Book created by the Ivy Press.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) and index.

Coming to America -- Life in eastern Europe -- The great waves of immigrants -- Leaving home -- The crossing -- Arriving in America -- Lower East Side and other neighborhoods -- Jewish gangsters -- Becoming Americans -- Food and festivities -- Writers and artists -- Jews in entertainment and sports -- The future -- Timeline.

Examines the history of Jews in America, looking at the three waves of Jewish persecution and immigration from South America, Germany, and Eastern Europe and Russia, and features discussion of Yiddish culture, as well as profiles of notable Jewish Americans.