If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island
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If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island
Author | : Ellen Levine,Wayne Parmenter |
Publsiher | : Perfection Learning |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0780741153 |
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A Rosenberg by Any Other Name
Author | : Kirsten Fermaglich |
Publsiher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2016-02-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781479872992 |
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Winner, 2019 Saul Viener Book Prize, given by the American Jewish Historical Society A groundbreaking history of the practice of Jewish name changing in the 20th century, showcasing just how much is in a name Our thinking about Jewish name changing tends to focus on clichés: ambitious movie stars who adopted glamorous new names or insensitive Ellis Island officials who changed immigrants’ names for them. But as Kirsten Fermaglich elegantly reveals, the real story is much more profound. Scratching below the surface, Fermaglich examines previously unexplored name change petitions to upend the clichés, revealing that in twentieth-century New York City, Jewish name changing was actually a broad-based and voluntary behavior: thousands of ordinary Jewish men, women, and children legally changed their names in order to respond to an upsurge of antisemitism. Rather than trying to escape their heritage or “pass” as non-Jewish, most name-changers remained active members of the Jewish community. While name changing allowed Jewish families to avoid antisemitism and achieve white middle-class status, the practice also created pain within families and became a stigmatized, forgotten aspect of American Jewish culture. This first history of name changing in the United States offers a previously unexplored window into American Jewish life throughout the twentieth century. A Rosenberg by Any Other Name demonstrates how historical debates about immigration, antisemitism and race, class mobility, gender and family, the boundaries of the Jewish community, and the power of government are reshaped when name changing becomes part of the conversation. Mining court documents, oral histories, archival records, and contemporary literature, Fermaglich argues convincingly that name changing had a lasting impact on American Jewish culture. Ordinary Jews were forced to consider changing their names as they saw their friends, family, classmates, co-workers, and neighbors do so. Jewish communal leaders and civil rights activists needed to consider name changers as part of the Jewish community, making name changing a pivotal part of early civil rights legislation. And Jewish artists created critical portraits of name changers that lasted for decades in American Jewish culture. This book ends with the disturbing realization that the prosperity Jews found by changing their names is not as accessible for the Chinese, Latino, and Muslim immigrants who wish to exercise that right today.
If Your Name was Changed at Ellis Island
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Author | : Ellen Levine |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 0590291009 |
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Journey to Ellis Island
Author | : Carol Bierman |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1897330545 |
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This dramatic true story--told by the daughter of Russian immigrant Jehuda Weinstein--reveals the joys, fears, and eventual triumph of a family who realizes its dream. Full color.
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island
Author | : Ellen Levine |
Publsiher | : Turtleback Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0785736727 |
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Describes, in question-and-answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York's Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914. Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the station.
What Was Ellis Island
Author | : Patricia Brennan Demuth,Who HQ |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2014-03-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780698167780 |
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From 1892 to 1954, Ellis Island was the gateway to a new life in the United States for millions of immigrants. In later years, the island was deserted, the buildings decaying. Ellis Island was not restored until the 1980s, when Americans from all over the country donated more than $150 million. It opened to the public once again in 1990 as a museum. Learn more about America's history, and perhaps even your own, through the story of one of the most popular landmarks in the country.
Dreaming of America
Author | : Eve Bunting |
Publsiher | : Troll Communications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Aunts |
ISBN | : 0816765219 |
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Annie Moore cares for her two younger brothers on board the ship sailing from Ireland to America where she becomes the first immigrant processed through Ellis Island, January 1, 1892, her fifteenth birthday.
All the Way to America The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel
Author | : Dan Yaccarino |
Publsiher | : Dragonfly Books |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 2014-09-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780375859205 |
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“This immigration story is universal.” —School Library Journal, Starred Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family.” With simple text and warm, colorful illustrations, Yaccarino recounts how the little shovel was passed down through four generations of this Italian-American family—along with the good advice. It’s a story that will have kids asking their parents and grandparents: Where did we come from? How did our family make the journey all the way to America? “A shovel is just a shovel, but in Dan Yaccarino’s hands it becomes a way to dig deep into the past and honor all those who helped make us who we are.” —Eric Rohmann, winner of the Caldecott Medal for My Friend Rabbit “All the Way to America is a charmer. Yaccarino’s heartwarming story rings clearly with truth, good cheer, and love.” —Tomie dePaola, winner of a Caldecott Honor Award for Strega Nona