Religion in America: Historical and Contemporary Resources: Judaism

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In 1654, 23 Jewish refugees from Portugal arrived in New Amsterdam (New York). In the following years the growing Jewish community pressed the authorities to extend to them rights offered to other settlers, including the right to trade and travel, to stand guard, to own property, to establish a cemetery, to erect a house of worship, and to participate fully in the political process.

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Series: The Founding of America and Jewish Ideas. 2018

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The Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History at New York University. Scholars and researchers examine the Judaism as one element in a diverse polity and consider the ways in which Jews interacted with America as a society constituted by many religious and ethnic groups.

Established in 1976, and situated on Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, the National Museum of American Jewish History is the only museum in the nation dedicated exclusively to exploring and interpreting the American Jewish experience. NMAJH was originally founded by the members of historic Congregation Mikveh Israel, which was established in 1740 and known as the “Synagogue of the American Revolution”

The organizations of the Reform Movement exist for the purpose of bringing the teachings of Judaism to the world. In partnership with one another, these organizations hope to realize the many lessons contained in those teachings by nurturing individual Jews, by sustaining congregations and groups that foster authentic and innovative community, and by shaping a shared destiny for Reform Jews with fellow Jews in Israel and around the world.

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