This workshop will explore the complex push and pull factors that brought over two million Jews from Eastern Europe to America and the cultural pressures and contributions of this community, as well as analyze the repercussions of the 1924 Immigration Act, which drastically changed the course of Jewish immigration.

We’ll discuss the push and pull factors that brought Jewish immigrants to America, explore the challenges of assimilation, and grapple with the repercussions of the 1924 Immigration Act.