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First Jewish Americans: Freedom and Culture in the New World | Online

Program Type:

Lectures & Talks, Online

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

How did Jewish settlers come to inhabit—and change—the New World? Follow the trajectory of a people forced from their homes in Europe, South America, and the Caribbean, to their controversial arrival in New Amsterdam in 1654 to the political freedoms they gained.

Presented by the New York Historical Society.

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