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Jews in America: Our Story
URL: http://www.jewsinamerica.org/

Description:
"In September 1654, 23 Jews from Recife, Brazil ... landed in the harbor of New Amsterdam (later to become New York City). ... Two out of the 23 refugees stayed and planted the seeds of what would become the first American Jewish Community. This web site tells the story of how that community grew." Features a timeline and artifact galleries browsable by time period. From the Center for Jewish History.

LII Topics: History, Judaism

Publisher:
Center for Jewish History

LII Database Information:
Record 25277 created by Maria Brandt on 01/15/2008
Last modification on 01/15/2008
Published: 01/24/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25277

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