russian americans

Examines the experiences of Russian immigrants in the United States, discussing the reasons why they left their country, and their efforts to find jobs, homes, and build new lives. Includes immigration figures, a list of famous Russian Americans, and other reference tools.

In 1901, thirteen-year-old Dimitri, his younger brother, and their parents are beginning to feel at home in New York City's Lower East Side, where they have lived since their Jewish faith led them to flee Russia thirteen months earlier.

Eleven-year-old Jenny, whose family came from Russia to America to start a new life, meets the famous Russian composer on his 1891 trip to the New World and writes about it in her diary.

When Danina Petroskova dies, her granddaughter discovers a box that hold a pair of satin toe shoes, a gold locket, and a stack of letters that reveal Danina's hidden past.

Reminiscences of a grandmother who came to this country from Russia, married a plumber, gambled to earn extra money, and formed a strong bond with her young granddaughter.

Contains the true story of twelve-year-old Julius Weinstein's arrival on Ellis Island in New York in 1922, immigrating from Russia with his mother and younger sister.

Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is embarrassed when her mother tries to help her out by creating a doll dressed as she herself was dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom.

An account of the ocean voyage and arrival at Ellis Island of twelve-year-old Julius Weinstein who, along with his mother and younger sister, immigrated from Russia in 1922.

Middle-aged sisters Meredith and Nina, having been estranged from one another and their parents by the actions of their disapproving mother, reunite after their father falls ill, and, by carrying out their dad's dying wish of hearing the true story of their mother's life in war-torn Leningrad, the women find their relationships mending and begin to have a deeper understanding and respect for their mom.

Two faiths are brought together one winter in rural Michigan when a Jewish family celebrating Hanukkah makes Christmas special for their neighbors, a Christian family whose house has been touched by scarlet fever.