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Thank You Letter from a FEGS Client
A Russian immigrant writes to express his appreciation for the help FEGS (Federation Employment & Guidance Service) gave in helping him secure an engineering job, New York.
Innovative Programming in Jewish Resettlement
Cover page of a FEGS (Federation Employment & Guidance Service) publication about its Project Second Chance Program, an educational and vocational guidance program for Soviet youth enrolled in high school..
How to Find a Job in New York City: A Manual for Newly Arrived Soviet Emigres
Cover of FEGS publication for Russian immigrants seeking employment.
Skills Training for Soviet Jewish Immigrants
Soviet Jewish immigrants in a training course for bakers sponsored by FEGS in cooperation with private industry.
Vot Ken Yu Makh? S’iz Amerike (What Can You Do? It's America!)
Hit song from the Yiddish musical Der litvisher yankee (The Litvak Yankee) marveling about how different life is in America:
In Europe, young women get married
And afterwards they have children as is properly done
In America, it's completely…
In Europe, young women get married
And afterwards they have children as is properly done
In America, it's completely…
Mayn yingele (My little boy)
Yiddish song based on an 1887 poem by Morris Rosenfeld about how a father barely knows his own child because of the many hours he spends slaving away in a sweatshop.
I always find him asleep
I only see him at night
Work drives me out early
And…
I always find him asleep
I only see him at night
Work drives me out early
And…
Lebn zol kolumbus (Long live Columbus)
Abraham Rosenstein with King’s Orchestra
Victor 67823 mx. B 17402-1; Recorded NY
Victor 67823 mx. B 17402-1; Recorded NY
Amerike, di bist alrayt (America, You're Alright)
Aaron Lebedeff with orchestra directed by Alexander Olshanetsky
Brunswick 67128 mx. E 28498; Recorded in NY
Brunswick 67128 mx. E 28498; Recorded in NY
Di grine kuzine (The Greenhorn Cousin)
Abraham Moskowitz with unknown clarinetist, Abe Schwartz, violin and Sylvia Schwartz, piano
Columbia E7553 mx. 88738-5; Recorded in NY
Columbia E7553 mx. 88738-5; Recorded in NY
Passport or Visa Holder
Visa or passport holder advertising the Austro-Americana Steamship Company based in Trieste, which sailed to such destinations as New York, Portland, Maine, Halifax, and Rio de Janeiro.
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