An effort is underway to save old buildings crumbling into dust
The Red Star Line carried half a million Jewish refugees from Europe as they fled pogroms, anti-Semitism, and the Nazis
Plus Ellis Island still remains closed after Hurricane Sandy
After my grandparents came to America, they changed our name. Decades later, I changed it back—and rediscovered a lost history.
European rabbis and imams pay a visit to Ellis Island
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