Early History
In 1865, Jewish Americans were denied the right to worship in public by the common council because they said that those rights were reserved only for this group
Christians
Due to the outbreak of antisemitic pograms in this large Eastern European country, there was a mass emigration of Jewish people to New York in the 1880s.
Russia
She was the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Many Jewish Americans actively participated in other civil rights movements, and were very active in this movement, even taking leadership positions in the NAACP.
The Civil Rights Movement
In 1790, this president writes his famous letter to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, assuring Jewish Americans of religious freedom and equality
George Washington
These riots in Brooklyn damaged the homes and businesses of Orthodox Jews and was prompted by racial issues.
The Crown Heights Riots
He issued a General Order during the Civil War expelling Jewish people from areas in Western Tennessee.
Ulysses S. Grant
He became a US citizen in 1940 upon fleeing Germany, and was one of the most influential physicists of all time.
Albert Einstein
In 1654, the first recorded Jewish immigrants arrive in this US city.
New Amsterdam (New York)
This Act of 1924 severely restricts immigration from Eastern Europe, limiting the arrival of Jewish refugees during a time of rising antisemitism abroad.
The Immigration Act
The antisemitic caricature “Their New Jerusalem” which portrayed Jewish immigrants as threats to American economy and cultural values was published in this year.
1892
She was a significant figure not only in Jewish rights, but was an active women's rights activist and is credited with helping spark the second wave of feminism.
Betty Friedan
In 1733, Jewish immigrants, including Sephardic Jews, are among the early settlers of this colony. They were initially welcomed due to their medical skills and resources, contributing to their right to settle in the colony.
Georgia
Catholic Priest Charles Coughlin blamed the Great Depression on Jews and sympathized with Hitler and Mussolini in his News Paper, titled "Social Justice"
The 1930's
In 1826, this state passes the "Jew Bill," removing restrictions on Jews holding public office and affirming their rights as equal citizens.
Maryland
He was an active advocate for Jewish rights in the nascent United States and had an important role in the 1783 overturning of Pennsylvania’s constitutional provision that one declare their adherence to Christianity in order to hold state office.
Haym Salomon
The oldest synagogue in the United States, the Touro Synagogue, was built in this decade.
The 1760's (1763)
In 1740 these types of laws included protestant and Jewish residents giving Jews a legal status that was absent in European countries
Naturalization Laws
In 1913, this Jewish individual was abducted from prison and lynched by a mob in response to the governor's reduction of his death sentence to life.
Leo Frank
He was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, human rights activist, and Auschwitz survivor
Elie Wiesel