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They Came for Good - A History of the Jews in the United States - Present at the Creation, 1654-1820

Staring Amram Nowak


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Release Date: April 1, 2001
Theatrical Release: 2001
Original Release: January 1, 2001
Staring: Amram Nowak
Package Dimensions (in inches): 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.1
Package Weight: 0.15 pounds
Running Time: 60 minutes
Audio Tracks/Subtitles: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)

Other Details

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
EAN: 0016351098498
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
Manufacturer: SHANACHIE
MPN: SHND984D
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 1
UPC: 016351098498


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Product Description: Studio: E1 Entertainment Release Date: 09/16/2003 Run time: 60 minutes

Amazon.com: The story of Jews in America is told in "Present at the Creation 1654-1820," the first installment of a series that was shown on PBS, They Came for Good. Beginning with the arrival of 23 Brazilian Jews who fled persecution and arrived unwelcome at the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam in 1654, the story involves a number of heroic figures who fought for the rights of Jews to own property and practice their religion in the New World. One such colonist, Asher Levy, whose name is memorialized on several landmarks in New York City today, was a successful merchant who fought against being treated as a second-class citizen. During the American Revolution, Jewish financiers helped the Colonial cause, and in what would have been startling in a European country of that era, President George Washington wrote a letter expressing his wishes that America not practice bigotry directed at Jews. Actors in period costume appear as Jews of the time, telling stories derived from diaries and letters of how they managed to mesh in the new country while at the same time keeping to the strict Jewish customs. This is a very intelligently produced look at an aspect of early American history that is often overlooked. --Robert J. McNamara


Customer Reviews:

Very Important Documentary   January 18, 2008
They Came for Good, a history of the Jews from 1654 to 1820 in the United States, is an important documentary. I appreciate all of the research that was done to produce this DVD. I will definitely recommend it to others.


They Came for Good   July 21, 2008
The second in a series of the History of the Jews coming to US. I bought this for one of the troops I support. He had requested it and I was glad to find it.


A video history of Jews in the U.S. (part 1 of 2) (4 of 5 Found this Helpful)   March 3, 2007
This hour-long video is the first part of a two-disc series on the history of Jews in the United States. This part covers the period from 1654, when the first Jews arrived in North America, to 1820, the beginning of the massive wave of Jewish immigration from Germany and Central Europe. (The second part, "Taking Root," covers the period from 1820 to 1880.) Both parts are informative and interesting.

One complaint: Like another reviewer, I found it strange that the film refers to North America prior to European colonization as "empty" and "unexplored." Also, one commentator in the film says that "there was very little anti-slavery sentiment in the colonies," but I imagine there was plenty of anti-slavery sentiment among the slaves, who constituted something like fifteen percent of the population by the time of the Revolution.

Chapter titles:
- 23 Brazilian Jews land on Manhattan
- Asher Levy fights for equal rights
- First Jewish synagogue built in 1720
- Rhode Island welcomes Jewish settlers
- Jews and the Revolutionary War
- Influence of Mordecai Manuel Noah
- Rebecca Gratz's life of public service
- Uriah Levy versus the U.S. Navy
- Next exodus of European Jews begins

Another good video on Judaism in the U.S. is "A Life Apart: Hasidism in America." And an excellent book on the history of Judaism in the U.S. is Jonathan Sarna's "American Judaism: A History."


A historical documentary worth seeing. (9 of 14 Found this Helpful)   April 27, 2001
A documentary of the Jewish history during and after the creation of the United states of America.

It speaks about the role of the Jews in the American life and history.

Whether during the constitution or civil war they were always there as American Jews. Soldiers ,philosphers ,lawyers and economists .

A worth watching tape.


really good i learned alot (4 of 8 Found this Helpful)   April 25, 2001
intresting over view educational and should be viewed by peoiple inrtrested in hostory as well as the jewish peopl really fasanating


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