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Note: A discussion (10 May 2023) decided that for American Jews the adjective would remain as Sephardic although other countries use Sephardi: See e.g. Category:French Sephardi Jews . Subcategories
The Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam of September 1654 was the first organized Jewish migration to North America. It comprised 23 Sephardi Jews, refugees "big and little" of families fleeing persecution by the Portuguese Inquisition after the conquest of Dutch Brazil.
Jews of European descent, often referred to as white Jews, are classified as white by the US census and have generally been classified as legally white throughout American history. [119] Many American Jews of European descent identify themselves as being both Jewish and white, while others solely identify themselves as being Jewish or identify ...
Initially, American Jews resisted Israeli efforts. Following Mikhail Gorbachev's decision in the late 1980s to allow free emigration for Soviet Jews, the American Jewish community agreed to a quota on Soviet Jewish refugees in the U.S., which resulted in most Soviet Jewish émigrés settling in Israel. [134]
Pages in category "American people of Sephardic-Jewish descent" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Sephardi Jewish culture in the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "18th-century American Sephardic Jews" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The first Syrian Jews to arrive in the United States were Jacob Dwek and Ezra Sitt, both of Aleppo. They sailed from Liverpool, England on July 22, 1892, on the Germania . After the start of the 20th century, more immigrants came to the U.S. for three reasons: First, an economic decline in Syria crippled their ability to earn a living.