Cover issued in commemoration of Jacob Barsimson, erroneously claiming that he was “the first Jew to arrive in America” on August 22, 1662. In fact, Joachim Gaunse had arrived on our shores almost ...
It was enough to make old Peter Stuyvesant stomp around on his stump. From Brazil, 23 Jews had arrived in Governor Stuyvesant’s New Amsterdam in 1654. Peter sent off a letter to his superiors in the ...
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