This captivating story—explored in the New-York Historical Society’s past exhibition The First Jewish Americans: Freedom and Culture in the New World—is now available as a virtual presentation. Images featured in this presentation include archival documents, maps, ritual objects, rare portraits, and the 16th-century diary—lost for 80 years—of a Mexican Jewish man persecuted for his faith. Virtual via Zoom.
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 23, 6 – 7:15pm
Registration: To register and receive the Zoom link, email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org
This program is presented by the New-York Historical Society and sponsored by the Columbia County Libraries Association.
Picture: Thomas Sully. Rebecca Gratz, 1831. Oil on panel. The Rosenbach Museum and Library.