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350 Years of American Jewry

Sep 07, 2004 1:44 PM
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Head Heeb has a roundup of Arrival Day posts, "commemorating the arrival of the first Jews in New Amsterdam on September 7, 1654".

I think they'd have such nachas about their progeny.

The Jerusalem Post has an essay on the history of American Jewry that includes their adventure (I expected something much more mundane):

[The] 23 Jews from Recife, Brazil ... were blown off-course, landed in Spanish Jamaica in 1654. ... The Falcon [their ship], captured in turn by a Spanish pirate ship and the French frigate, St. Charles, finally brought the Jews to New Amsterdam [now New York City], where they found two colleagues from Amsterdam already there. Although Gov. Peter Stuyvesent wanted to expel them, the Dutch East Indies Company, with major Jewish stockholders, ordered him to let them stay.

Oh, those rich Jews, always pulling the strings!

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Comments: 350 Years of American Jewry

nu? Where was the first deli? More importantly, Chinese restaurant?

Posted by: Pam on September 7, 2004 2:33 PM | permalink

I think the first Chinese restaurant was in California. Either FoodTV or the History Channel had a documentary on the appearance of Chinese restaurants in the US. I imagine that they run it from time to time.

Posted by: O'dell on September 7, 2004 7:22 PM | permalink

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