Youth-Led Jewish Immigration

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The article “Young border crossers: Jewish youth during the age of migration” by Daniella Doron talks about the concept of youth-led migration in Jewish history (Doron, nd). According to her, from 1870 to 1924, about 600,000 immigrants aged fourteen years old and below, introducing the concept of youth-led immigration. Contrary to the past where adults led the migration process, the period saw a new wave of unaccompanied teenagers migrating outside Europe due to their open-mindedness about new experiences, need for adventure, and being attuned to the disturbing tendencies around them, such as antisemitism. However, according to Daniella, their newfound accomplishment faces several obstacles: adults controlling the process, Jewish activists, and politicians deciding the youth’s destinations, and gendered expectations. She concludes that unaccompanied immigrants rewrite the history of Jewish immigration by including them as part of shapers of the process and bring...