HERITAGE Newsletter of the American Jewish Historical Society VOL.2 NO.1 SPRING 2004 350th Anniversary of Jews in America Jewish Rights in 1654 First Jewish Feminist Vindication of a Patriot Baseball Stories Justice Cardozo Nice Jewish Boy from Krypton American Jewish Historical Society 2003-2004 Gift Roster Over $250,000 Mayor Michael Bloomberg Isaac and Ivette Davah Helen Portnoy Richard A. Eisner Ruth and Sidney Lapidus Roger Blumencranz Betty and Robert David Irving W. Rabb Benjamin Feldman Genevieve and Justin L. Wyner Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Burstein Richard and Rosalee Davison Dina Recanati Kenneth First Marshall Dana Dommert Phillips, LP Richard Reiss Joan and Aaron Fischer $100,000 + Douglas Durst Dr. and Mrs. Ronald I. Dozoretz Robert S. Rifkind Hilda Fischman Barbara and Ira Lipman Dinah A. and Uri Evan Jack A. Durra Rizzoli Intnl. Publications Inc. Richard Foreman Marion and George Blumenthal Andrew Farkas Sharon Ann Dror David Rockefeller Alan J. & Susan A. 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Lenzner Alan B. Slifka Muriel K. and David R. Pokross Judy and Ronald Baron JoAnn G. Abraham Mr. and Mrs. Alan Batkin Leon Levy Richard S. Abramson Edward L. Steinberg Nancy T. Polevoy The Martin R. Lewis Charitable Larry S. Steingold Joel Press Mr. and Mrs. Howard Berkowitz Caroline and Stephen Adler Barbara and Barry Berlin Foundation Arthur S. Ainsberg Louise B. Stern Peter G. Peterson Nancy A. Lieberman Daniel Stoltzman Mr. and Mrs. James Ratner Philip Bleich Richard Aronson Elana and Aryeh Bourkoff Sandra H. and Norman Liss Louis H. Barnett Alan Talpalar Patrick and Chris Riley Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Paul Tannenbaum Ambassador and Mrs. Felix Eran Broshy Jack Bendheim Michael Budman Earle I. Mack Norman S. Benzaquen United Jewish Communities Rohatyn Abraham E. Margolin Bradley J. Wechsler Donald L. Saunders Milton L. Cail Abraham Biderman Roger M. Cassin Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mark Lawrence S. Blumberg James L. Weinberg Stanley Snider Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Mark Mr.and Mrs. Lawrence Jay Louise B. Stern Ezra Chammah Anne and Milton C. Borenstein Debrah Lee Charatan Carol and Arthur Maslow Bernice Brandmark Weinberg Steve Snow Martin E. Messinger Paul J. Weinstein Wally Schwartz Hilda Clayman Judith Brodsky Naomi W. Cohen Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and David and Helen Gurly Brown Joseph T. Yurcik Francesca and Bruce Slovin Mortuaries Lawrence and Carol Zicklin Jerry Speyer Faye F. and Sheldon Cohen Howard Cash Arthur Cohn Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Metz Clive Chajet Merryl Tisch Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nash Donald Trump Dr. Peter F. Cohn Arnold Cohen This list reflects donations Colgate-Palmolive Company Beth Nash Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Cohn Adele and Ronald S. Tauber Misher and Allen Ereich Norman throughJanuary 2004. We Elizabeth Young The Colburn Family Foundation Dave Coskey Susan B. and David M. Corbin Nancy Offit Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Cramer extend our thanks to the $5,000 + Lester Crown Jeffrey S. Oppenhein Denis Cronin many hundreds of other Joseph F. Cullman, 3rd Marcy and Stanley Pantowich Judith Darmstadter wonderful donors whose G. Allen Andreas Mr. and Mrs. Maurice S. Paprin Joan P. and Ronald C. Curhan Charles M. Diker names do not appear here. Eleanor and Walter Angoff Judith Darsky Mr. and Mrs. John J. Pomerantz Lawrence Eichler HERITAGE A letter from Newsletter of the the President, American Jewish Historical Society Sid Lapidus CONTENTS VOLUME 2 ~ NUMBER 1 • SPRING 2004 Asser Levy: America’s First Crusader for Jewish Rights pg 11 Whether you are receiving Heritage for the first time or are an old friend Vindication of an American of the American Jewish Historical Society, I think you will find this issue an Jewish Patriot pg 12 exciting one. 2004 marks the 350th anniversary of permanent Jewish settlement in The First American Jewish North America. In 1654, a group of 23 Jewish men, women and children Feminist pg 13 seeking refuge after the Portuguese conquest of Brazil landed at the Battery, just a few miles from our present site on West 16th Street in Society Honors Jews in Manhattan, in the then-Dutch colony of New Amsterdam.