Dear America Dreams In the Golden Country The Diary of Zipporah Faldman, A Jewish imigrant Girl

September 1, 1903 <Tab/>My name is Zipporah Faldman. I am a 12 year old Jewish girl from Russia. I have two older sisters. The oldest is Tovah. She is 16. The middle child is Miriam. She is 15 and I zipporah (Zippy for short), am the youngest. I am 12 years old. Me, my two sister and my mother are finally going to America. September 2, 1903 <Tab/>I am so confused and Lost. …

…York Philharmonic Orchestra as a first violinist. The Feldmans moved uptown a few years later to live closer to Carnegie Hall. Sarah Feldman continued to work in custom dressmaking for uptown ladies for several years. She never gave up her Jewish Wig. Tovah's union became part of the international Ladies Garment Workers Union and Tovah worked her way up through the ranks and became secretary oth the organization. She was well known as the organizer.