On March 7th, 1905 at the New Road Synagogue in East London, Sarah Scheinman, 22, married Nathan « Lou » Lando, 24. One reporter covering the arrival of a boat in London 1891 wrote « Of the passengers some were young women wearing shawls on their heads and clad in soiled, faded and torn refinery. A few were old women, bent, emaciated and almost lifeless. Inspired by such examples, others of our family in succeeding generations have reaped commendations and honors in their own chosen fields. The point is that their stories and tremendously valuable contributions are replicated by the tens of millions of others who fled –and will never stop fleeing-the many shitholes of this world.

Source: Huffington Post January 14, 2018 23:15 UTC