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#4thofJuly “From a Lower Manhattan arrival in 1900 to the space shuttle Endeavor in three generations”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Fleeing the Czars, Defying Gravity: A Fourth of July Immigrant Tale by Warren Kozak July 1, 2016 On July 4, 1900, Samuel Hoffman and his father, Moshe, walked across the gangplank of a ferryboat that unceremoniously dumped … Continue reading

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