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The first significant group of Jewish immigrants to settle in New Amsterdam (later New York) arrived in 1654. From which part of the world did they primarily originate?

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The first significant group of 23 Jews who arrived in New Amsterdam in September 1654 were Sephardi Jews who had initially fled persecution in Spain and Portugal to Dutch Brazil, and then fled Brazil when it was retaken by the Portuguese.

A. Eastern Europe (Ashkenazi)

B. The Iberian Peninsula (Sephardi)

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C. The German States

10%

D. The Ottoman Empire

73%

The first significant group of Jewish immigrants to settle in New Amsterdam (later New York) arrived in 1654. From which part of the world did they primarily originate?

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