The Forerunners Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora

• Autor principal: Swierenga, Robert P. (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Wayne State University Press 2018
• Materias: Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social groups: religious groups & communities
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Between 1800 and 1880 approximately 6500 Dutch Jews immigrated to the United States to join the hundreds who had come during the colonial era. Although they numbered less than one-tenth of all Dutch immigrants and were a mere fraction of all Jews in America, the Dutch Jews helped build American Jewr...