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Assyrian Americans

January 01, 1970

Assyrian Americans (Syriac: ܣܘܼܖ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܐܲܡܪ̈ܝܼܟܵܝܹܐ) refers to individuals of ethnic Assyrian ancestry born in or residing within the United States. Assyrians are an indigenous Middle Eastern ethnic group native to Mesopotamia in West Asia who descend from their ancient counterparts, directly originating from the ancient indigenous Mesopotamians of Akkad and Sumer who first developed the independent civilisation in northern Mesopotamia that would become Assyria in 2600 BC. Modern Assyrians often culturally self-identify as Syriacs, Chaldeans, or Arameans for religious and tribal identification. The first significant wave of Assyrian immigration to the United States was due to the Sayfo genocide in the Assyrian homeland in 1914–1924.

Assyrian Americans
Total population
400,000 ~ 600,000[1][2][3][4]
Regions with significant populations
Arizona · California · Illinois · Michigan · New England
Languages
Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), English
Religion
Christianity
(majority: Syriac Christianity; minority: Protestantism)

The largest Assyrian diaspora is located in Metro Detroit, with a figure of 150,000.[5] High concentrations are also located in Phoenix, San Jose, Modesto, San Diego, Los Angeles, Turlock, and Chicago among others.[6]

History edit

Early history edit

Assyrians have been present in the United States since the late 19th century. The first recorded Assyrian in America was Zia Attala.[7] He reportedly immigrated to Philadelphia in 1889 and found work in the hotel industry.[8] Most early Assyrian immigrants, however, were young men sent by Western missionaries for religious training.[9]

Second wave of immigration edit

Following the turn of the century, Assyrian immigration to America mostly came to a halt due to the Immigration Act of 1924, which effectively cut off any legal immigration to the United States for Assyrians and other non-Western European groups. The second large wave of immigration occurred in the 1960s and 70s, mainly from northern Iraq due to conflicts and persecution by the Ba’athist government of Iraq. Others arrived from Iran following the Iranian Revolution. Many Assyrians arrived during this period and took advantage of the ongoing White flight in Detroit.

As a result of the situation, Assyrians gained a monopoly over grocery stores and other small businesses, and in many cases used their finances and newfound wealth to benefit the Assyrian community there and take in Assyrian refugees from Iraq. More Assyrians arrived throughout the 80s and 90s for similar reasons, with newer residents moving out of Detroit into suburbs such as Royal Oak and Sterling Heights due to the crack epidemic in Detroit, while others began to move to San Diego, establishing a new Assyrian community there.

In 2005, the first Assyrian school in the United States, the Assyrian American Christian School, opened in Tarzana, Los Angeles.

In Michigan edit

See also: History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit § Chaldo-Assyrian Americans
 
Chaldean Catholic Church in Detroit. Chaldean Catholic Assyrian immigration, mainly to Detroit, Michigan, began in the early 20th century

Assyrian immigration to cities in Michigan began in the early 20th century. The cities in the state include, but are not limited to, Detroit, Southfield, Sterling Heights, Oak Park, Troy, West Bloomfield, Walled Lake, Rochester Hills, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Warren, Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor. More and more Assyrians, as they establish themselves financially, quickly move out of Detroit and into the other locations, including San Diego and cities in Arizona.

Before the 1970s, Assyrians came to the United States in search of greater economic opportunities. After the 1970s, many Assyrians fled for political freedom, especially after the rise of Saddam Hussein and after the Gulf War. Some were drawn by the economic opportunities they had seen successfully affect their family members who had already immigrated.

Less stringent immigration laws during the 1960s and 1970s facilitated increasing numbers, with the 1970s seeing the highest number of Assyrians coming to the United States. In 1962, the number of Assyrian owned grocery stores was 120, but grew to 278 in 1972. The main cause of this were the 1967 Detroit riots, after which Jewish grocery store owners left the area and left the opportunity open for Assyrians to take over. Often these Jews sold their old stores to Assyrians.[10]

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Chaldean Catholic Churches in Detroit and received a key to the city in the 1980s on behalf of mayor Coleman Young, when the Ba’ath regime was an ally of the United States government.[11]

Mostly all new Chaldean Catholic Assyrian immigrants and low-income senior citizens tend to reside in Detroit, in the 7 Mile Road between Woodward Avenue and John R Street. This area was officially named Chaldean Town in 1999.[12] There are eight Chaldean Catholic Churches in Metro Detroit, located in West Bloomfield, Troy (where there are two), Oak Park, Southfield, Warren, Sterling Heights and Detroit.

