On this day, August 22nd, in 1654, Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam.
He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
Barsimson had been sent out by the Jewish leaders of Amsterdam, Holland, to determine the possibilities of an extensive Jewish immigration to New Amsterdam.
Barsimson was succeeded by a party of twenty-three Jews, who arrived at New Amsterdam in October, from Recife, Brazil, and established the first Jewish Settlement in the United States.
He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
Barsimson had been sent out by the Jewish leaders of Amsterdam, Holland, to determine the possibilities of an extensive Jewish immigration to New Amsterdam.
Barsimson was succeeded by a party of twenty-three Jews, who arrived at New Amsterdam in October, from Recife, Brazil, and established the first Jewish Settlement in the United States.
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