussing two major economic problems that plague the world’s current economy, Solomon introduces the Jewish view of the global economy and their general view on economics as a whole. With this introduction to the Jewish worldview of economics we as readers are able to transition into understanding Solomon’s solutions of education & using Jewish law to improve the current state of the global economy. Although Solomon’s ideas of education and relying on Jewish law to improve the global economy seem logical, Sallie McFague,

The article From the Russian Pale to Labor Organizing in New York City written by Annelise Orleck reveals how the working class immigrant community played a significant role in influencing women’s labor movements in the early twentieth century. Orleck maintains that as a result of their background, Jewish women had an experience in America different from most women. She posits that since they did not subscribe to the Victorian ideal of a traditional women’s role, Jewish immigrant women were able to form networks which transcended class, ethnicity, and even gender. Orleck’s book is a significant contribution to

She showed her moral courageousness by expressing to Dave that she would rather have him fight dangerously against the syndicate, than have him submit safely to the evils of crime by looking the other way. Katie is similar McDonald’s wife, Mary, in Executive Suite because Mary motivates and encourages her own husband to do the right thing as well. Mary encourages him to run for the president of the company so that he can restore the company’s morale, for example, by improving the quality of the company’s products. Both wives also support and encourage their husbands by taking care of their children and life at

As Jewish immigrants settled in New York, some adopted American values. As a result, they assimilated into the mainstream of American culture. This is

“You have all these human rights no matter what your race, skin colour, sax, language, religion, opinion, family background, social or economic status, birth or nationality(2). In page 20-paragraph 9, it demonstrates low tolerance, and discrimination towards the Jews. “When three days were, there was a decree: every Jew must wear the yellow star.” This was a wristband that classified the Jews as a lower class. “But already they were issuing new decrees. We were no longer allowed to go in restaurants or cafes, to travel on the railway, to attend the synagogue, or to go into the street after six o’clock.”, page 21, paragraph 6, The Jews were forcibly taken away.

By analyzing Rose Cohen’s autobiography, “Out of the Shadow”, it uncovers the various social and economical hardships that Russian-Jews faced living in America. Even though adapting to a new life in America came with many obstacles for Jews, Rose’s story shows that many of them made it through their hardships and ultimately overcame their adversities. Rose Cohen’s autobiography serves as a great resource as to what Jewish life was in everyday America during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

These “newcomers” did not deserve to come here and steal their jobs. Mike Trudic’s account from his childhood referred to his father’s hunt in America to desperately find work, “At the end of a week he was taken ill and died. It said he died of a broken heart”(Mike, 188). There were just too many workers and not enough jobs to be filled. Another first hand source provided by Rose Cohen, called Out of the Shadow, depicts the story of a jewish girl in New York and the experiences her family goes through in order to reach a sustainable lifestyle. The struggles included descriptions of harsh working conditions and anti-semitism, which created difficulty for immigrants who were trying to assimilate into the American culture.

Arthur Miller’s Focus (1945) is a revolutionary work that highlights racism, especially anti-Semitism, in America. Written during the last year of the Second World War, Focus is a groundbreaking work in every sense of the word inasmuch as it is the first literary work that deals directly with anti-Semitism in the United States. Statistically speaking, there were two main waves of Jewish immigrants to the United States between 1820 and 1920. According to Susan Haberle, “the first group of Jewish people came from Germany, Austria, and Hungary. These immigrant left to seek a better life” (Haberle 6). The second group was the biggest wave; they came between 1880 and 1920: “these immigrants came from Poland, Romania, Russia, and other eastern

To become an effective counselor to Jewish Americans or any race or diverse population is to be aware of one’s thoughts and opinions concerning racism and racial advantage, as well increase knowledge of culture’s different from oneself (Hays & Erford, 2014). Jewish Americans are referred to those Caucasian individuals who have immigrated to the United States from another country, such as Eastern Europe (Hays and Erford, 2014). In this paper, I will identify and provide a description of the Jewish population and how they differ from myself in a variety of ways. Additionally, I will provide a reflection of my immersion into the Jewish culture via my observations and highlight what I have learned

The primary goal of the diploma project was to explain the impact of the Jewish community on the American culture at the turn of the 20th century. The author introduced the current behavior of the Jews in the United States. She also outlined the influence of the Jewish community on the culture, on the society, on the politics and on the finance of America and she described the social factors and character traits that facilitated the achievement of such a huge success which was assigned to the Jews in the every sphere of life.

Just like with the Hasidic Jews, though they can free-rome, they still encounter the realities of having the component parts closely compacted together; in those inhabited domains like Brooklyn, which in turn has created some activities that shapes, affects; or involves the political sphere. Nevertheless, Hasidic sodality very similarly restraint the race of inspirational prestige that compass, and protect dangerous familiar influential barriers around their colonies. “Consequently, the rigorous culturally self-protective strategies of the Hasidic Jews have ensured a remarkable degree of religious and ethnic continuity compared to that of other segments of the Jewish American population” (Scupin, 2012, pg. 168).

In Jesus' time there were many forms of currency. It seems that most Jewish communities would use bartering as there main form of currency or trade, while still using coin currency. Bartering was so popular at this time because it was so easy to do. Bartering is trading to put it simply, but bartering wasn't there only means of currency. Another mean of currency were coins called denarius or "pennies" said by Matthew. Denarius are like pennies just worth a lot more, bigger, look nothing alike, and are made of silver, unlike the American penny which is made of copper.