In California edit

After World War II, several Assyrian men who had been educated in Iraq by American Jesuits traveled to the United States. They were to teach Arabic to U.S. officers at the Army Language School who were going to be stationed in the Middle East. The men started the San Diego-area Chaldean Catholic community. Yasmeen S. Hanoosh, author of The Politics of Minority Chaldeans Between Iraq and America, wrote that the Chaldean Catholic Church in San Diego "continued to grow in relative isolation from the family-chain-migration based communities in and around Michigan."[13]

In Illinois edit

Geographic distribution edit

According to the 2011 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates there are 110,807 Assyrian people in the United States.[3][4]

The 2000 U.S. Census counted 82,355 Assyrians (including those who identify as Chaldean or Syriac) in the country, of whom most lived in Illinois. These 3 groups were listed as one category in the United States Census[14]

Michigan edit

There were 34,484 living in Michigan according to the 2000 United States census.[15]

California edit

There were 22,671 living in California according to the 2000 United States census.[16]

Illinois edit

There were 15,685 Assyrians living in Illinois according to the 2000 United States census.[18]

Assyrian, Syrian, Syriac edit

The federal government of the United States took the word Syrian to mean Arabs from the Syrian Arab Republic and not as one of the terms to identify the ethnically distinct Assyrians, although the terms Syrian and Syriac are strongly accepted by mainstream majority academic opinion to be etymologically, historically, geographically and ethnically derivative of the earlier term Assyrian,[19][20] and historically meant Assyrian (see Etymology of Syria) and not Arab or Aramean. In addition, the Syrian Arab Republic is home to many ethnicities, including Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians, Kurds, and Turkmens, and is thus not an exclusively Arab nation.

The Syriac Orthodox Church was previously known as the Syrian Orthodox Church until a Holy Synod in 2000 voted to change it to Syriac, thus distinguishing from the Arabs. Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim wrote a letter to the Syriacs in 2000 urging them to register in the census as Syriac with a C, and not Syrian with an N to distinguish the group. He also urged them not to register as the country of origin.[21] The Church was previously known as the Assyrian Orthodox Church in America and Israel-Palestine, which can be seen in the name of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Paramus, New Jersey.[22]

Chaldean refers to ethnic Assyrians who are (traditionally) Eastern Catholic, having split from the Assyrian Church in Upper Mesopotamia between the 17th and 19th centuries (see Schism of 1552). Chaldean is thus a religious term, not an ethnic term. The majority of Chaldean Catholics come from Iraq’s Nineveh Plains region, which is located in Upper Mesopotamia (northern Iraq). The Chaldeans of antiquity lived in southeast Mesopotamia from the 9th century BC and disappeared from history in the 6th century BC.

On the US census, there is a section for the Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriacs, which is listed separately from Syrian, Syrian being a subcategory for Arab.[23]

Notable people edit

See also: List of ethnic Assyrians/Chaldeans/Syriacs

See also edit

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Further reading edit

  • Hanoosh, Yasmeen H. The Politics of Minority Chaldeans Between Iraq and America. ProQuest, 2008. ISBN 0549984755, 9780549984757.
  • Henrich, Natalie and Joseph Henrich. Why Humans Cooperate : A Cultural and Evolutionary Explanation: A Cultural and Evolutionary Explanation. Oxford University Press, 30 May 2007. ISBN 0198041179, 9780198041177.
  • Sengstock, Mary C., and Sanaa Taha Al Harahsheh. "Chaldean Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2014), pp. 441–452. online
  • Sengstock, Mary C. Chaldean-Americans: Changing Conceptions of Ethnic Identity (Center for Migration Studies, 1999).
  • Sengstock, Mary C. Chaldeans in Michigan (Michigan State University Press, 2005).

