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Jews in America tells the remarkable story of the Jewish presence in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World through to the arrival in the future United States This book features rare manuscripts, prints, broadsides, maps, and books from the New York Public Library, including the Letter of Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santangel in Barcelona, 1493 and an introductory essay from leading Jewish Studies scholar, Jonathan Sarna. Jews in America documents the remarkable story of the Jewish presence in the New World, from the time of Columbus to the 1920s, when the Jewish community in the United States was four million strong and an essential part of American society and culture. Drawing on a mix of contemporary books, manuscripts, globes, maps and engravings from the world-renowned collections of the New York Public Library, Jews in America is a vivid document of everyday Jewish-American life, worship, law, and commerce. It tells the fascinating story of the first Jewish immigrants' arrival in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam in 1654 (later New York City), Jewish interaction with the four colonial powers in the Western Hemisphere (Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands and

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Author

Stephen D. Corrsin, Amanda Seigel, Kenneth Benson

Publisher

The New York Public Library, in association with D Giles Limited, London; Giles; GILES

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781904832225

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, Judaism

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14