This paper answers 3 different questions in a Jewish American Experience class. The first question concerns universalist and particularist ideas. Particularists see the world as messy and containing many ideas and principles. However, the particularists find it easier to believe and explain than the universalists. The second question is a comparison of a poem and a short story. How would you characterize the immigration experience of each? What do you think accounts for the difference in the two selections? The third question is asks about the goals and values of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. One of the goals of the union is to be organized and it states that it is 100% organized. The cloak makers have, during the last two years, captured the last stronghold of the employees, who have always been considered invincible (Forverts 1925).