The Melting Pot (1881-1915) [feat.

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0:00 Prologue: Three Waves
2:33 Causes of Mass Immigration
7:22 The Immigration Process
10:11 Tenements
13:14 Streetcar Suburbs
15:21 Agricultural Settlements
17:36 The Galveston Plan
19:39 Communal Institutions
22:50 Religion
25:10 Labor
29:19 The Progressive Era and the Party Switch
34:36 “The Melting Pot”
36:43 American Casual Antisemitism
41:06 American Ideological Antisemitism
42:43 The Lynching of Leo Frank
48:03 The End of an Era

[@SamAronow]

See y’all at Gallipoli. *CORRECTIONS/NOTES* 1. I don’t intend to make videos this long basically ever. I have nine videos planned for WWI and they will mostly be smaller, more intimate/focused stories (with the exception of _that one big one)._ 2. Apologies to those hoping I would mention Emma Goldman, Joseph Pulitzer, or Jim Novy. Novy was in the script but had to be cut. It was information overload, which is why most things get cut. 3. FDR was _Assistant_ Secretary of the Navy. 4. The Palestine, MI that was a Jewish agricultural colony was in Northern Michigan, not the place of the same name in the Upper Peninsula. 5. Newly-minted citizens would receive a Certificate of Naturalization, not a Certificate of Citizenship.

[@patria3023]

Ahh well. We got Clara Leimlicht, so good enough! And I’m excited for World War One!

[@tamarleahh.2150]

Maybe in the future you can do a video on them

[@jas7256]

9 videos??? Damn

[@DiamondKingStudios]

FDR as assistant secretary of the Navy? Just like Theodore (fifth cousin and wife’s uncle), from 1897-1898 (he quit to help out in Cuba)

[@michaelstein2317]

@SamAronow. You're confused. I never mentioned anything about black hundreds. My mother talked about the black Russians, who were Cossacks. Please do not disrespect The sacred memory of my sainted mother. She was the daughter granddaughter and great-granddaughter of many chazans. She and My Father operated a grocery store. She gave away food to everyone and taught me charity and chesed. She spoke eight languages fluently coming here at the age of six from the Ukraine. I accept your apology ahead of time

[@neroraul3550]

Finally, a Sam Aranow episode exploring the origins of Sam Aranow

[@barakdan1858]

😂

[@penelopegreene]

He mentioned his family a bit in another video, didn't he?

[@jonathanbowers8964]

​@@penelopegreenein quite a few other videos (really starting in the 1880s to 1890s I think). This is the culmination of all of those videos.

[@penelopegreene]

@@jonathanbowers8964 kk. TY

[@UsefulCharts]

Mostly here to see Jarrett Ross drawn in Sam Aronow style.

[@davedark27]

Was your family tree of Judaism taken down?😢

[@AncientAmericas]

Oh boy! 50 minutes of Sam Aronow to start the day!

[@tamirthedirector]

Legends recognise legends

[@andreaslaroi8956]

There's even two of them (50:19)

[@dcguy3]

Finally, some Jewish Texan history. I've waited years for this days Thank you, Sam

[@Mr_Pilat]

The Summoning Salt needle drop has me rolling

[@joshhakey7705]

Same. Can't believe there's also a new SS to watch after this so I can hear it again lol

[@Mr_Pilat]

I was just thinking about that 😂

[@xunqianbaidu6917]

"Even small cities enjoyed access to frequent intercity rail services, interurban commuter trains, and extensive networks of streetcars" Godd*mn it

[@stephenfisher3721]

Joplin Missouri, where I live, suspended its Sunshine Trolley (our name for public transportation bus) because they can't get enough drivers. If you live here, you really need a car

[@DiamondKingStudios]

That would be something I’d like to see again. Something to consider is that this big rail network connected a nation with a population over three times smaller than it is today. Even with usage of automobiles and coach buses, there’s probably enough demand to restore all former intercity rail/streetcar/interurban lines. The interurbans might even help to alleviate suburban sprawl, as the former ROW of many of these lines is now suburbs.

[@penandsword4386]

😆

[@J-Bahn]

@@DiamondKingStudiosabsolutely! hence the reason for my KZbin channel existing. Revive public transportation as well as the described practice of land use being based around it.

[@Taco0718]

This episode means a lot to me. My family arrived in the States in 1896 and 1904.

