Jewish Life at Ellis Island
Jewish immigrants traveled to Ellis Island by this form of transportation.
What is a ship?
Many Jewish immigrants came from this large country in Eastern Europe, which also has Moscow as its capital.
What is Russia?
Immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island first had to pass this kind of exam to check if they were healthy.
What is a medical exam?
Ellis Island is located next to this big U.S. city, where many immigrants first landed.
What is New York City?
This Jewish immigrant became famous for inventing jeans and starting a company that still exists today.
Who is Levi Strauss?
Many Jewish families settled in this neighborhood in New York City, famous for its crowded buildings and mix of cultures.
What is the Lower East Side?
Jewish people from this Eastern European country, where Warsaw is the capital, also came to Ellis Island.
What is Poland?
If an immigrant had a serious illness or couldn’t pass the health check, they might have been sent back to their home country. This process was called this.
What is deportation?
1954
This Jewish scientist, known for his theories about space and time, came through Ellis Island.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This language, spoken by many Jewish immigrants, is a mix of German, Hebrew, and some other languages.
What is Yiddish?
Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe were often escaping dangerous attacks on their communities, known by this word.
What are pogroms?
People who came to Ellis Island had to show they had enough money or skills to make a living in the U.S. What were these called?
What are means (or financial requirements)?
Ellis Island was often called this because immigrants were sometimes separated from family there.
What is the "Island of Tears"?
This famous Jewish actress known for her beauty also helped invent radio technology and came through Ellis Island.
Who is Hedy Lamarr?
Many Jewish immigrants fled their home countries because they wanted to be free from these unfair treatments.
What is religious persecution?
Many Jewish people from Russia and Poland came from these small villages, where they often lived close together.
What are shtetls?
Immigrants with eye infections were given a chalk mark with this letter, which meant they might not be allowed into the country.
What is “E” (for “eye”)?
This was the building where immigrants waited and were inspected when they first arrived at Ellis Island.
What is the Main Hall?
This Jewish immigrant came through Ellis Island and helped improve worker safety in American factories.
Who is Rose Schneiderman?
Jewish immigrants hoped to find this in America, which they didn’t have in their homelands.
What is freedom?
Besides Eastern Europe, some Jewish people came from North African countries, including this country famous for its pyramids.
What is Egypt?
Some children were separated from their families temporarily because they had this contagious disease, which affected the skin.
What is measles?
This is about how many immigrants came through Ellis Island during its peak years (in the millions).
What is 12 million?
This Jewish pianist and composer, famous for American songs like “God Bless America,” came through Ellis Island as a child.
Who is Irving Berlin?