ABSTRACT. The aim of the present study is to examine and evaluate the immigration to the United States of Jews from the Russian Empire, the refugee nature of the Russian Jews, the effectiveness of Jewish organizations in influencing American immigration policy, and the Jewish influence on trends toward the secularization of American society. The paper generates insights about the large scale of Eastern European and Russian Jewish immigration, the relationship between the information offices and the scope of emigration, the dynamics and scope of Jewish emigration, and the Jewish immigrant experience. pp. 248–253

Keywords: Russian Jewish immigration, emigration process, economic progress