| Dr. Jonathan Rosenbaum is President of
Gratz College. Here he discusses how German Jews, who arrived
in American prior to the great wave of immigration in the 1880’s,
established themselves in American society. |
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| Professor Beth Wenger, Katz Family Chair
in American Jewish History at the University of Pennsylvania,
describes the vital role that Yiddish played in the culture
of Jews who arrived in America in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. |
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| Marina Furman is a former Soviet Refusenik
who lives in Bala Cynwyd. Here she describes a small demonstration
she and her husband conducted in Leningrad to coincide with
a large demonstration for Soviet Jews in Washington, D.C. |
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| Peter Binzen is a longtime Philadelphia
journalist. He discusses the circumstances that led Jewish building
pioneer Hyman Korman to create a large new Jewish community
in Northeast Philadelphia. |
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| Dr. Murray Friedman is the Executive Director
of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple
University, and a longtime leader for Jewish civil rights. Here
he describes "new pockets of Jewish energy" brought
about by greater acculturation into society. |
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