antly ▁Jewish ▁s ht et l ▁- ▁the ▁same ▁part ▁of ▁Western ▁Russia ▁as ▁Gold man ▁and ▁Ber k man . ▁Gr ondo , ▁now ▁apart ▁of ▁modern - day ▁Bel arus , ▁was ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Pale ▁of ▁S ett lement , ▁the ▁seg reg ated ▁territory ▁within ▁which ▁Jewish ▁citizens ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁res ide . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁Jewish ▁population ▁was ▁rout in ely ▁subject ed ▁to ▁repr ession , ▁including ▁legal , ▁social , ▁and ▁spatial ▁restrictions . ▁After ▁her ▁mother ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 , ▁Hel ene ▁and ▁her ▁sister ▁Anna ▁went ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁their ▁grand par ents ▁in ▁B ial yst ok , ▁just ▁outside ▁of ▁Poland . ▁Here , ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁Hel ene ▁was ▁first ▁exposed ▁to ▁radical ▁ide ologies ▁by ▁being ▁exposed ▁to ▁social ist ▁literature ▁while ▁being ▁t utor ed ▁by ▁local ▁students . ▁L ik ely ▁due ▁to ▁continued ▁religious ▁per sec ution , ▁Hel ene ▁( 1 6 ), ▁Anna ▁( 1 7 ), ▁and ▁her ▁father ▁Isaac ▁M ink in ▁( 3 5 ) ▁decided ▁to ▁em igr ate ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁wave ▁of ▁Eastern ▁European ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁Russia ; ▁they ▁board ed ▁the ▁Wiel and ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 0 ▁in ▁Hamburg , ▁and ▁began ▁the ▁long ▁journey ▁to ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁Jo ining ▁the ▁an arch ist ▁movement ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁▁ ▁The ▁ 1