317 American Jewish Historical Society, Jews in Early America

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The first Jewish colonists in North America arrived in 1654. From that moment, Jews worked to build and contribute to early American society and the birth of the United States. Gemma Birnbaum and Melanie Meyers, the Executive Director and Director of Collections and Engagement at the American Jewish Historical Society, join us to explore the history and experiences of Jews in early America and their contributions to the American Revolution and the founding of the United States. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/317 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 121: Wim Klooster, The Dutch Moment in the 17th-Century Atlantic World 🎧 Episode 161: Smuggling and the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 185: Joyce Goodfriend, Early New York City and its culture 🎧 Episode 232: Christopher Hodson, The Acadian Diaspora 🎧 Episode 311: Katherine Cartè, Religion and the American Revolution REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an AirWave Media Podcast.
0:04.1	Ben Franklin's World is a production of the Yomohandro Institute and is sponsored by
0:09.0	the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
0:11.0	Hello and welcome to episode 317 of Ben Franklin's World.
0:24.6	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:29.2	early American past have shaped the present day world we live in.
0:33.3	And I'm your host, Liz Covart.
0:36.0	Our study of early American history has revealed that early North America was a very diverse
0:41.0	place.
0:42.0	It was diverse in terms of race and ethnicity, spoken languages, politics and diplomacy,
0:47.3	culture and religion.
0:49.1	Now, in addition to the many indigenous religious beliefs and practices of early North America,
0:54.7	early Americans also practice Catholicism, different brands of Protestantism, and Judaism.
1:01.1	Gemma Bernbaum and Melanie Myers work at the American Jewish Historical Society, the oldest
1:06.0	ethnic and cultural archives in the United States.
1:09.6	They join us today so that we can explore the Jewish presence in early North America
1:13.6	and the broader Atlantic world.
1:15.7	Now as we explore Jewish life in early America, Gemma and Melanie reveal, information about
1:21.0	the American Jewish Historical Society and what its unique collections reveal about early
1:25.5	American Jewish life.
1:27.6	The origins and backgrounds of Jewish colonists and why they chose to migrate to North America
1:32.5	during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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