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Journey/Ellis Island
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| immigrant | A person who moves to a country that is not his or her native land to live permanently |
| mentsch | The Yiddish word for "man" |
| pogromshchiki | A term used in Russian and in Yiddish to describe the people who carried out pogroms |
| Sabbath | The seventh day of the week observed by Jews from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday as of rest and worship |
| Shabbos | The Yiddish word for "Sabbath" |
| samovar | A large urn with a spigot at its base, used especially in Russia to boil water to make tea |
| schlepping | Dragging, carrying, or moving something with difficulty |
| shelling | Bombarding of attacking with shells. A shell is An explosive charge that is loaded into a big gun and fired |
| shrapnel | Fragments of a shell, an explosive charge that is fired from a big gun |
| tsuris | The Yiddish word for "troubles" |
| Ya, ya, ikh ken git loyfen | Yiddish-"Yes, yes I'm a good runner." |
| Yiddish | A language spoken by Jews from central or eastern Europe and their descendants. |