There were times when it was more difficult for many Jews to leave eastern Europe than to enter the United States. What were the requirements for emigration? How did they know what to do? How did people get from their homes to ports of departure? How and where did they acquire tickets to sail? Did they have help along the way? This presentation takes emigrants, 1880-1914, from their homes to ports of departure.  Challenges faced by Eastern European Jewish Emigrants

Topics:
Permission to Leave
Tickets
Travel, Border Crossing and Ports of Departure
Voyage
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