INTRODUCTION: AMERICAN JEWS, COMMUNISM, THE ICOR AND BIROBIDZHAN
Journal: Academic Studies Press eBooks
Year: 2019

For much of the 20 th century, Jews comprised a disproportionate component of the American left.Before World War I, the Jewish Socialist Federation, claiming 14,000 members, was a signifi cant segment of the Socialist Party.Jews by the tens of thousands worked in the "needle trades" and belonged to trade unions such as the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA), the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), 1 and the International Fur and Leather Workers' Union. 2 They also b