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#4) The first "Jewish" union in New
York City was the Progressive Cigar
Makers, established in 1883. Among
those who received his training there
was a young Samuel Gompers, later
founder of the American Federation
of Labor (AFL).
#5) The first record of Jewish activity
in New York is a real-estate transac-
tion. It took place in Albany, under
the name of Asser Levy, from 1658.
#6) In 1812, the first known census
was taken of the Jewish community
of New York state, listing 400 resi-
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#7) Today, the number of Jewish res-
idents of New York is 1,651,000
(Jews make up about 9 percent of
the state's population).
#8) The first Jewish newspaper in
New York was called, appropriately
enough, The Jew. Making its appear-
ance in 1823, The Jew lasted for two
years. Unlike many other publications,
its goal was not to keep the community
advised of news; instead, it was created
specifically to combat Christian mission-
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#9) The first ordained rabbis in America
came from Europe and settled in New
York City in the mid-1800s. They
included Rabbi Leo Merzbacher, later a
founder of one of the city's oldest and
best-known Reform congregations,
Temple Emanu-El.
#10) New York City is famous for its
clothing-manufacturing industry, to
which Jews have made a huge contribu-
tion. But did you know just how long
that connection has been around? In
fact, by 1888 the city was home to 241
clothing manufacturers, of which 234
were Jewish-owned (mostly German
Jews). Their annual product for 1888
walvstimated at $55 million.
#11) Talk-to anyone who grew up in
Jewish New York and he'll tell you about
egg creams, spritzer and Jewish sour-
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#13) The first Jewish school in New
York City was Yeshibat Minhat Areb,
established by Shearith Israel
Congregation. Subsidized by public
funds, the school taught students
Hebrew, math, reading, writing and
English.
#14) The first English-Hebrew
Haggadah was printed in New York in
1837.
#15) Among the politicians who, in
their day, carried the Lower East Side
vote was a young, robust man named
Theodore Roosevelt, always a favorite
with the Jewish community, and a news-
paper publisher named William
Randolph Hearst. Hearst ran for mayor
of New York City in 1905.
His paper, the New York American,
often ran stories about the vicious
Russian pogroms and sponsored fund-
raising campaigns to help the victims.
For a brief while, Hearst even had his
own Yiddish newspaper.
#16) The New York Fair Employment
Practice Act was enacted in 1945, mak-
ing it illegal to discriminate in the work
place. It was the first such legislation in
the country and passed in large part
thanks to the Jewish members of the
New York State Legislature. Until then,
-Jews, along with blacks and Catholics,
experienced widespread discrimination,
especially in such fields as banking, law
and retail sales (and often when the
managers and owners themselves were
• Jewish).
Colleges and universities also had a
"Jewish quota" — with one exception.
For a number of years, Catholic profes-
sional schools in New York welcomed
Jewish students, who made up a large
proportion of their enrollment.
#17) Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir
received the key to the City of New York
in 1969. It was presented by then-mayor
John Lindsay.
#18) By the 1920s, 45 percent of this
country's Jewish community lived in
New York City. Less than 20 years later,
New York City was established as the
center of Jewish life in America. In
1944 40 percent of the Jews listed in
Who Who lived in New York City, while
virtually every one of the 240 Jewish
organizations in America had offices
there.
#19) Harlem's first Jewish congregation
was Temple Israel, founded in 1874.