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In 1654, the first group of Jews came as refugees from Recife, Brazil to New Amsterdam, which became New York City. Over the years, German, Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews continued to arrive, playing an important part in the city's history and cultural life.
The first Sephardic Jews in Seattle, Solomon Calvo (1879–1964) and Jacob (Jack) Policar (d. 1961), came from Marmara, Turkey and Rhodes, Greece. They brought with them their culinary heritage, Ladino language, and distinct Sephardic religious and legal tradition. [2]
This had long been relaxed from ten to two years for Sephardi Jews, Hispanic Americans, and others with historical ties to Spain. In that context, Sephardi Jews were considered to be the descendants of Spanish Jews who were expelled or fled from the country five centuries ago following the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. [128]
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 .
The American Sephardi Federation, a founding member of the Center for Jewish History, is a non-profit Jewish organization that strengthens and organizes the religious and cultural activities of Sephardic Jews, preserves Sephardic heritage, tradition and culture in the United States, and assists in the publication of books and literature dealing with the Sephardic culture and tradition.
Part I focuses on the contributions of Sephardic Jews in early America and their hard-fought struggle for equality that eventually brought them presidential respect. Unlike any national leader before his time President George Washington , made history by embracing the Jewish community upon his election and asserting their equality .
Rosengarten, Theodore et al eds, A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life (2002) Turitz, Leo E., and Evelyn Turitz, Jews in Early Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1995) online. Southern Jewish Historical Society, Various Articles of Southern Jewish History (1998-2020).
Turkish-Jewish culture in the United States (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Sephardi Jewish culture in the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.