, ▁and ▁Russia . ▁Their ▁con greg ations ▁and ▁business es ▁– ▁namely ▁sh ops ▁s elling ▁Old ▁World ▁goods ▁- ▁firm ly ▁maintained ▁their ▁identity , ▁language , ▁and ▁custom s . ▁ ▁New ▁York ▁was ▁the ▁publishing ▁city ▁of ▁the ▁Y idd ish ▁newspaper , ▁For ver ts , ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 7 . ▁Several ▁other ▁Jewish ▁newsp apers ▁followed ▁and ▁were ▁being ▁produced ▁in ▁common ▁Jewish ▁languages , ▁such ▁as ▁Lad ino , ▁Y idd ish , ▁and ▁Heb rew . ▁ ▁These ▁imm igr ants ▁t ended ▁to ▁be ▁young ▁and ▁relatively ▁ir rel ig ious , ▁and ▁were ▁generally ▁sk illed   – ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁cl othing ▁industry , ▁which ▁would ▁soon ▁domin ate ▁New ▁York ' s ▁economy . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁Jews ▁" domin ated ▁related ▁fields ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁fur ▁trade ." ▁ ▁The ▁German ▁Jews , ▁who ▁were ▁often ▁wealth y ▁by ▁this ▁time , ▁did ▁not ▁much ▁appreciate ▁the ▁eastern ▁Ash ken azi ▁arrival s , ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁u pt own ▁Manh attan ▁en ▁mas se , ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁Lower ▁East ▁Side ▁where ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁imm igr ants ▁settled . ▁Still , ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁imm igr ants ▁worked ▁in ▁fact ories ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁first ▁class ▁of ▁Jews . ▁▁ 1 9 4 5 – present ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁two ▁American ▁Jews ▁from ▁Brook lyn ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁non - Is rael