In international wars the Jew, a man without a country, is the first target of economic discrimination, injustice, prejudice, superstition, and cruelty. He cannot protest in any country where he finds himself, without being regarded as a dangerous leader opposed to the
established order. Today, as always, the mystery of the Jew is his survival and his will to live. For three thousand years Jews have been an identifiable group, reacting to a great variety of historic circumstances and events, meeting all sorts of problems, overcoming all kinds of obstacles. Cooperating and competing with the foremost civilizations of their day, they deposit in every land in which they live the fruit of their long and checkered historic experience.
Taken form a diary entry written by Goldie Tuvin Stone in 1874, this excerpt relays the entire Jewish story. The Jews have always been marginalized, regardless of where they were or how they presented themselves. Jews have had to uproot themselves from many countries throughout history, including Spain, Russia, and parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Even in America, Jews were not widely accepted until their population was large enough wherein they could not be completely ignored. In New York City, the Jewish population reached almost 25%, cause for reform with regard to how the city treated its Jews.