REMARKS
Council Member Brewer discusses Landing Day and Jewish immigration history in New York
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer delivers remarks about Landing Day, a commemoration of the arrival of the first Jewish community in New Amsterdam (now New York City) in 1654.
She discusses the historical significance of this event and its relevance to the present-day Jewish population in New York.
- Brewer mentions Resolution 438, which calls for recognizing Landing Day every September
- She highlights that 23 Sephardic Jews arrived in 1654, forming the first Jewish community in North America
- Brewer notes that New York is now home to 1.6 million Jews, 370 years after the initial landing
Gale A. Brewer
1:04:36
Thank you very much.
1:04:37
I'm talking about 4:38 landing day.
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It calls on the council to recognize landing day every September to commemorate the 23 Safari Jews who arrived in 16 54.
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They were preceded 1 month prior by 3 ashenazi Jews, and they formed the 1st Jewish community in North America.
1:04:56
The week of September 7th 1654, a few days for Russia, Shauna.
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This group landed near the southern tip of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.
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370 years later, New York is home to 1,600,000 Jews.
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The landing is marked by a monument and a flagged staff, and it is placed in the Peter Peter Mennewick Plaza by the state of New York.
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This year events were held for months across New York and the US to celebrate, but in decades, in the past have only been a few gatherings at the site.
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Ruth Messenger wrote, it's a great resolution, and she pointed out that there were among this group that came at the time I just indicated They were saved by being allowed to stay because a Dutch East India company overruled the anti Semitic position of customer care.
Amanda Farías
1:05:50
Your time has expired.
Gale A. Brewer
1:05:52
Thank you very much.
Amanda Farías
1:05:53
Thank you.