Were most of the immigrants who came to Ellis Island, jewish?

Question

just wondering. I just saw a commercial about it with Michael Phelps and yeaah

Answer 1

No. Many or most Jewish immigrants of the early 20th century may have passed through Ellis Island, but so did other immigrants, in much greater numbers.

Answer 2

There was commercial about both Michael Phelps and Ellis Island?  Those seem like 2 completely unrelated topics.

Answer 3

The listings include a high percentage of Scots , Irish and English as well as Europeans  including Poles , Russians and Germans . Think many of the Central Europeans could have been Jewish but not particularly high overall .

Answer 4

It really depends what time you're talking about.  There were 2 major waves of European immigration.  In the mid 1800s, due to the Irish Potato Famine, TONS of Irish immigrants came to the US through Ellis Island.  From the late 1800s throughout the early 1920s, there was a larger wave of Southern & Eastern European immigrants [Jewish people count, but it was just a medley of all European nationalities.]  So you could consider Italy, Greece, Poland, and all the little Eastern European countries as part of the 2nd wave.  [* Russia COULD count, but many Russians came from the West through Angel Island] Hope that helps (:

Answer 5

Germany

Ireland

Poland

Russia

Italy

Portugal

Hungary

Spain

Romania

Greece

France

Austria

Montenegro/Bosnia/Serbia

Holland/Belgium/Luxembourg

Czech/Bohemia/Slavic

Norway/Sweden/Denmark

These are a majority of the countries immigrants came from.

Answer 6

No. Ellis Island was the landing place for immigrants from all over the world - and that is where the immigrants came from - all over the world. Some were Jewish, some were Catholic, some were Protestant, some were Muslim, some were Sufi, some were Suni, some were Greek Orthodox, some were Bah'ai - etc.etc.etc.  

Answer 7

they were from poland and other parts of europe. they fled to escape hitlers rain of terror

Answer 8

no

Answer 9

no. Irish too

Answer 10

No. Ellis Island operated as an immigrant center during the big immigration waves not only of Eastern European Jews, but of Italians, Hungarians, people from the Balkans, Greeks, and the later waves of Irish. And plenty of other ethnic groups mixed in, too.

Answer 11

No.  But most of the Jews from Russia and East Europe who came to the US between 1890 and 1920 came through Ellis Island.