Articles on the Jewish Experience and Immigration
- The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Reed-Johnson Act) and its discriminatory immigration quotas trapped millions of Jews in Europe during the Holocaust - see U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum histories on these refugees before and after World War II
- Library of Congress historical resources on Jewish immigration to the United States.
- Jews and Illegal Immigration in the 20th-21st Centuries
- Resources from the Jewish Women's Archive on the American immigrant experience: German Jews, Eastern European Jews, Sephardic Jews
- "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, American Poet
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS): An American Response to Jewish Immigrants
Established in 1881 to provide rescue and refuge for persecuted and oppressed Jews around the world, HIAS is the international migration agency of the American Jewish community. In recent years, they have directed their efforts to advocate for refugees and immigrants of all backgrounds, guided by Jewish values to help the strangers among us. Learn more about HIAS at their website.
