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Jewish Life in Colonial America
This course is no longer offered.
What was life like for Jews in Colonial America? We will learn about early-American Jewish merchants, financiers, and revolutionary war patriots, as well as explore what the attitudes towards Jews were among the founding fathers and mothers of our country. We’ll discuss antecedents of colonial American Jewry (such as Sephardim in the Old Country, Brazil and the West Indies), the inauspicious beginnings of life in New Amsterdam under Governor Peter Stuyvesant, and Jewish communal and religious life in New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. Take a virtual journey back to American beginnings, and learn how Jewish life manifested itself during that time.
Schedule
# Sessions
1
Date & time
Sunday, March 6
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Location
Tuition
$25
for the public
$15 for members
$15 for members
| Session | Time | Days | Location | Instructors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 06 | 2:00 PM–2:00 PM | Sun | Etz Chayim | Ken Blady |
Location
Instructors
Ken Blady
Ken Blady is a Jewish educator, author and translator. He was born in Paris, France, and grew up in Chassidic Brooklyn, where he attended yeshiva and rabbinical seminary. A San Francisco Bay Area resident since 1972, Ken has a B.A. in History from the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.A. in Clinical Counseling from California State University, East Bay. He is the author of “Jewish Communities in Exotic Places,” among other works. Ken has been featured on a number of radio and T.V. talk shows, including The History Channel documentary, “Operation Magic Carpet,” about the airlift of the Jews of Yemen to Israel.