The Demographic Profile of the Immigration from Eastern Europe to Mexico 1924 - 1929 in Comparative Aspects to the Land of Israel

Jewish immigration to Mexico in the early twentieth-century mainly originated in Arab nations and the Balkan region.

In this lecture, I will draw the demographic profile of the immigrants, and compare it with the Syrian Jews who immigrated to Mexico. The immigrants’ characteristics are obtained by analyzing the variables customarily used in immigration research e.g. sex, age, marital status and occupation. This demographic profile is found in a database that I built, containing the details of 3,950 immigrants from Poland, Russia, and Lithuania, as well as the details of 721 immigrants from Syria; it allows to draw comparisons - an essential aspect of migration research. Interspersed in the lecture are excerpts from the real-life journey of Jacob and Elizabeth Glantz, a Jewish couple who emigrated from Russia to Mexico in 1924, demonstrating a personal case that reflects the wider story of Jewish immigration to Mexico.