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Immigrant history comes alive at the Tenement Museum

I had always wanted to tour the Tenement Museum in New York City, having had a number of my relatives immigrate to the U.S. from Europe; a number who came through Ellis Island and spent time in New York before heading elsewhere.  On my recent trip to the Big Apple, I finally got my wish. Founded in 1988 by historian Ruth Abram and social activist Anita Jacobson, the Lower East Side Tenement…