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350 years

cema: (menorah)
[personal profile] cema
Saturday, March 27th, 2004 11:25 pm

350 years of Jewish American History


In 1654, twenty-three Jewish refugees from Recife, Brazil, landed at New Amsterdam...
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from where?

[identity profile] email-animal.livejournal.com
Saturday, March 27th, 2004 09:39 pm (UTC)
...refugees from Recife, Brazil???

Re: from where?

[identity profile] dmpogo.livejournal.com
Saturday, March 27th, 2004 11:25 pm (UTC)
Yep, first Jews came to America from Brazil.

Re: from where?

[identity profile] email-animal.livejournal.com
Sunday, March 28th, 2004 09:15 am (UTC)
To put on the hat of the owner of this page:
To be absolutely correct, we have to say that the
first Jews came to America from Portugal
(-: (-:

Re: from where?

[identity profile] cema.livejournal.com
Sunday, March 28th, 2004 10:32 am (UTC)
This is true: they were fleeing the Inquisition.
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