BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7380@templemicah.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T140000 DTSTAMP:20241108T034848Z URL:https://www.templemicah.org/events/temple-micah-book-club-5-2025-05-06 / SUMMARY:Temple Micah Book Club DESCRIPTION:Ujifusa\, Steven. The Last Ships from Hamburg: The Business\, R ivalry\, and the Race to save Russia's Jews on the Eve of World War I. Pub . 2023. 328/365p.\n\nLeader: \; Roberta Goren\n\nDC Library:  \;Bo ok- 1 available\nMCPL:  \;Book - 1 available\n\nFrom 1890 to 1921\, 2. 5 million Jews\, fled their homelands in Eastern Europe\, primarily Russia and came to the United States. \; Many sailed on steamships from Hamb urg\, Germany. \; The mass exodus was facilitated by three businessmen whose involvement has been largely forgotten: Albert Ballin\, a \; Ge rman Jew who was managing director of Hamburg American Line\, the company that transported most Jews to the US\, Jacob Schiff\, the managing partner of investment bank Kuhnm Loeb &\; Co. \; He spent millions of his own money helping Jews leave Russia and donating to charities in NYC to he lp new Jewish arrivals. \; JP Morgan\, \; mastermind of the Intern ational Mercantile Marine Co trust which tried to control and be the large st company moving Jews and other Eastern and Southern Europeans to the US.  \; There is a fourth person in this book-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge\, Senator from Massachusetts\, and friends who began in 1895 to agitate for keeping out all of these undesirables because they would bring disease and contaminate good American stock. \; Most of the story ended with Worl d War I when Jews and others could not leave Europe because of the British blockade. \; The end of Jewish and other Eastern and Southern immigra tion came with the change to US immigration laws in 1923 and 1924. \; This is a very interesting book about this period of time. \; Perhaps some of our book club readers have relatives who came during this time on one of these ships and they have stories to tell us.\n\nFor more informati on\, contact the Book Club leader. CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Meetings,Online Event,Wheelchair Accessible LOCATION:Temple Micah\, 2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20007\, U nited States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Was hington\, DC\, 20007\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Temple Mic ah:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR