ANTHROPOLOGY OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS 177 



case with the Jews in the United States, is seen from the fact 

 that the average stature in New York City is 164.5 c"^-> ^vhich 

 is much above that observed in eastern Europe. There, Snigirew 

 and Elkind have found that the average height of the Jews in 

 Poland is 161 cm.; in GaHcia it has been observed to be 162.3 

 (Majer and Kopernicki) ; in Hungary 163.3;^^ (Scheiber), etc. 

 Onl)' in south Russia it has been observed that the Jews are as 

 tall as we find them in New York City — 164.5 ^^^- according 

 to Snigirew and Weissenberg. And the Jews coming here from 

 these regions w^ere found to be much taller than those from other 

 countries, as will be seen later. 



To test this point more definitely, we have collected from the 

 literature on the anthropology of the Jews measurements of 

 1 68 1 Jews in Eastern Europe for comparison with those in New' 

 York. These were taken from Majer and Kopernicki, 836 Gali- 

 cian Jews ; Talko-Hryncewicz, 506 Russian Jews ; Elkind, 200 

 Polish Jews ; and Yakowenko, 139 Russian Jews. It will be 

 seen that this represents nearly all the countries from which the 

 Jews come to the United States, excepting Roumania and Hun- 

 gary. For the former there is no literature available, and 

 Scheiber' s statistics for the latter are not reported in a manner 

 suitable for comparison. Grouping the figures into four divisions, 

 as proposed by Topinard, and considering those who attain 

 less than 160 cm. in height as of ''short" stature; 160 to 

 164.9 ^"^- ^^ '* stature below^ the average," 165 to 169.9 ^^^- ^^ 

 " stature above the average," and 170 cm. and over as " tall 

 stature," we find the following proportions : 



Table IV. 

 Stature of Jews in the United States and in Eastern Europe. 



T^,, . , Yako- Talko- Majer & Jews, Europe. Jews, New York, 

 iLlkina ■" 







wenko. 



wicz. 



nicki. 



No. 



Percent. 



35-46 

 32.48 

 21.41 

 10.65 



100.00 



No. 



356 

 460 

 420 

 292 



1,528 



Percent, 



Short 



Below the average ... 

 Above the average ... 

 Tall 



91 

 57 

 40 

 12 



53 

 46 

 27 



13 



152 

 152 

 128 



74 



300 



291 



165 



80 



596 

 546 

 360 

 179 



23-30 

 30.10 

 27.49 

 19. II 



Total 



200 



139 



506 



836 



1,681 



100.00 



