We Came Through Ellis Island
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Readers witness the life of a Jewish family who move from Russia to New York City to escape persecution and starvation and to make a new life. Fact-filled narrative and historical photos plus fictional letters and journal entries from 12-year-old Emma Markowitz and her family paint a memorable picture of the typical European immigrant experience in the 1890s.
Religious Intolerance
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America has often been viewed as a safe haven for those who wished to practice their religious beliefs without persecution. For Jewish people fleeing Russia during this time, this certainly held true. This unique story will come to life for students through age-appropriate text and primary source images and documents.
The Jewish Americans
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This series of sixteen titles depicts in both text and pictures the unique challenges that faced many of our various ethnic groups as they came to the New World. Each volume is indexed and contains a bibliography featuring books and Web sources for further information.
Always Remember Me
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Miraculously my grandmother, my mother, and two aunts-four Jewish women of one family-managed to survive the Holocaust, each in their own way. Their stories are the ones I heard as a child sitting at the dinner table on Sunday afternoons.
Anna and Solomon
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In 1897 a young man named Solomon fell in love with and married a beautiful young woman named Anna. They lived in Russia, which was dangerous at that time for a Jewish family, so Solomon moved to the United States, where he worked and saved until he had enough money to send Anna a ticket for the voyage across the ocean. But when Solomon went to meet Anna's ship, Anna's younger brother was waiting for him. Solomon took in her brother and worried and saved until he could send the money for Anna's passage again-but this time, Anna's older brother was waiting. When Solomon sent the money a third time and Anna's mother arrived, Solomon wondered if he would ever see his dear wife again.Anna & Solomon is based on the true story of the author's grandparents' immigration. A Margaret Ferguson Book
The Jews
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Most Jews who immigrated to North America over the past few centuries have all had a common motivation--to flee a life of great hardship and cruelty. This intriguing account uses full-color artwork and eyewitness accounts to tell how Jews from around the world fled persecution in their homelands and came to North America where their traditions are still celebrated today.
Escaping to America
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In an ancient forest near their home, Ida and Sammy picked wild berries for breakfast and wild mushrooms for soup. But a terrible war was being waged throughout their land. Ida and Sammy and baby Ruthie were in great danger. In 1921, the children's mother and father decided they all must flee. Despite the risks of travel, they knew that their best hope for a new life lay far away in America. This intensely personal yet universal story tells vividly of the losses suffered and hopes that triumphed. With great variety, the pictures reflect a full range of changing emotions. Accurate in every detail, they portray the times in a way that gives readers the unforgettable sense of being present during the struggle, and witnessing one family's enduring spirit.