b'12 EmigrationfromthePaleofSettlementThemassimmigrationinourcurrenttime(2024)isnodifferentthanattheturnoflastcentury.Fearsandphobiasabounded,thenasnow.However,thereisabrightspotfortheJewishimmigrantpopulationthatwasourAmericaattheturnoflastcentury.ThisisfromnoneotherthanthebookAliensorAmericans?aprotestantmissionarybookandstudycourse(1906).Itisfilledwithantiimmigrantrhetoric.Therewereclosetoonemillionemigresayear,everyyearthatcamethroughEllisIsland.Myfatherwasalsoamongthemin1916fromGreece.SoyoumightsuspectthatthisbookwhichlistsbynumbertheimmigrantsfromeverycountryandmostlydenigrateseachethnicitywhichincludedIrishandItalianswouldbethesamefortheJewishpopulationfromthePaleofSettlement.HereisperhapsthefirsttimeIhavereadanythingthatwaspositive.Quotesfromthebook.ItiscertainthattheadultHebrewimmigranthasdefiniteaspirationstowardsocialeconomic,andeducationaladvancement.ThepoorestamongthemwillmakeallpossiblesacrificestokeephischildreninschoolInpublicschools,Jewishchildrenarethedelightoftheirteachersforclevernessattheirbooks,obedienceandgeneralgoodconduct.Jewishboysareespeciallyambitioustoenterprofessionsorgointobusiness.Theheadofoneofthelargestinstitutionstellsthestoryofalonginterviewwithaclassofboysinwhichtheyallspokeoftheworktheyintendedtodo.Law,medicine,teachingcamefirst.ButabovealltheyoungJewisambitiousandintendstorise.Thisistrueinallcities.ThestronggoodqualitiesoftheJewsareabsenceofthedrinkevil,loveofhome,desiretopreservethepurityofthefamilyandremarkableeagernessforself-improvement.Theyeasilyadaptthemselvestothenewenvironmentandassimilatethecustomsandlanguageofthenewcountry.WithdecentenvironmentandafairchancetheRussianJewpromisestobecomeagoodcitizen,intellectuallykeen,commerciallyshrewd,professionallyboundtoshine,.Atthesametime,'