This program focuses on the Jewish immigration to Manhattan's Lower East Side beginning in the late-19th century. Highlights include a description of conditions in Eastern Europe in the 1880s; problems encountered during immigration; ...See moreThis program focuses on the Jewish immigration to Manhattan's Lower East Side beginning in the late-19th century. Highlights include a description of conditions in Eastern Europe in the 1880s; problems encountered during immigration; living conditions on the Lower East Side; a dramatization of people writing to a Yiddish neighborhood newspaper for advice; photographs of immigrants in the garment industry; and recollections of the Yiddish theater.
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