[@bobby6427]

Same

[@GeneaVlogger]

Thank you for including me in this amazing video!

[@_oaktree_]

My grandmother grew up in one of the agrarian communities in New Jersey, in the 1920s and 1930s. Her parents, who had come from middle class and wealthy backgrounds, respectively, back in Poland and Russia found themselves flat broke with no access to money because they'd come as refugees and had to leave it all behind (so I'm told, anyway). They lived and worked on a chicken farm in one of these agrarian complexes for several years.

[@DogDogGodFog]

Lol, that's just dissapointing

[@sejanus1990]

Love the Jon Bois editing style and music choice in the prologue, cant wait to see the rest of the video!

[@SamAronow]

_"The Age of Aronow | Dorktown"_

[@izzyf3129]

I was searching for this comment

[@gabrielrussell5531]

"Muckracking photojournalist Jacob Riis" Oh hey, I know that guy from the park named after him!

[@SamAronow]

Now you know how my Israeli viewers feel all the time!

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

I can't believe you didn't mention the most famous member of the Jewish Territorial Organization (or the "Territorialists"), Albert Einstein! Although later, he moved to support Labour Zionism.

[@stephenfisher3721]

When I was in school they taught us about Woodrow Wilson and the 14 points and the League of Nations. He was made out to be a hero. They said nothing about his racial policy.

[@SamAronow]

Which state? I grew up in California, where we do learn this. Though in spite of that Wilson is probably more revered here than anywhere else in the US. There are murals of him standing in front of a map of Greater Armenia.

[@stephenfisher3721]

​​​​@@SamAronowI had American history in high school in 1972 in Iowa.

[@lardgedarkrooster6371]

That's exactly how I was taught about him in 2019. I learned about his other policies by myself later on, much like I always do. They really like to sugarcoat history in history class

[@jake_mu7550]

Yeah I'm in Oklahoma and I've even argued with teachers about the founders having slaves... Education really ignores the bad side of our history and makes people mad when you bring it up because of it. I've learned most of what I know from personal research. Wilson was a good president from what class taught me even though I personally think he could of been better but hey I'm looking from a modern look and we still struggle with a lot of the same issues so what do I know.

[@Qba86]

In Poland, Wilson comes up in classroom history almost exclusively in the context of his 14 points. On the one hand, it's understandable, as it was crucial for Poland's independence after the Great War. On the other hand, well, let's just say I was more than a little bit miffed with my school curriculum when I learned about the darker side of his presidency later in life.

[@Longlius]

"Too many parties and offices to name. Just know he was from Minnesota." I see things haven't changed too much.

[@SamAronow]

They’ve got nothing on Wisconsin in that regard. You’ll see when we get to the 20s.

[@arlen_95]

For anyone wondering, the song at 1:48 is “We’re Finally Landing” by HOME.

[@janmelantu7490]

One of your greatest videos. Possibly one of the best videos on American history, Period

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

That is, BY FAR, the longest video.

[@kerryannegarnick1846]

My family's last name changed from Guernig to Garnick when they came to America, but not by Ellis Island. They did it themselves. Idk why, but it was a common thing. My other side of the family changed their names from Tobin to Tubin.

[@SamAronow]

I knew this originally from _Dave at Night_ based on Gail Carson Levine's father's childhood at the YMHA. He changed his name from Carasso to Carson.

[@KosherCookery]

My family came to the US around 1910, but the name didn't change from Hanau to Hanna until around 1940, coincidentally around the time my great-grandfather was applying to medical school at UCLA.

[@isaacverhelst3983]

Fantastic video, amazing job as usual. One small thing: at 16:21 you show Palestine, Mi as being in the upper peninsula. While there is a place in Michigan called Palestine there, that was not the Am Olam settlement. The Am Olam settlement was in the Bay city (ish) area closer to the thumb in the Lower peninsula. Only noticed it myself when I was trying to figure out if there really were Jewish agriculturalists in the UP. Sadly, just Bay city 😖

[@m.a.9571]

The fact that you haven't passed 1 million subs yet is such a shame

[@cv990a4]

A thick, juicy slice of history, served up piping hot, by Chefs Aranow and Ross.

