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- This Day In Israel's History
While the Judean focuses coverage only on Israel, this event is too significant to overlook as it had a profound impact on the world and is likely credited with saving the Jewish diaspora, a group that without their strong support, Israel would have had more of an uphill climb to survive, and ultimately thrive.
On January 1st, 1892, the first immigration services station was opened in Ellis Island, in which over 3 million Jewish refugees would pass through and completely change the fabric of the entire Jewish population. After a 90-year period of US military use, the island which is largely built on landfill was transformed into an immigration station that would soon turn into a large-scale industrious operation.
Read more: This Day In History: Ellis Island Opens, Forever Changing The Jewish Diaspora