,,The Removal Work, Including Galveston: Presentation and Discussion

The Removal Work, Including Galveston: Presentation and Discussion


 

Publication Date: May 1910

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America; Kohn & Pollock Inc.

Author(s): Epfraim Frisch; Jonas Weil; David M. Bressler

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics

Keywords: Immigration; Employment; Communal Organization

Type: Other

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author discusses the desirability of distributing newly arrived Jewish immigrants, lately mostly Russian, around the country, outlines the work of the Removal Office and the Galveston Movement towards this end, including both their successes and challenges. Delegates respond in the discussion that follows, offering critiques and suggests relating to the distribution and assimilation of immigrants.