The Jewish were one of the many ethnic groups to migrate to the U.S. with a long history of migration; the Jewish ethnicity has been traveling for a long time. The first group of Jews to travel to the United States came from Brazil fleeing the Portuguese. In 1702 the first few Ashkenazic Jews traveled from Germany and simply joined the already established Sephardic Jews which came from Brazil, even though they were looked down upon. The emigration of the Jewish people was thanks to economic, demographic, and political problems. One of the biggest problems was the racism Jews faced in all of Europe, and other parts of the world. The Jewish were prosecuted, mostly on false accusations.

   One of the main characteristics of Jewish migration was the fact they would almost always traveled in family. They traveled from Spain, Brazil, Germany, The U.K. and Russia. Many of their destinations were associated with the Dutch such as the Caribbean, and they went to the Netherlands because of their higher tolerance than the other European countries. Eventually, however their eyes turned to America the land of opportunity. Many ethnicities saw America as a haven and set out for it but the Jews usually focused on metropolitan areas for trade.

   The Jewish people were having hard times everywhere; the U.S. was not necessarily an exception. Since few Jews had occupations outside of artistry and general trade they were not prosperous quick, but things improved. Many Jews from Germany were successful in business, especially banking. The Jews could face religious prosecution every once in a while, but it was usually nothing serious, as such they had 270 synagogues by 1880. Over two thirds resided in New York, Chicago, Boston and Pennsylvania. The Jewish people worked hard, and eventually started getting less racism with higher ranking posts and jobs, but suffered somewhat from all the Jews from Russia that came during the late 1800s.

   In my point of view the Jews suffered as much as all the other ethnicities when it came to living their homes if not worse, but in the end were one of the most successful groups and met little oppression. The Jewish people were not necessarily a big group, but were close knit, hard working and very attached to their customs. The Jewish people were however at different points victims of a type of elitism within themselves which spurred from their origins. In the long run they began with little, but had quite a few success stories, which I would say would consider their efforts a success.