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'Playmakers,' by author Michael Kimmel. (Courtesy)
September 1, 2026, 2:37 am
Toy story: From teddy bears to Tiddlywinks, how Jews helped shape American childhood
New book ‘Playmakers’ by sociologist Michael Kimmel looks at how children of Jewish immigrants built the dolls, games, books and comics that became cultural touchstones in the US
By Rich Tenorio
A cartoon from the July 4, 1900 issue of Puck, title 'No Envy,' shows stereotypically dressed Jews enjoying a building fire. (Courtesy NYU Press via JTA)
July 7, 2026, 1:03 pm
Scholar unpacks slur that early US Jewish immigrants were arsonists — and why it stuck
Jeffrey Marx’s new history, ‘Jewish Firebug,’ puts new light on an old trope as newcomers are again being blamed for economic and social ills and antisemitism reaches new highs
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
New immigrants arrive on the Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, August 20, 2025 (Yonit Schiller)
April 3, 2026, 10:29 am
As Anglo immigration grows, developers rethink ways to cultivate communal roots
From rabbi-led neighborhoods to group purchases, new approaches aim to ease immigrants’ transition as a post-Oct. 7 wave of newcomers seeks to blend American comforts with the Zionist dream
By Zev Stub
The first immigrants to Galveston, Texas, through the Galveston Movement. (The Rosenberg Library, Galveston)
November 29, 2025, 2:59 am
Lone Star of David: How a short-lived plan saw persecuted European Jews reroot in Texas
In her new book ‘Melting Point,’ Rachel Cockerell chronicles her ancestors’ involvement in an obscure movement – exclusively in their own words
By Rich Tenorio
From left, Eddie and Michael Teitel with their father Gilbert at the Teitel Brothers grocery store in the Bronx, New York, 2025. (Cathryn J. Prince)
September 24, 2025, 3:59 am
This 3rd-generation Jewish family-run Bronx grocery has slung prosciutto since 1915
Opened by immigrant brothers who ditched the rag trade, Teitel Brothers is a beloved institution on a historic stretch of Arthur Ave. lined with Italian delis, bakeries and cafes
By Cathryn J. Prince
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins stitches the first Blue Eagle label into a dress during a ceremony marking the inauguration of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) code label for women's dresses in New York City, January 22, 1934. (AP Photo)
May 19, 2025, 4:37 am
How trailblazing US labor secretary Frances Perkins quietly lobbied for Holocaust refugees
While the labor activist is famous for being the first female Cabinet member, on the 60th anniversary of her death, a new book explores her overlooked efforts to help Jews fleeing the Nazis
By Rich Tenorio
Jacob, left, Miri and Tal Zlotnitsky holding up a poster welcoming Muslim arrivals at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, Jan. 28 2017. (Ron Kampeas / JTA)
March 29, 2025, 4:36 am
They were poster children for Jewish opposition to Trump 8 years ago. Where are they now?
The American-Israeli Zlotnitsky family is a case study in the conflict facing progressive US Jews, as the people they’ve advocated for are some of their biggest adversaries after Oct. 7
By Andrew Lapin
Abraham Hamra faces off with a pro-Palestinian protester in New York City. (Courtesy)
March 17, 2025, 3:39 am
Bucking stereotypes and fighting hatred, a Syrian Jewish ex-refugee lights up Instagram
An immigration lawyer by day, New Yorker Abraham Hamra has gained over 59,000 followers using his fluent Hebrew and Arabic to bridge gaps with adversaries and counter misinformation
By Cathryn J. Prince
Visitors at Tel Aviv's Anu Museum of the Jewish People in February 2025 (Courtesy)
March 4, 2025, 3:14 pm
Anu Museum introduces pilot program for veteran immigrants
Institution to host discussion circles in English, Russian, French and Spanish about the ongoing challenges of immigration
By Jessica Steinberg
Ilan Stavans and Margaret Boyle, co-authors of 'Sabor Judio: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook.' (I. Rabchinskey /courtesy The University of North Carolina Press)
December 25, 2024, 9:18 am
Latkes con mole and other delicacies feature in this Mexican-Ashkenazi fusion cookbook
‘Sabor Judío’ by Ilan Stavans and Margaret E. Boyle contains more than just recipes from Eastern European immigrants to Mexico – it also dishes up a slice of Jewish history
By Penny Schwartz
Two Holocaust survivor families on the Vineland, New Jersey-area poultry farm they jointly purchased in 1947. From left to right: Dina and Dorothy Liverant, standing next to a visitor, with Ruth, Bronia, and Nuchim Grin, Seth Stern's mother and grandparents. (Photo courtesy of Stern)
September 2, 2023, 3:47 am
How Holocaust survivors flocked to NJ to start a thriving poultry farming industry
Seth Stern’s new book ‘Speaking Yiddish to Chickens’ tells how his grandparents joined thousands of other Jews in a plucky venture as they rebuilt their lives in rural America
By Rich Tenorio
Illustrative: Immigrants fleeing from war zones in the Ukraine arrive at the Israeli immigration and absorption office, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
March 8, 2023, 7:26 pm
Interior Ministry proposes law to restrict passports for new immigrants
Legislation would only allow new arrivals to receive documentation after residing in Israel for 1 year; ministry says some exploit benefits without settling down
By ToI Staff
Albert Einstein, left, and Henry Morgenthau Sr., former US ambassador to Turkey, in New York on May 13, 1935, during a dinner held to raise funds for the aid of the children of German-Jewish refugees. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano)
January 21, 2023, 6:53 am
How the ‘Jewish Kennedys’ helped save 200,000 Jews in WWII and delayed Iranian nukes
A new book tells how over 150 years the Morgenthaus, a German-Jewish immigrant family, publicized the Armenian genocide, ran the US Treasury and prosecuted mobsters and terrorists
By JP O’ Malley
Jewish immigrants fleeing from war zones in Ukraine arrive at the Israeli immigration and absorption office, at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, on March 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 30, 2022, 12:44 pm
Likud said to oppose demand to abolish ‘grandchild clause’ in Law of Return
Netanyahu’s reported objection to legislation amendment that would significantly limit immigration to Israel is seen as attempt to avoid compromising Israel-Diaspora ties
By ToI Staff
The brains behind exhibit 'I’ll Have What She’s Having.' Cate Thurston is the pickle; Laura Mart is the fish; Lara Rabinovitch is the sandwich. (Jennifer Caballero)
September 8, 2022, 1:07 am
LA deli exhibit puts a little mustard on the Jewish-American immigrant tale
In ‘I’ll Have What She’s Having,’ open through September 18 at the Skirball Center and then in November in NY, curators say the way to understand US Jews is through their stomachs
By Rich Tenorio
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