CELEBRATING 350 YEARS “Greetings from Home” gathers photographs, documents, and historical objects to tell the story of the first 350 years of Jewish life in America. The community began with a small group of settlers that arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654, grew to 2,000 residents by the time of the American Revolution, and ultimately became the world’s largest Jewish community outside of Israel. The exhibit focuses on Jewish religious and cultural identity, the challenge of feeling “at home” in America, and the development of the international Jewish community, especially Israel. Highlights include a Torah used during the Revolutionary War, a Confederate $2 bill with a portrait of Judah Benjamin, and a “Survivors Haggadah” from 1946. Above is a photograph of Jewish chaplains officiating at Kobler Field in the Marianas Islands (1945). The exhibit is organized by the American Jewish Historical Society. Through Friday, September 30, Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, 212-294-6160, free.

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