{"id":16639,"date":"2024-02-21T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museemrjmoi.com\/musee\/the-jewish-section-of-the-m-o-i\/2-the-universalist-and-secular-ideal-of-jewish-immigrants-from-eastern-europe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:55:48","slug":"2-the-universalist-and-secular-ideal-of-jewish-immigrants-from-eastern-europe","status":"publish","type":"musee","link":"https:\/\/www.museemrjmoi.com\/en\/musee\/the-jewish-section-of-the-m-o-i\/2-the-universalist-and-secular-ideal-of-jewish-immigrants-from-eastern-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"2 – The Universalist and Secular Ideal of Jewish Immigrants from Eastern Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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While not all 110,000 Jews who immigrated to Eastern Europe hold progressive views, many of them\u2014both men and women\u2014are driven by a universalist and secular revolutionary ideal<\/a>.<\/p>

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Often politically active in their countries of origin, they choose to settle in France out of admiration for the France of the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and the emancipation<\/a> of the Jews. This attachment they share with French Jews. All celebrate the homeland of human rights and the exoneration of Dreyfus<\/a>. <\/p>

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Jews who immigrated made a name for themselves within the \u201cSchool of Paris,\u201d while manual laborers worked from home or in workshops. For the most part, they were garment and textile workers or small-scale artisans. They lived mainly in working-class neighborhoods in Paris\u2014in the east, north, and center. Driven by a strong political consciousness, they quickly became involved in social conflicts. As a result, young Jews made up a significant portion of the Communist Youth. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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