[@mammuchan8923]

You have put it exactly as I wanted to but couldn’t find the words 😎

[@MarkVrem]

Nice perspective in explaining how the parties swapped agendas. I don't believe I ever heard it put that way. Or at least that clearly. Definitely, something I will keep in mind. There are always these little nuggets of gold, for even people who aren't all that into Judaism to keep watching your stuff lol.

[@Qba86]

I must admit that until watching your video, I had this image of Donnely as a relatively harmless "Prince of Cranks". Boy, was I wrong...

[@Asher.Yodaah]

I always wondered why my great-great grandfather, born in Romania, studied agricultural in Palestine, and ended up living in Minnesota, came to the US via Galveston. Been really enjoying your videos. Really puts into context the stories I've heard about my family.

[@stephenfisher3721]

Jarett Ross makes a great cartoon character

[@elh93]

My mom's side of the family landed in the east coast (Baltimore IIRC), then ended up in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA.

[@ClassyCourtesan]

Mine ended up in Squirrel Hill too.

[@fabriziomangione3231]

I love this series. In 1911 Maier Suchowljansky fled the Russian Empire to join his father, who was already living in the Lower East Side in NYC. There he would meet Salvatore Lucania, who emigrated from Italy five years earlier. A long lasting friendship and collaboration would develop between the two. Yes, this is the most sanitized way to tell this story.

[@denizalgazi]

How Meyer met Lucky…

[@SamAronow]

Spoilers for the next US video.

[@ThatOneCatto]

Having thought about this for exactly one second- math homework can wait, 50 minutes of Sam Aronow calls forth!

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

One of my great grandmothers came to visit her brother in New York, but only for a summer. It was 1914.

[@stephenfisher3721]

What is your point? Where did she come from? Did she go back? If Jewish, did she go back to Europe and get killed by the Nazis or their helpers some years later?

[@GermanConquistador08]

One of my favorite things about Sam is that he doesn't hold back on things that he KNOWS are verifiable history. He doesn't seem to mind if something is Popularly Misunderstood if he can present what is actually True. I appreciate how well researched all of this always is - Including the diligent corrections in the comments. Great video as always!

[@danielrothstein6591]

Just looking at Mexico throughout the video and it’s different in every year

[@patrickrowan6001]

¡ Viva Madero !

[@Rudster14]

My father's whole family came from Eastern Europe and settled either in NYC or Kansas

[@oranjethefox8725]

A silly correction but while streetcars are called streetcars in most of the US, everyone I know living around San Francisco (where they are still common) calls them trolleys.

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

9:05 Ironically, it happened quite a lot to Jewish immigrants to Israel. Those whose names weren't Hebrew enough were Hebraized. Usually, with the approval of the immigrant, but not always.

[@Maurice-Navel]

Re: Jacob Schiff: The first floor of Barnard Hall in NYC is popularly known as "Jake." It was Jacob Schiff who had given the money to create Barnard College, but Columbia could not be seen to have a building named after a Jew. The students worked it out.

[@proledad3802]

I wish Sam's earliest videos about the First Temple, interdynastic, and Hasmonean eras were this long and detailed

[@Duiker36]

I hope he goes back and redoes those videos someday. It's hard for me to tell people to start from the beginning when those videos are such a massive step down from his latest work.

[@Grey000]

Finally I get an explanation to what the kosher meat boycott was!

[@SamAronow]

1895 was the first. There was a second in 1902.

[@jiwoo-k]

Thank you Sam for making videos about American Judaism, with this one being the best one of this sort. A you probably know, most Israeli Jews are barely familiar with American Jewish history, such as I was, and these videos are very informative. Your channel is fantastic, ad this video might've been your best one yet.

[@Artur_M.]

It's always great to see a new video of yours!

[@McFluff33]

These videos get more detailed and interesting everytime. Keep up the amazing work!

[@dmman33]

A truly amazing video! Thank you!

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Great video

[@sean668]

Awesome job

[@michaelstein2317]

I think I had mentioned previously that my father during the depression, was a tobacco runner, working for the Hirsch family to avoid tobacco tax. To comment on this wonderful KZbin series. In the discussion about unions, my uncle Willie Greenberg was the secretary treasurer of the international teamsters Union third and line to his buddy Hoffa. My uncle actually was required to testify in front of Congress along with other Teamster officials. However, thank Gd, my uncle is not buried with Hoffa and lived a long life afterwards. His four brothers were involved with food fair and pennfruit, their cousin was also involved with food fair. I am modern Chabad Orthodox, However my father's family were reformed at best.