External links edit

  • Chaldean Cultural Center
  • Assyrian-Americans

January 01, 1970
assyrian, americans, syriac, ܣܘ, ܡܪ, refers, individuals, ethnic, assyrian, ancestry, born, residing, within, united, states, assyrians, indigenous, middle, eastern, ethnic, group, native, mesopotamia, west, asia, descend, from, their, ancient, counterparts, d. Assyrian Americans Syriac ܣܘ ܖ ܝ ܐ ܐ ܡܪ ܝ ܟ ܝ ܐ refers to individuals of ethnic Assyrian ancestry born in or residing within the United States Assyrians are an indigenous Middle Eastern ethnic group native to Mesopotamia in West Asia who descend from their ancient counterparts directly originating from the ancient indigenous Mesopotamians of Akkad and Sumer who first developed the independent civilisation in northern Mesopotamia that would become Assyria in 2600 BC Modern Assyrians often culturally self identify as Syriacs Chaldeans or Arameans for religious and tribal identification The first significant wave of Assyrian immigration to the United States was due to the Sayfo genocide in the Assyrian homeland in 1914 1924 Assyrian AmericansTotal population400 000 600 000 1 2 3 4 Regions with significant populationsArizona California Illinois Michigan New EnglandLanguagesSyriac Neo Aramaic EnglishReligionChristianity majority Syriac Christianity minority Protestantism The largest Assyrian diaspora is located in Metro Detroit with a figure of 150 000 5 High concentrations are also located in Phoenix San Jose Modesto San Diego Los Angeles Turlock and Chicago among others 6 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early history 1 2 Second wave of immigration 1 3 In Michigan 1 4 In California 1 5 In Illinois 2 Geographic distribution 2 1 Michigan 2 2 California 2 3 Illinois 3 Assyrian Syrian Syriac 4 Notable people 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory editEarly history edit Assyrians have been present in the United States since the late 19th century The first recorded Assyrian in America was Zia Attala 7 He reportedly immigrated to Philadelphia in 1889 and found work in the hotel industry 8 Most early Assyrian immigrants however were young men sent by Western missionaries for religious training 9 Second wave of immigration edit Following the turn of the century Assyrian immigration to America mostly came to a halt due to the Immigration Act of 1924 which effectively cut off any legal immigration to the United States for Assyrians and other non Western European groups The second large wave of immigration occurred in the 1960s and 70s mainly from northern Iraq due to conflicts and persecution by the Ba athist government of Iraq Others arrived from Iran following the Iranian Revolution Many Assyrians arrived during this period and took advantage of the ongoing White flight in Detroit As a result of the situation Assyrians gained a monopoly over grocery stores and other small businesses and in many cases used their finances and newfound wealth to benefit the Assyrian community there and take in Assyrian refugees from Iraq More Assyrians arrived throughout the 80s and 90s for similar reasons with newer residents moving out of Detroit into suburbs such as Royal Oak and Sterling Heights due to the crack epidemic in Detroit while others began to move to San Diego establishing a new Assyrian community there In 2005 the first Assyrian school in the United States the Assyrian American Christian School opened in Tarzana Los Angeles In Michigan edit See also History of the Middle Eastern people in Metro Detroit Chaldo Assyrian Americans nbsp Chaldean Catholic Church in Detroit Chaldean Catholic Assyrian immigration mainly to Detroit Michigan began in the early 20th century Assyrian immigration to cities in Michigan began in the early 20th century The cities in the state include but are not limited to Detroit Southfield Sterling Heights Oak Park Troy West Bloomfield Walled Lake Rochester Hills Farmington Hills Ferndale Warren Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor More and more Assyrians as they establish themselves financially quickly move out of Detroit and into the other locations including San Diego and cities in Arizona Before the 1970s Assyrians came to the United States in search of greater economic opportunities After the 1970s many Assyrians fled for political freedom especially after the rise of Saddam Hussein and after the Gulf War Some were drawn by the economic opportunities they had seen successfully affect their family members who had already immigrated Less stringent immigration laws during the 1960s and 1970s facilitated increasing numbers with the 1970s seeing the highest number of Assyrians coming to the United States In 1962 the number of Assyrian owned grocery stores was 120 but grew to 278 in 1972 The main cause of this were the 1967 Detroit riots after which Jewish grocery store owners left the area and left the opportunity open for Assyrians to take over Often these Jews sold their old stores to Assyrians 10 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Chaldean Catholic Churches in Detroit and received a key to the city in the 1980s on behalf of mayor Coleman Young when the Ba ath regime was an ally of the United States government 11 Mostly all new Chaldean Catholic Assyrian immigrants and low income senior citizens tend to reside in Detroit in the 7 Mile Road between Woodward Avenue and John R Street This area was officially named Chaldean Town in 1999 12 There are eight Chaldean Catholic Churches in Metro Detroit located in West Bloomfield Troy where there are two Oak Park Southfield Warren Sterling Heights and Detroit In California edit After World War II several Assyrian men who had been educated in Iraq by American Jesuits traveled to the United States They were to teach Arabic to U S officers at the Army Language School who were going to be stationed in the Middle East The men started the San Diego area Chaldean Catholic community Yasmeen S Hanoosh author of The Politics of Minority Chaldeans Between Iraq and America wrote that the Chaldean Catholic Church in San Diego continued to grow in relative isolation from the family chain migration based communities in and around