The famous "Gateway to America" opened more than 130 years ago on New Year's Day. What was it like for the more than 12 ...

and even taking into account dietary restrictions of the Jewish immigrants. The first decade of the 1900s was the busiest time for Ellis Island, and it was very difficult for the facility staff to ...

The immigrants who came to the U.S. through Ellis Island faced many challenges, but on Christmas, they were served a feast that would introduce them to America.

In a nation of immigrants where more than 35 percent of the population has at least one relative who passed through Ellis Island ... of the New York-based Jewish Genealogical Society.

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...

Jewish immigrants sometimes would choose American-sounding names at Ellis Island to make their path to full integration easier. One would have hoped that in today’s more tolerant world ...

(AP Photo) On New Year’s Day in 1892, the Ellis Island Immigration Station in New York formally opened, processing nearly 700 immigrants on its first day. Five facts about Ellis Island ...

more than twelve million immigrants passed through the U.S. immigration portal at Ellis Island, enshrining it as an icon of America's welcome. That story is well known. But Ellis was also a place ...