A 'Landing Day' ceremony in Lower Manhattan celebrates the first Jewish community in the US, which arrived in 1654

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"Repeatedly in the Old Testament, God describes the Promised Land as “a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8; Numbers 14:8; Deuteronomy 31:20; Ezekiel 20:15)." (Source)

"...  the arrival of the first Jewish community to the United States in 1654. That lack of awareness is exactly what Howard Teich, the founding chair of a group called the Manhattan Jewish Historical Initiative, hopes to change.

That year, a group of 23 Sephardic Jews arrived on the shores of New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony located on the island. ..."

A 'Landing Day' ceremony in Lower Manhattan celebrates the first Jewish community in the US - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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