Shalom, a video about American-Jewish history. It started in 1654 when 22 Jews were flying Brazil from prosecution, they did not want to end up in America and they try other places that are not permitted. Infact when they got to Amsterdam which is New York today. Peter Stiverson did not want to let them in but he was over ruled by his company the West Indies Company because they have some Jewish investors, lucky for the Jews. Jews are Pedi traders pretty much at the beginning and they did not go to college, they are more interested in business which is ironic because today 85% of Jews go to college higher education which is the highest percent of any ethnic group in the United States. The West Anti-Semitism in America that time but Jews is still free, they were here and they were anywhere else in the world by far.
So what happened? They continue then to live and did not have much Jewish education, there were no Rabbi’s here. High Solomon, the financer of the revolution told his nephews to stay Poland if you value Jewish learning. He himself can read Hebrew a little bit, High Solomon but the moment in fact there was little Yodahskide in America. But on the positive side, Jews felt incredibly free. The Puritans were not tolerant of Jews they were intolerant of anyone thought that everything else was heresy. During the revolution, Jews thought themselves as an Americans and began to build synagogues and charities. In fact when President Washington was inaugurated the trials did synagogues and send him congratulations and he wrote back with the same temporal and internal blessings which is important for me and rest upon your congregation.
In 1800 there were just a vast increase in the number of Jews in 1700 there were just 250 Jews and by 1860 are already were 250,000 Jews. In the meantime before that in the revolution in 1776, there were about 2,500 Jews. So you can see from 250 to 2,500 by the revolution to 250,000 by the time right before the Russian Jews started coming in the late 1800’s. The German Jews came, first the Spanish Portuguese, Jews came and the German Jews in the middle of 19th century there were significant restrictions increased on German jewelry at that time and so they started coming. So they came pretty much a full generation before the Eastern European immigration started, that started pretty much because of Pilgrims in mass actions of Anti-Semitism but under desire in Russia.
What was Jewish life like then, well in 1802 you have the first Ashkanog of Synagogue in Philadelphia, 1814 the first Hebrew bible published here, 1841 the first permanent reform synagogue but by the end of the century of the 1800. There were several significant Jewish organizations founded including the Jewish Illogical Seminary and National Council of Jewish Women, the Yiddish Daily Forward which is still printed in English, Union of Jewish Orthodox Congregations, the Reform Central Conference of American Rabbi’s and others. So, what was the contribution of Jews during that period? Well by the end of by the end of the 20th century Jews were President of not only a Chive University, the Jewish Illogical Seminary, in Hebrew and in college but also of Harbor Princeton in Colombia. There were caught at one time against Jews but Jews today can enter any college, the parents want them to attend off course they can get in, in college that have more Jewish faculty members much higher percentage than the minorities status would indicate. In terms of music for example to think about the renowned soloist, High Feats, Meduken, Rubenstein, Oral Weights, Eastern Pro Men.
One time conductors of almost all the major workers were Jews, Eugene Urmandi, George Zussel, George Salty etc. Think about the popular contribution in Jewish; we have Jews to music Irving Berlin, Heart Erwin, Gerald Curt, Lerner Inlaw, Roger in Hameinstine that is to name a few. Think about in Oprah, you have John Pierce and Ruben Copper whose names were changed from Jacob Poormoth and Robin Ticker. Think about the contribution of Jews inside to Menistine. If you look at the novel prices Jews cause to the tiny percent as the world population but about 15% of the novel prices and weight and just think about saving in stock for example, the polio vaccine . In business and financing, you have names like Strouts, Walberg, Loug, Leman, Gugenheim to the whole century and in re camp merchandizing. It was Bamburger, Augman, Sex those are a lot of Seers. Sign off of NBC and Pay of CBS were two Giants of development of radio in mass communication. The Jewish family acts for the New York Times, Jewish novel price winners, Isaac by Shelder Zinger. Free immigration in the United States started in 1924 when continued after the Holocaust. Think about this pretty court, two Jews in the Supreme Court today. It is been nothing like America for Jews ever in Jewish history and think to celebrate American-Jewish life.
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