The New Country, Jewish Immigrants in America

by Abraham Shulman

In a period of twenty years around the turn of the century, over two million Jews left Eastern Europe to reach the shores of what they called "the gold-paved land." What happened to these Jews and how they adapted to life in a free land is vividly portrayed in The New Country. Life-long habits were discarded; crowded tenements replaced the familiar shtetl; women and children found jobs and went to work; traditional dress was abandoned; the amount of time spent praying diminished. The new country brought a complete revolution to every area of life - economic, social, and religious.

208 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976