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situation. There are about 2,000
Jews here, and of these about 75 are
the German-Americans. The balance
are Russian, Galicians [sic], etc. The
few German Jews are very rich, but
not only do they despise the
Russians but they do. not even
attempt to help them in any way.
There is enough antisemitism [sic]
as it is, and the lot of the Russian
Jew is doubly hard . . .
Although not every city treated the
immigrants harshly, Rockaway said,
"On the one hand, they [German-
American Jews] worried that the
newcomers would endanger their
middle-class American status and cre-
ate anti-Semitism; on the other hand,
they never forgot their obligation to
help their less fortunate Jewish
brethren."
The immigrants' own letters to the
IRO make up part two of the book.
The difficulties, as well as the tri-
umphs of the new Americans, become
clear upon reading the letters.
"In 1903, I was shipped out from
New York City," writes Joseph Lipetz
from Oklahoma City on May 4, 1907.
"All the time I was trying my best to
make an honest living by common
labor and now here I'm seling [sic] dry
goods and make my living, but didn't
sucseeded [sic] yet to save some
money."
He asked the IRO to help send his
wife, Anna, to Oklahoma City from
New York, where she lived in poverty
with her sister.
One year later he had changed his
name to Joseph Lee, started a business .
with his brother Abraham, and had
his wife at his side.
Comparing the experiences of
Jewish immigrants over the past 100
years, Rockaway said, "Jewish immi-
grants to the U.S. today encounter
very similar attitudes and activities
within the present-day American
Jewish community." ❑

Robert Rockaway will speak
twice on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at
both Jewish Community Center
locations of the Jewish Book Fair.
He will appear at 1 p.m. at the
Kahn building in West
Bloomfield and at 8 p.m. at the
Jimmy Prentis Morris building in
Oak Park. Congregation B'nai
David Sisterhood, David
Horodoker Organization and
Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah are sponsoring
Rockaway.

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