History
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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. Highlights of the exhibit include a Torah used during the Revolutionary War, a Confederate $2 bill with a portrait of Judah Benjamin, and a “Survivors Haggadah” from 1946. The show 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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