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JEWISH NEW AMSTERDAM “Tolerance and Identity: Jews in Early New York, 1654-1825” closes this weekend at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibit spans from the arrival by boat of 23 Jewish refugees in New Amsterdam to the formation of the city’s second synagogue, B’nai Jeshurun. Highlights include the oldest surviving public record of Jewish presence in New Amsterdam, a document in which the captain of the vessel carrying the refugees sought payment for their passage; one of the earliest Jewish prayer books published in English; an 18th century ketubah (marriage contract); records from the first Jewish synagogue in the city, Shearith Israel; silver objects made by 18th-century silversmith Myer Myers, and period portraits. Through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave., between 103rd and 104th streets, 212-534-1672, $7 general, $5 seniors, students, and children, $15 adults with children.
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