Original sentence: He was one of seven children born to Rosalie and Joseph Wirth.His research was mostly concerned with how Jewish immigrants adjusted to life in urban America, as well as the distinct social processes of city life.Louis left Gemünden to live with his older sister at his uncle's home in Omaha, Nebraska in 1911.The family was Jewish and both of his parents were religiously active.Wirth was a supporter of applied sociology, and believed in taking the knowledge offered by his discipline and using it to solve real social problems
Edited sentence: At the time Louis left Gemünden to live with his older sister at his uncle's home in Omaha, Nebraska in 1911, Gemünden had 900 inhabitants, 20 percent of whom were Jewish.Both of his parents were active in their religious community and emigrated in 1936 to the USA.He was one of seven children born to Rosalie Lorig and Joseph Wirth.His research was concerned with how Jewish immigrants adjusted to life in urban America, as well as the distinct social processes of city life.It is in this respect that Wirth's path-breaking and insightful work still amply rewards detailed study even today, some seventy years after his original investigations.The profound social understanding of minority groups that Wirth obtained first-hand as an immigrant Jew in America, can equally be applied to understanding the problems of other minority groups in society, such as ethnic minorities, the disabled, homosexuals, women and the elderly, all of whom have also suffered, and/or continue to suffer prejudice, discrimination and disenfranchisement from the more numerically dominant members of a host society.The village was locally known as “Little Jerusalem”.Wirth was a strong supporter of applied sociology, taking the knowledge offered by his discipline and using it to solve real social problems