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Immigration & Migration
The turkey soup is a reminder of another type of thanksgiving, back when the Abdullahs fled Kurdistan.
As they settled in the United States, many Jews found the country to be an unparalleled haven, and they sang about it.
Gutiérrez’s new studio in Ventura, California, will provide a space for that very diasporic Zapotec community—especially the next generation of Oaxacan youth.
As soon as I walked through the airport gates, the magic would end and I would be an American again.
Although cottage foods are often associated with farmers market vendors, immigrants have also been participating in this rising business trend.
Our exhibition traced the history of the theater from its earliest days of itinerant players (“Purimspielers”) to theater as a way for established immigrants to teach “greenhorns” the ways of the New World.
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