"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses. . ." are words deeply connected with the Statue of Liberty from Emma Lazarus’s poem, “The New Colossus!” Did you know that April 17 is celebrated as the day in 1907 when more immigrants were processed through Ellis Island than any other day in its history—11,747 people! As early as the 1880s, Lazarus was speaking out against anti-Semitism in Europe, advocating for Jewish refugees coming to the United States. Many of her most passionate poems w

“Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”🗽 Emma Lazarus, a Jewish American, is remembered most notably for writing the poem which adorns the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal. 🗽 Born in 1849 to a Jewish family from Portugal, she firmly believed the backbone of America was its immigrants – and she spent all her time and energy committed to American refugees. She became a major advocate for Jewish Russian refugees detained in miserable conditions at Ward’s Island

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