[@kenster8270]

20:42 I think that in the post-Emancipation era, the words "Jew" and "Jewess" were being used as slurs in European languages so frequently that other euphemisms were preferred for organizations and periodicals. So for instance in Scandinavia, Jewish congregations tended to refer to themselves as "Mosaic" (in reference to Moses). The idea was to avoid unwanted attention by sticking out like a sore thumb. In my country, Denmark, the Jewish experience was generally unproblematic following Emancipation in 1849, but nonetheless, there was always a sense of trepidation that things could change for the worse overnight.

[@noorhanisahabrahman4929]

So Excited!! Clicked Immediately!

[@marksimons8861]

Me too.

[@jesusisasocialist]

Not so much a video more a feature. Slightly surprised you didn't break it into several shorter videos. However I'm not criticising it's content. As a British non new I'm finding your series fascinating. I look forward to your next video.

[@SamAronow]

Know that a lot of the history and migration patterns I've spoken about in the three US videos also apply to the UK. They even arrived in both places in the same year; 1654, and both from the Netherlands. Then there was a big wave from Germany and Italy in the late 18th century, and from Eastern Europe in the late 19th. Everything I said about the Lower East Side can also apply to Whitechapel, and the streetcar suburbs to the Northern Line.

[@tomallen8459]

Your political take is appreciated. Many times people forget history isn't made in a vacuum. There are as many opiniones on events as there are people opineing in this world. Many of the evils of the 20th century, from censorship to omnipotent government have a thread back to woodrow wilson.

[@jonathanbowers8964]

​@@xunqianbaidu6917it is important to know how systems of oppression were created and sustained if we are to ever make reforms for a better future. The mythologizing of historic figures (especially the Founding Fathers) does us no good and simply entrenches their horrendous policies and beliefs for future generations. Granted we should also acknowledge how leaders of the past did help create social progress (e.g. Lincoln's war against slavery, John Adam's early support for abolitionism) and recognize that people like Washington and Jefferson were morally complex figures (black and white morality is not something I would ever advocate for). TL;DR We shouldn't paint past leaders as saints, but as the complex and flawed human beings they were so that we can learn from the past and build a brighter future.

[@tomallen8459]

@@xunqianbaidu6917 no, no a great many of the Elite decision-makers were trained at Princeton directly under Woodrow Wilson

[@cooldude-gb2mq]

Another great video as always At least I assume so, I haven't had the time to watch this yet since I discovered your channel just a couple of weeks ago and have realized that nearly all your videos make references to something else in the Sam Aronow cinematic universe so I need to watch literally everything else on your channel to be able to fully appreciate this, I'm more than half way through but when I do get to this I'm sure I'll enjoy it

[@mother104]

This time episode is definitely an Extraordinary one 👌👍 Happy national day to you and the other Tzidikim 🎉❤

[@dRTAdave]

I love your videos. Thank you.

[@sfrish]

A masterpiece of History telling. Thank you Sam, it’s a pleasure to watch your videos and learn from you.

[@welcometonebalia]

Thank you.

[@camillejnell]

Thank you so much for this channel, and particularly for this video. It was deeply moving to see reflections of my own history here; and to appreciate it as part of the greater history of our people. My great grandpa left Vilnius via Antwerp in 1905, and my grandfather was born in Brooklyn in 1918; they ran a deli together until my grandfather left for the army air corps/WWII.

[@Seahorse20]

Awesome video.

[@jameyroberti1517]

great video!

[@Asf-bj4rw]

My fam lived in Atlanta during that time, they had to leave to Chattanooga for a while out of fear of the kkk

[@animationfanatic2133]

You mean to tell me we had an extensive public transportation network. *Screaming: FUUUUUUTURE

[@jasonssavitt5297]

My 3x Great Uncle brought my 2x Grandfather from Russia to the US in 1905, when he was 2 years old. They were the only survivors of the family who were killed in riots related to kichinev. The town we came from actually lost its entire Jewish population 36 years later thanks to the Nazis.

[@judithkornfeld3529]

Fascinating!

[@robloxfanboy86]

wake up babe new sam aronow vid just dropped

[@uriahlevi8640]

I rarely, if not ever had the patience to watch an hour-long KZbin Video. Except for this one. I didn’t even realize as time went by.

