Tag: Migration

  • Pogrom-Driven Migration: The Case of Kalarash

    Pogrom-Driven Migration: The Case of Kalarash

    Were Jewish immigrants from the Pale of Settlement to the United States really driven by pogroms? This is a question with which I deal empirically, using data on migration and on events of anti-Jewish violence. But before zooming out to the large statistical picture, it is important to verify anecdotally that one can find particular…

  • A Hebrew Book Travelling from Berlin To Baghdad

    A Hebrew Book Travelling from Berlin To Baghdad

    A Hebrew book printed in Warsaw, kept in a library in Berlin, probably immigrated to Mandate Palestine, shipped to Baghdad, and returned back to Israel.

  • Most Common Jewish Names

    Most Common Jewish Names

    I present here an analysis of the distribution of Jewish and non-Jewish names among immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is a by-product of my work on the Jewish immigrants from the Pale of Settlement. The first sections explain a few technical details about the data. It…