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URL:https://www.columbiajewish.org/events/how-jewish-immigrants-reshaped-a
 merican-immigration/
SUMMARY:How Jewish Immigrants Reshaped American Immigration
DESCRIPTION:\n&nbsp\;\nDr. Rebecca Kobrin (Columbia)\nWhile many are famili
 ar with the names of famous early-twentieth century German Jewish immigran
 t bankers such&nbsp\;Jacob Schiff\, Felix Warburg or the Lehman Brothers\,
  far fewer have ever heard of men like&nbsp\;Sender and Meyer Jarmulowsky\
 , Joseph Marcus\, or Saul Singer\, Eastern European Jewish immigrant banke
 rs who helped the millions of poor immigrants in New York City with a few 
 dollars and a dream save money\, borrow money and send small sums overseas
 . Indeed\,&nbsp\;the millions of immigrants who came to America saw their 
 financial lives shaped by these men whose stories are now in the dustbin o
 f history.&nbsp\; This lecture&nbsp\;shares their stories and how they sha
 ped not only banking in&nbsp\;the Jewish community\, but the larger world 
 of American&nbsp\;finance as well as the businesses of migration and real 
 estate in America itself.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\nRebecca Kobrin is the Russell and
  Bettina Knapp Full Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia Unive
 rsity\, where she was also the co-director of Columbia’s Institute for I
 srael and Jewish Studies. She was also a member of Columbia’s Antisemiti
 sm Task Force. She has taught at Yale University\, Harvard University and 
 Brooklyn College. Kobrin works in the fields of American Jewish history\, 
 immigration studies\, business history\, and urban studies\, specializing 
 in modern Jewish migration.\nHer current book\, Credit to the Nation: East
  European Immigrant Bankers and American Finance\, 1870-1930 (Harvard Univ
 ersity Press\, 2026)\, looks at the lost world of immigrant banking. She i
 s working on a book about Columbia University’s Seth Low Junior College 
 as a means of exploring institutional antisemitism and American higher edu
 cation. She is also one of the lead investigators of the award-winning dig
 ital humanities Historical NYC Project\, which visualizes the demographic 
 and spatial changes transforming New York City between 1850 and 1940. She 
 lectures widely on topics related to American Jewish history\, East Europe
 an Jewish migration and US immigration history. Her writing has also appea
 red in popular newspapers such as The Washington Post\, CNN\, The Guardian
 \, and The Jerusalem Post.\nCLICK HERE to register to receive Zoom link. L
 ink will be shared a few days before the program.\n\nCLICK HERE to see all
  of the sessions in our Jewish Scholar Series.
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