AMH-2097 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
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Trenindzl isle of tears ellis island. They escaped death, made it to america, heard it wasn"t antisemitic. Have to strip naked, but women are not allowed to show skin. Women are supposed to only be seen by people inside the faith. It"s like rape to them i. e. russification. Hebrew immigrant aid society i. e. like catholic church, 6 companies, mutual aid society help process be less stressful. We believe they are rich and have made money off of christian suffering. Numbers 2. 5 million come and they stay. They don"t spread out ethnic enclave lower east side in ny. Culture- religion orthodox judaism, torah/talmud, dress and eat in a particular way, language yiddish. Sabbath day cannot work in a factory, clerks office, etc because of the. Tenements set up the same as southern italian tenements, people in the village live in the same place. 1st requirement is that every person in the tenement be an ashkenazic jew.