[@OliveOilFan]

Omg an hour long video? I wonder how long the last episode in this series will be

[@lucasballestin9085]

You are so good it's scary

[@brucerisen9825]

U da man Sam much luv 🎉🎉❤❤

[@maxr1122]

You always have the best music choices in your videos

[@nycmitch]

Great work, enjoyed the personal perspective

[@varana]

"This is Y." Don't do that, man, people may be drinking at the time.

[@animationfanatic2133]

Thank you for calling out self righteous Canadians. I love em but sometimes the historic gymnastics they go through to make themselves look great is insane

[@robtastic84]

This was a fascinating documentary, well made and well researched, I'm shocked at the low view count, and thank the algorithm gods it landed in my feed!

[@davidjotkowitz8461]

Man i love your videos Please make them shorter than this🙏

[@SamAronow]

Don’t worry. I still regard 30:00 as my default limit. WWI will be mostly shorter stories (with the exception of *that one big one)*

[@patria3023]

@@SamAronowthat one big one. How ominous!

[@SamAronow]

@@patria3023 Maybe two big ones, come to think about it. Both of them taking place at the same time, towards the end of the war but not quite _at_ the end.

[@lepkeb2252]

Wow, that was really good. BTW I suppose technically the first Jewish Cabinet member was Judah P Benjamin who was Attorney General, Secretary of State and Secretary of War for the Confederate States of America, if that counts.

[@SamAronow]

*United States* Cabinet

[@patria3023]

American cabinet, not those traitors.

[@parsifal6094]

Only 51 minutes? Why so short? (Thanks for uploading!)

[@Viewer163]

Thanks.

[@marksutton5540]

That was beautiful.

[@patria3023]

35:16 I love his play so so much!!! I want to play Dovid so badly. I cried the first time I read through it.

[@SamAronow]

My Bubby had a copy of it in her house that I always noticed but never looked into. It might have been a first-edition script. I believe it was sold with the other old books when she passed.

[@gabrielstuart-sikowitz4940]

happy to help about baltimore!

[@Cheesenommer]

Was that a Jon Bois reference at the beginning? I enjoyed it

[@zacharytrosch3406]

I've worked with HIAS! Really an outstanding group, truly a credit to its founding mission.

[@KosherCookery]

I am here for Sam taking shots at the Canadians.

[@7drytongues]

Wow, true fortune and foresight that your ENTIRE family made it out. Baruch hashem

[@SamAronow]

Depends what you mean by "entire family." More distantly we had refuseniks. And this is only _one_ side of the family; my great-great-grandma on the other had to survive WWI and the Russian Civil War and then sneak into the US through Canada.

[@f.c.6441]

Ross mentions that immigrants who become naturalized US citizens receive a certificate of *citizenship*. That is incorrect. Certificates of citizenship are issued to individuals who acquire US citizenship at birth, usually abroad. Individuals who become naturalized US citizens receive a certificate of *naturalization*.

[@GeneaVlogger]

You're correct, I should have said certificate of naturalization.

[@J-Bahn]

13:14 As an urban planning and transit advocate, I'm thrilled you brought up this topic! Also thank you for elaborating on the American political system.

[@brandonlefton1346]

14:28 My family started in Squirrel Hill, then moved to Boyle Heights, and finally, the Fairfax district.

[@BenLlywelyn]

I lived near Wrigley Field for a year. Growing up in a trailer in Texas, I think most of these areas you mentioned in this video would have given me more economic opportunities. But I would not be me. Good video.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

Wait until someone tells Ignatius Donnelly’s ghost that both my grandmothers were the daughters of Jewish fathers (both WWII veterans, met one of them when he was in his 90s) and Christian mothers. I’d say I turned out fine. That and my Italian great-great-grandparents on my father’s side. So glad these ideas didn’t grow in popularity to most Americans, else I might not even exist.

[@SamAronow]

Oh, it lingers. _Caesar's Column_ is arguably the ur-text of the Great Replacement Theory.

[@tercuskuhnsis8854]

The details in da Mexico map 🚬😮‍💨 Real historiography

[@baneofbanes]

I know right? This guy’s maps are always amazing.

