by Linda K. Jacobs | Sep 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
In an excerpt from my new book, Strangers in the West, we continue the travails of new Syrian immigrants who landed in New York harbor. When a Syrian arrived at Castle Garden or Ellis Island, he or she was examined by various officials including emigration and health...
by Linda K. Jacobs | Sep 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
The following post is an excerpt from my about-to-appear book, Strangers in the West, about the travails of the earliest Syrian immigrants who arrived in New York harbor in the 1880s. Although the “First Syrian Immigrant Family” arrived in New York in...
