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Zoom. The histories of the first Jewish immigrants to America

Albert Wisner Public Library /
| 13 Apr 2021 | 01:33
    A portrait of Rebecca Gratz by Thoma Sully. Wikipedia Public Domain. According an online article by Dianne Ashton from the Jewish Women’s Archives: “Rebecca Gratz believed that with an ‘unsubdued spirit’ she could overcome all of life’s difficulties. A pioneer Jewish charitable worker and religious educator, Gratz established and led America’s first independent Jewish women’s charitable society, the first Jewish Sunday school, the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum and the first Jewish Foster Home in Philadelphia. She surmounted the grief caused her by the deaths of many family members and loved ones, confronted Christian evangelism and became a civic leader. Gratz’s accomplishments grew out of her own indomitable spirit and her commitments to both Judaism and America.”
    A portrait of Rebecca Gratz by Thoma Sully. Wikipedia Public Domain. According an online article by Dianne Ashton from the Jewish Women’s Archives: “Rebecca Gratz believed that with an ‘unsubdued spirit’ she could overcome all of life’s difficulties. A pioneer Jewish charitable worker and religious educator, Gratz established and led America’s first independent Jewish women’s charitable society, the first Jewish Sunday school, the Philadelphia Orphan Asylum and the first Jewish Foster Home in Philadelphia. She surmounted the grief caused her by the deaths of many family members and loved ones, confronted Christian evangelism and became a civic leader. Gratz’s accomplishments grew out of her own indomitable spirit and her commitments to both Judaism and America.”

Albert Wisner Public Library will host a virtual program on the early history of Jewish immigrants to the Americas on Thursday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m.

The staff of the New-York Historical Society will tell the story of the first Jewish arrivals in the 17th and 18th centuries, told with archival documents, objects and portraits.

All area residents are welcome to register for this free program and receive the Zoom link the day before.

Learn more and register at:

https://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/content/first-jewish-americans-freedom-and-culture-new-world-virtual-program or call the library’s Help Desk at 986-1047 option 3.