The Early Jews of America
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Discover America's hidden Jewish history! From 1492 to 1654, uncover the forgotten stories of the first Jews in the U.S. A compelling tale of survival.
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Did you know who were the earliest Jews in America?” Most people think Jewish history in
the U.S. started in the 1900s… but the real story begins over 350 years earlier.
In 1654, a group of 23 Sephardic Jewish refugees escaped the brutal Portuguese Inquisition
in Brazil. They arrived in New Amsterdam—the city we now call New York—and formed
the first Jewish community in North America. They later built Shearith Israel,
America’s oldest synagogue. But the story goes even deeper… In 1492,
Luis de Torres, a Spanish Jewish interpreter sailing with Christopher Columbus,
became one of the first documented Jews to set foot in the New World. From secret Jews
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