 To further her recovery, and rebuild her population, Galveston actively solicited immigration.Through the efforts of Rabbi Henry Cohen and Congregation B'nai Israel, Galveston became the focus of an immigration plan called the Galveston Movement that, between 1907 and 1914, diverted roughly 10,000 Eastern European, Jewish immigrants from the crowded cities of the Northeastern United States.Additionally numerous other immigrant groups, including Greeks, Italians and Russian Jews came to the city during this period.