The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000 (Jewish Communities in the Modern World)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9780520227736
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Jewish studies; Jews; History - General History; History: American; USA; Judaism - General; Jewish - General; United States - General; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Ethnic relations; United States
First sentence: In September 1654, twenty-three Jewish refugees from Brazil stepped ashore in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.