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The American Jewish community was founded in 1654 with a group of Jewish families who fled to New Amsterdam (New York) from Brazil. ... Those who went to New Amsterdam are the founders of American Judaism. We do have records indicating there were Jews on the North American continent before this time. However the records are sparse, and a community of Jews wasnt formed on the American continent prior to 1654. ...
The pattern of religious life of the American Jewish community is described as dignified Orthodoxy. ... Without an intellectual religious life in America, dignified Orthodoxy suited the Jewish merchants. The Sephardic tradition has lasted, but today only influences a small number of the American Jewry. The pattern was preserved because the communities remained small and outsiders voluntarily submitted to the authority of the community heads.
The Jewish community in America was viewed by the government similar to other dissenting sects. ... Prior to the American Revolution, in 1740, Congress passed an act allowing the naturalization of Jews, which granted them citizenship. The naturalization of Jews emanated from the ideas of the American Revolution.
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