An Actual Report from Nakhman Feinboim Translated by Pamela Russ
According to what is known, Jews began coming to America from
Serock after 1905. They settled in the East Side, in New York,
which was at that time the center of Jewish immigrants from
Russia and Poland. The Jews that arrived from Serock lived, as
did the other Jewish immigrants, in heavily poor conditions and
unsanitary housing, suffering frequently from unemployment,
particular difficulties in integrating into the new land, no
language, and being totally unprepared for the enormous changes.
Because of all this, they searched for a sort of place for
themselves. They began to get together to talk to each other and
share the issues that pressed on their hearts. They would read
letters from home. And, so, in 1913, the first organization of
Serocker Jews in New York was established under the name Khevra
(group) Rav Yosef Levinshtayn, obm (of blessed memory), named
after the former Serocker rabbinic leader. The organizers were:
Moishe Finkelshtayn,