Jewish Immigration to America
Spring 2026

Jewish Immigration to America

Program: Hebrew College Tamid
Instructor: Yoni Kadden
Dates: 3 Mondays: 3/9, 3/16 & 3/23
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.  ET
Course fee: $120, financial aid is available
Location: In Person at Congregation Beth Elohim, Acton, MA
Hosted by: Hebrew College and Congregation Beth Elohim
Registration:  Click here

This course explores the history of Jewish immigration to the United States and the evolving relationship between Jewish communities and American society. Beginning with the early Jewish presence in New Amsterdam, the course examines why America came to be viewed as a “Land of Opportunity” for Jews. It then focuses on the major wave of Eastern European Jewish immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, analyzing the forces that drove migration and the reciprocal impact between Jewish immigrants and American culture, politics, and economy. The course concludes with an examination of the 1924 immigration restrictions and immigration during the Holocaust highlighting the moral, political, and social debates surrounding open and closed borders.

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