Jewish community in New Amsterdam

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jewish_community_in_New_Amsterdam
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:museum
gptkbp:awardedBy 1655
gptkbp:country gptkb:Dutch_Republic
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:dateOfFirstArrival September 1654
gptkbp:discrimination yes
gptkbp:established 1654
gptkbp:firstSynagogue none (no synagogue built in New Amsterdam)
gptkbp:governorOpposed gptkb:Peter_Stuyvesant
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first Jewish community in North America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jewish community in New Amsterdam
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Yiddish
Dutch
Portuguese
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Asser_Levy
Jacob Barsimon
gptkbp:legacy continuous Jewish presence in New York
foundation of Jewish community in New York City
gptkbp:location gptkb:New_Netherland
gptkb:New_Amsterdam
gptkbp:migratory Portuguese conquest of Recife
expulsion from Dutch Brazil
gptkbp:notableEvent arrival of 23 Jewish refugees in 1654
petition for civil rights
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Asser_Levy
Abraham de Lucena
Jacob Barsimon
Moses Ambrosius
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Peter_Stuyvesant
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Portuguese_Jews
gptkb:Brazil
gptkb:Sephardic_Jews
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:military
religious freedom
economic rights
gptkbp:population 23 (initial group)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Dutch_West_India_Company
gptkb:Spanish_and_Portuguese_Jews
Atlantic Jewish diaspora
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:rights right to own property
right to trade
right to serve in militia
gptkbp:rightsDefendedBy gptkb:Dutch_West_India_Company
gptkbp:status gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Congregation_Shearith_Israel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dutch_Brazil_Jewish_community
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7