[@dmman33]

Public transit was taken from us and we were never asked

[@stephenfisher3721]

I watched a program which stated that automobile manufacturers and the petroleum industry joined together to dismantle public transportation and encourage each family to buy a vehicle.

[@SamAronow]

This will probably come back if I ever do "Robert Moses vs. Victor Gruen."

[@dmman33]

@@SamAronow YAAAAAYYY!!!

[@SamAronow]

@@dmman33 “Milton Friedman vs. Peter Drucker” is also a possibility for the same time period. In both cases the wrong guy won.

[@Mackyle-Wotring]

@Sam Aronow Thank you for making this video about this chapter of Jewish-American history. Keep up the good work. ~Mackyle Wotring

[@ananon5771]

Another amazing video. And there probably was a point i would have been mad about the great switch, but honestly the view was just wrong, though i do wish it was explained better and in a more nuanced way.

[@itayeldad3317]

13:18 i mean in israel only the 2nd and 3th biggest metropolitan areas have lightrail/subway system, and both only have one line. Maybe when the tel aviv light rail will open we will have some perspective but we really don't know when it will ever open, if at all, even though its right there. Also, we like other countries public transport because its open 7 days a week

[@OshayrDeZwirek]

yet Israelis percivie the USA public transportation as good? probably becuase our politicans think adding new traffic lanes is the way to solve public transport issues....

[@SamAronow]

@@OshayrDeZwirek That's what they do in Austin. The people of Austin hate it and want to make their city more walkable, but the state government, which is based there, is actively fighting to make it a worse place to live because Texas is a mostly-Republican state and Austin is mostly-Democratic.

[@milobem4458]

@@OshayrDeZwirek When foreigners talk about USA they usually think New York City. It also has huge Jewish American population, so naturally Israelis are more familiar with NYC than with Podunk, Montana. New York has somewhat functional public transport.

[@marksimons8861]

@@milobem4458 When I think about the USA I usually think of everywhere except NYC. And for NYC I usually think of Manhattan. 😃

[@OshayrDeZwirek]

@@milobem4458 that may explain it, somwhat functinal is better the Israel....worse then practicly any other modern country.

[@user-qo6yj3rj9f]

@GeneaVlogger I grew up in Sicily Island, LA. Though my ancestors came after the failure of the colony, it is cool to learn this history. I always wondered where the agricultural colonists had gone after the flood.

[@brettbartlett8856]

I look away for one minute and I think a Summoning Salt video has started

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

The music for this video is insane

[@kendallbyrd9875]

Thought this was a speed run for a second

[@the_Analogist4011]

Ravel! I'm picking up on your musical choices 😎

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

*Before watching* its been a month sam let’s see if this was worth the wait.

[@dcguy3]

18:32 Henry Cohen is such an interesting guy. For anyone interested, look up his chapter in Jewish Stars in Texas: Rabbis and Their Work, by Hollace Ava Weiner

[@Seahorse20]

The fact that Jewish factory owners didn’t support the downtrodden Jewish workers in their factories, highlights the problem with identity politics. Employers, regardless of their identity, or ethnicity, will always advance their own class interests. It’s the same in the LGBTQI+ scene where the Queer employers will under pay queer workers. They will fly the rainbow flag on the one hand, while exploiting the queer working class on the other.

[@SamAronow]

It can be two things. The parallel rise of class and national consciousness has been a running theme through my entire coverage of the Long 19th Century.

[@Seahorse20]

@@SamAronowIt’s very interesting. I only found out about 6 years ago that a great uncle of mine was an ally of Theodore Herzl. His name was Max Nordau. He had been written out of our family because of political differences, and because he was ashamed of his background. He wasn’t a self hating Jew, but he was ashamed of his Sephardic roots. He was born in Budapest, and his real name was Simcha Miksa Südfeld/ Suedfeld . The Suedfeld family roots go back to Spain, and to Greece post expulsion. In short Nordau was of Eastern Sephardic origin. For reasons unknown to me, he idealized Northern Europe, hence he changed his name to Nordau (a reference to the north as opposed to Suedfeld which means Southern field (a reference to Spain). Nordau moved to Paris and married a Danish Protestant. He became estranged my family. I first heard that I was related to him when one of my cousins compiled the family tree.

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@@Seahorse20 Yes, I've mentioned him in a couple videos! The short-lived baseball team Tel Aviv Lightning were nicknamed the Nordau Street Gang.