Michigan 13 In Illinois editGeographic distribution editThis section s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2012 According to the 2011 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates there are 110 807 Assyrian people in the United States 3 4 The 2000 U S Census counted 82 355 Assyrians including those who identify as Chaldean or Syriac in the country of whom most lived in Illinois These 3 groups were listed as one category in the United States Census 14 Michigan edit There were 34 484 living in Michigan according to the 2000 United States census 15 Sterling Heights 5 515 West Bloomfield 4 874 Southfield 3 684 Warren 2 625 Farmington Hills 2 499 Troy 2 047 Detroit 1 963 Oak Park 1 864 Madison Heights 1 428 Bloomfield 513 Hazel Park 512 Shelby Township 493 Clinton Township 225 California edit There were 22 671 living in California according to the 2000 United States census 16 The state s largest Assyrian American communities are in the San Diego area 17 Bostonia El Cajon Jamul La Mesa Santee Elsewhere in the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay area known for its several Assyrian Church of the East Chaldean Catholic and Syriac Orthodox churches Oakland and East Bay suburbs and Santa Clara County such as San Jose Turlock Modesto Felton Ceres Sacramento Stanislaus County California Merced County Fresno California area Kern County Santa Maria Other parts of Southern California i e the Los Angeles area Orange County Inland Empire California Riverside San Bernardino counties Illinois edit There were 15 685 Assyrians living in Illinois according to the 2000 United States census 18 Chicago 7 121 Niles 3 410 Skokie Lincolnwood Morton Grove Maine Park 1 035Assyrian Syrian Syriac editThe federal government of the United States took the word Syrian to mean Arabs from the Syrian Arab Republic and not as one of the terms to identify the ethnically distinct Assyrians although the terms Syrian and Syriac are strongly accepted by mainstream majority academic opinion to be etymologically historically geographically and ethnically derivative of the earlier term Assyrian 19 20 and historically meant Assyrian see Etymology of Syria and not Arab or Aramean In addition the Syrian Arab Republic is home to many ethnicities including Arabs Assyrians Armenians Kurds and Turkmens and is thus not an exclusively Arab nation The Syriac Orthodox Church was previously known as the Syrian Orthodox Church until a Holy Synod in 2000 voted to change it to Syriac thus distinguishing from the Arabs Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim wrote a letter to the Syriacs in 2000 urging them to register in the census as Syriac with a C and not Syrian with an N to distinguish the group He also urged them not to register as the country of origin 21 The Church was previously known as the Assyrian Orthodox Church in America and Israel Palestine which can be seen in the name of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Paramus New Jersey 22 Chaldean refers to ethnic Assyrians who are traditionally Eastern Catholic having split from the Assyrian Church in Upper Mesopotamia between the 17th and 19th centuries see Schism of 1552 Chaldean is thus a religious term not an ethnic term The majority of Chaldean Catholics come from Iraq s Nineveh Plains region which is located in Upper Mesopotamia northern Iraq The Chaldeans of antiquity lived in southeast Mesopotamia from the 9th century BC and disappeared from history in the 6th century BC On the US census there is a section for the Assyrian Chaldean Syriacs which is listed separately from Syrian Syrian being a subcategory for Arab 23 Notable people editSee also List of ethnic Assyrians Chaldeans Syriacs Brian Awadis FaZe Rug YouTuber Alina Habba attorney for Donald Trump Andre Agassi Armenian Assyrian Tennis player 24 25 26 27 28 Terrence Malick film director screenwriter and producer 29 30 Adam Benjamin Jr former politician and a United States Representative from Indiana s 1st congressional district 31 Rosie Malek Yonan actress author director public figure and activist 32 33 34 35 Anna Eshoo U S Representative for California s 18th congressional district 36 37 Victor Kamber labor union activist and political consultant in the United States Vincent Oshana actor and comedian Narsai David author radio and television personality in the Bay Area Raad Ghantous half Assyrian half Lebanese Interior designer 38 39 Scott Rumana Assyrian American Republican Party politician 40 Yasmine Hanani Assyrian American actress Jumana Hanna imprisoned at the facility known as Al Kelab Al Sayba or Loose Dogs during the rule of Saddam Hussein 41 Reine Hanna director of the Assyrian Policy Institute 42 Diane Pathieu television anchor Larsa Pippen reality television personality 43 Janan Sawa Assyrian musician Timz Assyrian American rapper Justin Meram footballer 44 45 Sargon Dadesho campaigner nationalist 46 Michael Shabaz Assyrian American tennis player Beneil Dariush Assyrian American professional mixed martial artist 47 Daniel Alaei professional poker player John Batchelor American author and host of The John Batchelor Show radio news magazine 48 Bob Miner former American businessman co founder of Oracle Corporation and the producer of Oracle s relational database management system 49 50 John Joseph historian Assyrian American educator and historian Steven Beitashour international soccer player 51 John Nimrod U S politician 52 53 Atour Sargon Assyrian activist and politician 54 Andrew David Urshan evangelist and author 55 Juliana Taimoorazy activist founder and current president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council 56 Jacob David pastor and relief worker David B Perley philosopher and nationalistSee also edit nbsp United States portal Arab Americans Armenian Americans Bulgarian Americans Greek Americans Lebanese Americans Mandaean Americans Serbian Americans Syrian Americans Turkish AmericansReferences edit HCR2006 542R I Ver Assyrian Genocide Resolution Read in Arizona Assembly a b Data Access and Dissemination Systems DADS American FactFinder Results Archived from 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