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title: "The last great wave of Jewish settlers to the United States came from Eastern Europe, primarily Russia. One of the most important people in the early days of Eastern European immigration was Abraham Cahan. Who was he?"  
description: "The last great wave of Jewish settlers to the United States came from Eastern Europe, primarily Russia. One of the most important people in the early days of Eastern European immigration was Abraham Cahan. Who was he?"  
author: "tasman Johnson"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39928/the-last-great-wave-of-jewish-settlers-to-the-united-states-came-from-eastern-europe-primarily-russia-one-of-the-most-important-people-in-the-early-days-of-eastern-european-immigration-was-abraham-cahan-who-was-he  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  The last great wave of Jewish settlers to the United States came from Eastern Europe, primarily Russia. One of the most important people in the early days of Eastern European immigration was Abraham Cahan. Who was he?

The last great wave of Jewish settlers to the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41822/what-was-the-costliest-battle-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-marines-corps) came from [Eastern Europe](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51381/what-kept-the-united-states-from-stopping-stalin-s-efforts-to-take-over-eastern-europe), primarily Russia. One of the most important people in the early days of Eastern [European](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42781/how-did-european-attempts-to-dominate-the-americas-shape-relations-between-native-americans-europeans) [immigration](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43057/what-was-the-effect-of-the-immigration-act-of-1990) was Abraham Cahan. Who was he?\
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