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Jewish American

From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America A Century of Immigration, 1820-1924
Overview and primary sources of European Jewish immigration.
Jewtown in New York 1890 (Jacob Riis)
From "How the Other Half Lives" - New York's Jewish tenement population
Jewish Women's Archive
The Jewish Women’s Archive is a national organization dedicated to collecting and promoting the extraordinary stories of Jewish women.
From Odessa to New York City: The Unique Legacy of America’s Soviet Jewry (NYPL)
Overview of Jewish American immigration and history with primary source images, statistics and links to further sources.