ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 1. The First Jews
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
From: The Radio Foundation, Inc.
Length: 00:58:57
America provided refuge from ancient European prejudice,
persecution and poverty. "The First Jews" tells the little-known early history of
Jews in Colonial America, from New Amsterdam to Charleston,
SC. John Lithgow reads letters from Peter Stuyvesant
to The Dutch West India Company asking permission to expel
these Jews, calling them "blasphemers of the name of Christ."
Permission was refused.
Thus began a 350-year struggle for survival and acceptance. The
story concludes with the American Revolution, the adoption of the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and their crucial role in the
success in the new country for American Jews and all immigrants who
followed.
Narrated and produced by Larry Josephson.
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America provided refuge from ancient European prejudice, persecution and poverty. "The First Jews" tells the little-known early history of Jews in Colonial America, from New Amsterdam to Charleston, SC. John Lithgow reads letters from Peter Stuyvesant to The Dutch West India Company asking permission to expel these Jews, calling them "blasphemers of the name of Christ." Permission was refused. Thus began a 350-year struggle for survival and acceptance. The story concludes with the American Revolution, the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and their crucial role in the success in the new country for American Jews and all immigrants who followed. Narrated and produced by Larry Josephson.
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After Oil (00:58:58)
Davida Manon
Posted on December 13, 2007 at 04:57 PM | Permalink
Review of ONLY IN AMERICA: Program 1. The First Jews
An outstanding series! Great use of interviews with Jewish immigrants, readings from publications from the period and Yiddish music. A wonderful mix of personal and political history. I was totally drawn in.